Ridgeway Heights: Snow, Snow, Snow!

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Snow, Snow, Snow!

Snow began to fall a couple of days ago...a little junko

A towhee braced against the wind

It's such a colorful little red-eyed bird!

Junko

Scrub jay eating suet: "Is it really worth all of this trouble for a frozen little bite of food?!!!"

Bill is standing by our Tundra. We're getting ready to go to town.

Mailboxes at the end of our lane

We bundled up well! We did errands, ate at a restaurant, and took in an afternoon show. The life of a retiree! :-)

Beautiful winter world!

Cherry orchard near our home

Christmas tree farm near our home

After arriving in town, Bill scraped ice off the windshield.

Next morning: varied thrush...first one this winter

All of our boots were in the garage :-).

Flip flops in the snow...

NOW we are ready for the day!

Looking out from our hill

Looking toward our shop

Our deck

Chestnut-backed chickadee

A Robin too cold to plant both feet at the same time!

Our birdbath

Can you identify this bird now?

Song sparrow

Varied thrush defending his position on the paper plate full of seed!

Looking out from our hill

Bill is taking the weight off the deck. This is the most snow we've EVER had. However it is very "dry" and light. I can't even make a snowman (sniff, sniff).

Paul's car

Prickly fir bow covered in a soft cushion of snow

Our walk to the neighbors

Frozen grasses

Looking down our lane (the tire tracks are from the night before when we returned from town; we saw several cars and trucks stuck in the snow, and the freeway was like a parking lot)

One of my favorite oak trees just above our home

This is my all-time favorite oak tree. It sits on our neighbor's property just over the fence. I hope they never cut it down. It has so much beauty and character!

We have several madrona trees around our property. They shed much of their bark in the fall exposing beautiful, smooth, red limbs. The branches of these trees make wonderful bird perches for both tame and wild birds.