There were more than half a dozen Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers out this morning, all desperate for food. They even put a moratorium on territory fighting.
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There were more than half a dozen Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers out this morning, all desperate for food. They even put a moratorium on territory fighting.
We got slammed with another blizzard, and are buried. We’ll be stuck a day or two.
From my studio window. Normally, you’d be able to see the large thicket of wood which shelters animals and birds.
From my studio window, towards the street.
Front deck. I don’t wanna go out there. Birds are giving me pitiable looks. Okay, okay.
Opening the front door. Oh man. Not fun.
Sinking in snow up to your upper thighs – not fun. Sigh.
All images © C. Ford.
Have a very merry whatever, everyone, even if this is nothing more than a few days off – enjoy them. Here’s hoping we can usher in the next year with a renewed spirit of resistance, and a firm commitment to be caring and compassionate towards people. Right at this moment, I’m feeling distinctly burnt out, so I’ll be gone for a couple of days. We’re finally going to sit down and watch the second season of Agents of Shield, how’s that for exciting times? :D
The Daily Bird will be up, and I have some lovely stuff from rq, which will probably find it’s way on the blog over the next couple of days, and there might be some giftie showing off, but that’s about it. I’ve had it with nothing but bad and ugly news, and more than anything, I want to pretend it isn’t so for a day or two. So, I’ll sorta see you all over the very merry whatever.
Remember, the endless thread is always open, if you want to talk, or need to vent, be silly, or anything else. As always, I’m reachable via email (on the sidebar), and if I’m needed in any way, send me an electronic holler, so to speak. I won’t be far. All my love to those of you who have made this blogging venture a viable one for me.
© C. Ford. Yes, we made them several years ago.
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© C. Ford.
Today is the first day of winter. Someone must have opened our package early.
© C. Ford.
From Giliell, click for full size!
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© C. Ford.
From Kengi, so sweet. Click for full size.
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Beautiful, serene scenes from Giliell. I love these so much. Click for full size.
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Today, the skies are achingly clear, and the sun is strong and bright, it beckons one outside. Unfortunately, the message of sky, sun! is a treacherous one. -18 F today; there are frostbite warnings if you stay outside for over 10 minutes, and you can see every breath you take. Photos taken from the safety of my studio.
© C. Ford.
From Giliell, click for full size. I love the shot of the little golden bell. Superb!
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From Charly, who took the wonderful photos of his Mom’s amazing work. Click for full size.
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Coooooookies! Beautiful Cookies, from Giliell. There’s nothing quite like this culinary art to cheer people up. Click for full size.
© Giliell, all rights reserved.
What you can see here are:-Zimtwaffeln (cinnamon waffers)-Stritzgebackenes (don’t ask me to translate that)-Chocolate buttons-Mini mulled wine cakes-mulled wine wreaths-peppernuts-walnut and salted caramel cookies-cardamom orange wheels-sugar cookiesNot shown: Stollenkonfekt