Ruby Tuesday

This Orchid I have blooming now does have a pretty red center, but no scent :~(
Happy Ruby Tuesday. Click on over to http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com/ to see what mary/the teach has done with this great meme.

Macro Monday

For Macro Monday I chose one of my favorite Orchids. I just love the color.
Happy Monday everyone. Thanks to Lisa for hosting this cool site. Click on http://lisaschaos.com/ to see lots more close-ups.

A little of this and a little of that.

It was not a very nice day yesterday! The weather folks predicted a mixed bag of all the worse winter conditions. They even cancelled school. It began around 8AM with heavy snow, and then turned to freezing rain, and for a while it was pouring! After that more snow, and then more drizzle. We thought we'd get up to 12" of the white stuff, but only 4" mounted up. Last evening there was a heavy icy crust on everything, and the temperatures were in the teens. Brrrr.
More snow coming for the week-end.
This Cardinal appeared on my feeder in the morning. I'm wondering if he might have met up with Mr. Cooper's hawk, and somehow escaped? That hawk always goes for the neck. I watched him for a while, and he was eating and acting OK, and was able to fly away.

Lots of heavy snow for a while.

Then freezing rain.

One of my orchids that is in bloom. I have a few more, and I'll post them later.

I won this lighted snowman at the fireman's annual banquet about a month ago. It is handmade by one of the member's Mom.