Sunday, January 9, 2011

Feathered visitors

The little downey woodpecker likes the suet.

We enjoy the chickadees that come to our feeders. They just don't sit still very long so it's hard to get good pictures of them.



This is a female cardinal. We usually have two or three pairs in our yard Winter and Summer.
On the right is a downey woodpecker that is a frequent visitor.




Caught this little guy taking a sunflower seed.


The male cardinal is so pretty when viewed against the snow. They are a deeper red in the winter versus summer.





Winter wonderland

Friday evening and Saturday we got 17 inches of new snow. I guess we were lucky since the area where my son Daryl lives they got 25 inches.

The "Let it snow" snowman seems to be working very well.


Fran cleared our path to the neighbors. We often go over to their house for an evening of card playing so we need a good path to find our way home after midnight. She's kneeling down so it makes it look a lot deeper than it is.

The neighbors, The Ludemans, convinced me not to take down our lights last Sunday. Glad I left them up as it was pretty to see the lights shing through the snow.

It's a lot of work shovelling the driveway but I guess it is worth it to have the winter landscape.