Anne

Life, even here in the country, was overshadowed by chaos in Washington D.C., and although I try to abstain from political discussion here, I cannot deny that this was a disgrace. We are living in interesting times indeed, and I hope we will all get beyond them into uneventful days, where birds and horses provide […]

It was a frosty start, but a beautiful day, with sunshine at last! The birds were beautiful, as always, but I only took a couple of pictures. Tuesday mornings are hectic, because stalls must be done before the dumpster gets emptied, and Harlan, the trash guy, comes early most Tuesdays. We fill it completely in

Freezing fog was added to the wintry weather this morning, but by midday there was a thaw, and the beautiful winter wonderland dissolved. At mid-afternoon, the woods sounded like they were in a rainstorm, but it was just ice melting and pouring off the trees. Morning offered many beautiful bird photo ops. The ground melted

We had another dusting of snow last night, and that’s about all the news for today. But there are plenty of birds. This white breasted nuthatch was impatient for me to finish filling feeders and came quite close. Not so close, but making beautiful calls through the morning quiet, a rather disorganized group of geese

Another day of ice and snow, but no wind, so there is not much damage.  Temperatures hovered around freezing and maybe a degree or two higher, so there was some melt, but for the most part, it is still a magical ice kingdom here. There were many birds. Marmalade showed up right on time for