T Stands for Tooo Cold and Pelicans

   Am posting again on Sunday, which is actually Monday for our overseas friends.  It continues to be very very cold here-in the low 20's for highs both evenings and during the day. brrrr Needless to say I haven't gone any where food shopping except online-smiles. We will begin a bit of a warm up on Monday.

   This post is for T Stands for Tuesday hosted by Bleubeard and Elizabeth-please find link in my sidebar, you are most welcome to join in just share a drink related photo.

  We are early risers, always have been, so just as it gets light we throw out a mixed song bird seed mix on to the deck railing and a bit on the floor. Throwing it out early gives the birds a chance before the squirrels decide to come in and eat it all-sigh. We  are enjoying watching the birds drop in and also we can view the sun as it rises for the day.

 A few days last week we have seen pelicans flying about, one day they stuck around to fish for food. We see flocks of them in the early spring, some will winter over here and then they all move on in the spring.   I needed to really zoom in to capture a photo as they were on the other side of the lake or in the middle.  I wasn't able to capture a photo of them flying-hunting for fish. I found this very interesting article about the pelicans here at the lake in the ozarks,  and how they fish as a group.  The way the group hunts for the fish was interesting to me.

  Those of you that visited last week read about good food and wine with our friends from Wisconsin. I made a journal page for Art Journal Journey and shared it here

  My husband has had a favorite  coffee travel mug for years now-really a long time now- a couple weeks ago when he was on his skid steer he dropped it and it got crushed.  sigh. So I searched online, and I usually end up on amazon just because they have more to choose from and better prices most of the time. Wow these are quite fancy and expensive now. I read reviews to help me decide and most had issues with bad lids. I found one by thermos-excellent reviews, so I bought that one. This one is soooo good that it stays hot for 8 hours or more-hot like right out of the coffee pot. Too hot for Larry as he drinks down allot of coffee in the mornings. Soooo since I am a very slow coffee drinker and my coffee is always cold too fast- this is now mostly my new coffee mug haha. Back to searching for Larry. I do have one that I got for a gift when I met one of my favorite authors in Yellowstone Park back in 2017-so at least he has that one to use for now. I highly recommend this Thermos travel mug.

and here is another photo with my gluten free oatmeal-dried rainier cherries, and almond milk from this morning

This past week I have been drinking cups of teas and one evening made hot cocoa from my mix from last year

 That's it for me this week. I have started working on my handmade Christmas cards over the weekend, always fun for me to do, and I finally have it designed out for this year's cards. If any of you would enjoy swapping Christmas cards send me a message on the contact form (side bar) with your address.

  Happy T and have an awesome new week and those that celebrate: Thanksgiving Blessings