Good Monday morning everybody. We woke up Sunday to blizzard conditions. High winds and additional 10.5" of new snow bringing the season total to 81.5". Now, not all this is on the ground. We have had some melting, but there is over 2 feet in many places. This little Junco braving the cold huddles in a tree.

I finally got a couple pictures of a female Red-bellied woodpecker. She was pretty skittish, and didn't hang around very long.

I guess she's been here long enough and takes off. Probably scared off by the Blue Jays all trying to eat at the same time.

Two Junco's take their turn at the peanut butter.

This male Cardinal was waiting his turn too.

Not a very good day for picture taking. We had plenty of white-outs too.

This morning our oldest granddaughter Becca, playing with her sister, fell at her house and sustained a 1" laceration to the bridge of her nose. Since her Mom had an oven full of cookies and her younger sister at home, her Dad and I took her to the ER. The roads were terrible, and some looked like they hadn't been plowed in hours.

They put in 4 stitches, and we were back home about 1 1/2 hours later. A record time I might add. Of course there wasn't any other patients in the ER either. That made a difference. Tonight she has a bit of a headache, but is doing OK.

OK, I'll let you go. I'm writing this Sunday night. The skies have cleared some, the wind has let up, and it isn't snowing, but the temperature is 8º. That's up from 4º about 2 hours ago.

Have a warm night.