When we pulled into the driveway today, there were two deer at the edge of our lawn. And then there were three, four, and five deer. Not sure if they started going down the ravine and changed their mind or were coming up when we got home and startled them.
Looking at the calendar, these are clearly turkey vultures. The spell to become buzzards won’t be cast until the 15th!
We finally had a sunny day, so there was a lot of melting going on even though it was cold. And then it got really cold. We’ve got crystalline ice droplets all over our pine trees.
There were at least six robins hanging out in the bushes next to our duck yard this morning. Odd since we’re about to get the coldest and snowiest week or two of the winter … but they’re still the first robins of the year!
I had clothes drying on the line, and Anya grabbed them just before sunset. She quickly tossed everything into a basket and brought it into the house. A short time later, I got the clothes out of the basket to fold. I took out a pair of Scott’s jeans and … out flies this little bird! No idea how she got in there, and I’m really glad she didn’t seem to be hurt in any way. We turned off all the interior lights, opened the front door, and turned out the outside light. A little following her around and trying to persuade her to go in the right direction and swoop, she flew outside.
We watched the eclipse — it was surprising how much energy the sun puts off when the moon is mostly covering it!
But we had the totality for just under four minutes, and it was dark … and “sunrise” was everywhere.
