Jan. 8th. The
yard stick in our back yard shows 25 inches of snow, down from 28
inches before a 40 degree thaw and rain yesterday. The streets in
town can be skated with impunity... Front end loaders can be
heard moving snow and ice chunks around by day and night. It's
reassuring to be having a somewhat normal winter...
January 10th
This
is our church at Priest Lake yesterday. Butters became a regular
attender in the summer months, and now joins the small fold inside for
the winter as well... This is looking out at the icicles shown in the previous photo, with a dark snow background on a sunny day...
And here's at least one Cassin's finch at our feeder yesterday (the one on the right--the other might be a house finch)
Jan. 13 For
a few days the temperature has been reaching high 30's, so it felt like
time to plod a way down to the lake. (The yardstick in our yard
is still at around 19 inches of snow). All the snow in the lake
got changed into ice or water, so walking on the lake was easy, except
for a few wet spots on top...
Earlier
at our feeder area we noticed another little red topped bird, and don't
see them often enough to remember, but found them as common redpolls:
It's smaller than a Cassin's finch and has the black bib in addition to striped feathers...
Jan. 16 The sun shone on the lake ice today, producing these varied images:
The second circular one was where an ice fisherman used an auger to check for fish and ice thickness (3-4 inches)...
books read
Margot
Durand Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Danielle Collins
Enjoyable whodunits with a female pastry chef as protagonist.
No recipes--in my mind a plus...
