Photos:
Our roof was coated in white:
Some impressive icicles formed, here and there!
We made sure the feeder was stocked with seed, and we put up a (temporary) makeshift "platform"-style feeder, too-- and scattered some seed on the ground around it. There were lots of birds visiting. Mostly sparrows, but also some finches, a couple pairs of cardinals, and a couple of blue jays.
The birds appreciated the extra food. (Our local birds aren't used to such prolonged cold, of course.) --And we enjoyed watching them throughout the day(s). :o)
More icicles-- on a leatherleaf mahonia, this time:
Another view of the front yard:
(There are more photos of the ice on our Flickr photostream.)
Very soon after the ice melted here, Donald found an ad for Eskie puppies near Birmingham (Bessemer). We've been thinking about getting an Eskie pup for a while, but they're rare around here, and months and months of keeping an eye on the ads had yielded nothing-- so we decided to pounce on this opportunity right away. (We also arranged to pick out a male puppy for Granny L., because she's also been looking.)
Tangent: We saw some ice and/or snow on the drive up (mostly just on the shaded slopes), and there was still sand/soil on many bridges (put there to help during the icing).
So here's our little snowflake, the day after she blew in from the north. ;o)
We named her Luna.
She was born on December 19th, and her hobbies include biting fingers, toes, ears, hair, etc. (with varying degrees of force), chasing toys, chewing toys (fabric preferred, at the moment), chasing Trixie (who would really rather not be chased, thankyouverymuch), running around the yard, pulling at grass and weeds, flopping down on this one particular cushy, grassy spot, growling and yapping when thwarted, and generally being a ball of attitude and energy. Oh, and napping.
Here are a couple more photos, taken a few days later:
We need to take more photos, because she's already grown a lot!
