Cedar Tree.....

 An endocrinologist appointment today. As I was leaving I took a shot next to the ramp.  As I look at the photo I wonder what is with the cedar tree growing up there. It must be in a patio pot. Probably it was volunteer as they do that all over Iowa sprout up.

This is an accidental shot of the ground.  It was not ice but just gray cement from the months of construction which has been going up there for three months. 

I shot an ornament to share with another soldier watching thing going on. The maker of the house almost got too much textured snow on it erasing some of its features. 

A shot of me in the indent shining ornament is impossible to shoot without getting the photographer's reflection.  We are still enjoying the tree so it is still up in the sun room. I keep lighting it just like my neighbor John and his house lights. His are still on so mine are too.

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Just Shots....No Words.

 

 

 

Project Day...

 We never had much of a snowfall but what we have is leaving slowly. The tracks of the rabbits in the snow helps some of the snow to thin out. 

My second story deck is almost clear of snow. I did shovel some out to make it melt away more quickly. 

My project for the day was to make a new top for my older bird feeder.  My height of the new top was determined by what recycle wood that I had.  I took a sturdy old piece and cut it into four equal lengths. That meant that my new roof was seven and a half inch tall.  I used leftover pieces from a wainscotting project and also strips of one by tow for another project.

I had a two leveled feeder at my old place and wanted to recreate that here on my old platform. I am thinking snow won't be as much of a problem at the lower level so seed is always available. The platform is not in good shape so I may have to return in another season and rebuild or replace some of that wood. I have pictures from the old place where the neighbor cat would crawl up into that lower level and sit there checking out the view. Tom is long gone but he was the neighbor's cat that loved my wife and came to visit her often. 

This gives me two trays which could increase the chance for cardinals. I looked out and laughed earlier as there wasn't a bird in sight on the feeder but the juncos were on the ground around it feeding. They really prefer eating on ground level but when desperate in a snow storm they will land on a feeder. 

 

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Friday Fun.....

 

 My wife's village has the kind of snow that I like.  I can roll it up and put it away. I shoveled snow on the deck this morning to help it melt as we warmed up just a bit. I didn't have to walk through snow when delivering new bird seed to the feeders. We still have some snow but their are bare spots in the yard. We missed out of snow again as it passed south of us.  The cold is still out there though and we are still wearing our heavy winter coats.

My wife found some different origami papers and shared them with me. They are like colored wax paper and it was a little difficult to fold.  

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Duck, Duck, Goose......

 

There are lots of things that I should throw away now  I moved it here because my neighbor boy threw it into my garbage bin while cleaning out the garage. It is a cheap plastic decoy and it fascinates me. i don't have a pond to float it on even though lots of ducks and geese fly over us continually in the summer. 

 

 

 

 

I do have lots of figurines of waterfowl that I won't throw away for sure. I have a collection of these because my wife would buy me one each year at Christmas time. It reached a point that she couldn't find them anymore in stores as the trend did stop in the stores that she shopped. 

We now have one more Christmas tree down now. I brought up the storage bins for the stuffed animal tree and my wife filled them in less than an hour.  I have carried the two bins downstairs and the tree is down there too. We still have two trees to go but it is still January.  We warmed up to above freezing today.  It won't last long but it is winter. 

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Middle of the Week.....

 The light of the sun glows through the Christmas wreath. It is nice to see sunshine even though it is still cold out there. 

The sunrise did put out some color this morning. The wind has died down a bit but our temps were at 7 degrees F. at sunrise. 

Inside, the guppies are hungry already after they were just fed. I have a large number of them now and two kinds of red guppies and black guppies that live together. Can your see the blue Siamese fighting fish that is in the blurry background. 

I had to take a shot of the lego vehicles that my middle grandson created when they visited. I was on the way to put them away but wanted to have a memory of them. Teddy had  put some of them in our Christmas tree for decorations.

The latest addition to my wife's village is the church that I gave to my wife for Christmas. Her space is getting limited, crowded, so I wasn't planning on getting any new thing for her collection. When it is sitting there on the shelf and I saw it, I had to get it for her. The heat from the lights causes the bell to move in the steeple. 

It is the middle of the week. I hope all are well. My brother lives north of all of the California fires and he is safe. He does miss electricity once in a while. I don't know where my niece's daughter lives in California. Thanks for stopping by today.

Tuesday is a Go....

 

 The geranium that I brought from the cold is blooming. It is putting out long stems as it doesn't think the doubled window is putting out enough light. 

 

 

The sanseveria grows so well that I have too many of them. I don't destroy live plants so they keep spreading into different pots. I have sent some of it to my brothers in the southern states.

 

I found one sheet of paper with a great old fashion set of patterns on it. It is the only one in the whole set and I had to fold it today. 

Going for groceries today and it will be chilly.  We are hoping to have tenderloin sandwiches for supper tonight made at our grocery store cafe. That cafe is good for that kind of thing. Thanks for stopping by today.