Brrrrrr It's Cold Outside

   Good Morning Thursday,

Hoping none of my readers got snowed in from these wintry storms coming through our nation this week

. We got one of those pretty snows yesterday, just enough to make everything pretty. It even warmed up enough for me to shovel off the slushy ice and snow to make a path to the top. 

   I order a lot of foods in so was thinking I would get it before the snow,  my packages were delayed-our circle and steep gravel road is a bit difficult to navigate for trucks-so should get them today.  We are bitter cold though for a few day-10 degrees F early this morning.

 The squirrels and racoon (racoon visits at night) have destroyed my feeders and suet holders so have been tossing seed and broken up suet on to the deck floor.  Being so cold yesterday we had a lot of bird visitors-along with too many squirrels I am learning to toss some seed out-let the squirrels have their way-and when they leave I toss out more for the birds-that has been working-so far at least.

   I was able to capture a bluebird and cardinal in my photos  We also had a  pileated and downy woodpecker visit-fun, and lots of small birds  We have always loved watching the birds.

When the birds see me they all fly off This area has been covered with many different small birds Being so cold now-I throw out more seed in the afternoons too. We are one of the few year round residents here-so thinking that is why we get so many squirrels.

  I was wanting to make something different for us for our main meal at 2 pm yesterday  I decided on spaghetti which I have not made in ages. Turned out really good-I served it with a small salad and grilled bread with garlic(gluten free for me whole grain for Larry) and olive oil. I still had some gluten free pasta for me and angel hair pasta for Larry in the pantry.

  Happy Thursday