Gray, dreary, lazy day. Beginning at around 9:00 last night, and on into late morning today, we've had two inches of snow. It's a little later this year than last (last year it snowed on Halloween and never left until June), but still too early for my liking. They say we're in for a similar winter as last year, with lots of snow (can we safely say the drought is over?) I'm never really ready for it, and by March I'm usually sick of it, but I do have to admit that it is a wonderous transformation, although not always for the better.
Makes driving a bit trickier, especially now that I have a new rig and have not had time to get used to the way it handles before the roads got a bit more treacherous, as well as those idiots on the road who think they can drive the same on icy roads as they do on dry ones.
However, I do love taking photographs in winter - needless to say I get such different photos in snow, ice and frost. I guess each season has its advantages and disadvantages, we simply have to search for the good side...
Except for a few Flickers, I have not seen much in the way of birds at my feeders. The neighbor cut down most of his orchard, leaving very few appealing places for the birds to perch from. Could that be why they've disappeared? There are other trees around the area, but none as close as these were. Guess I need to look into planting some trees to attract the birds - Hawthorns! They attract a number of native species, plus the long thorns help deter squirrels and cats. Not that I have anything against them, but I'd rather not be wasting bird seed on the squirrels; nor do I want the cats killing the birds.
There has been a small flock of Hungarian Partridges in the area the past couple of weeks, I need to set out a tray of cracked corn for them, and hopefully they'll decide to winter over.
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