Weekend Reflections

On Valentine's day our family went to supper at Perkin's restaurant. It was so great that we could all spent the time together, and good that we had enough leftovers for lunch the next day!LOL
Happy Weekend reflections everyone. I hope you all had a good week.
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Skywatch Friday

Last night the sky was clear, and the temperatures were moderating. How welcome was this. The moon is almost full, and will be Friday night, but we have rain predicted, so we probably won't see it.
Happy Skywatch Friday everybody. Be sure to click on over to http://skyley.blogspot.com/ to see more sky shots.

Just an average Wednesday

Nothing special, just a few pictures from around home.
A really cool moon shot tonight. This opossum was eating underneath one of my birdfeeders yesterday afternoon. They shouldn't be seen in the daytime.

Mrs. Cardinal seems to be napping. Remember yesterday it was a nice warm day and she is no doubt soaking up the sun.

The greedy Blue Jay hogs the suet.

I spotted this little doe on one of our trails yesterday afternoon.

This little Chickadee says a prayer before lunch.

Finally, I have seen this Cardinal several times, and he has no tail. The bird has no trouble flying, and I wonder if he got caught by Mr. Cooper's hawk but managed to get away?

Have a wonderful Thursday.

More warm weather for a few days. Oh how nice!

World Bird Wednesday

Winter is still hanging on here, and I was surprised today to see this Great-Blue heron standing on the ice on the pond. It was a beautiful sunny day, and there was some warmth in that old sun as this bird stayed on the ice for over 2 hours soaking up all the heat.. Too bad I couldn't get better shots, but there was lots of branches and a chain link fence in the way.

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Ruby Tuesday

The ice fishing season will soon come to an end, but for now the ice is still thick enough. Later this week it will warm up, and probably it won't be safe to venture out.
Happy Ruby Tuesday, and do click on over to Mary/the teach' site http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com/ to see lots more RED.

Macro Monday

Earlier in the week when I posted my greenhouse, I failed to show one of my favorite Orchids.
This one is about 2" and is called "Lady of the Night". The flower isn't all that spectacular, but the fragrance is unbelievable. It smells just like a Gardenia, and is only detectable at night.When there are several blooming at once, you can smell them all over the house. In the wild they would be able to attract night flying insects for pollination.
Happy Macro Monday and if you click on http://lisaschaos.com you can see lots more close ups.

Sundial and Feathers

We were having a real angry blizzard Saturday morning. As soon as I put out seed it would get covered up by all the snow. I put some in this sundial bowl, and there was plenty of arguing going on. Sometimes they all got along.

Then sometimes NOT!

An outsider tries to get on board.

The "Boss" tries to shoo him away.

Finally the piggy Blue Jays leave.

Cardinals Rule!

A new "Boss".

More outsiders fly in for a landing and good food.

Then of course the "Boss" returns, and warns everybody to "buzz off".

Mr. Cardinal watches from the tree.

They he attempts to get seed again.

But the "Boss" is watching, and promptly chases Mr. Cardinal away.

We ended up with almost 7" of snow today. At the end of the day the sky began to clear, and the sun shone. Unbelievable!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week-end.