January diary

If you throw seeds on the ground

birds have serious

disadvantage.

Squirrels love all bird foods

and only with

higher up bird feeders

can the birds get there share.
Yeah! If you can get to the feeders!

No way in the big snow!

Looking out on a window it is not very cheerful sight

The moisture inside the room
makes life easier:
the dry heat is bad for you
in many ways!



It is not snow now
but heavy rain
as the temp. went up




One has to decide about
rain, snow and ice
if you have the courage to go out.







Than the rain gets mushy:
freezing
on the ground.





You have to be equipped
with waterproof
not slippery
boots
if you must go into
the wild weather
creations.

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In the next posting I'll bring also birds.
All photos are done by Blue bird :)

New post is coming

There is a good little post in my experimental blog, but don't know how to link it! I hope tomorrow I'll have time to get it on my main blog: as

Nature talks.

the day after

It was a total disaster in the morning: ice covering the top of the snow.

Fortunately had help to make the path to the house passable. Salt is the answer and also sand to create friction.

The car can be easily melt: turn on the heat for couple of minutes and with strong circulation all the windows will clear up.

Ready to go if you have something urgent to take care.

But because of this icy condition in the stores many employees were late.

That is understandable and acceptable.

What is the forecast?

More snow for next week.

storm after storm after.....

It was pretty as it could be how it started today

wet snow came from the South with warmer temperature

and that is why the snow can stick to the trees

and give you the sight

of a land in a

fairytale.

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But later in the day was quite a variety of snow coming down:

some times like it was rain, some times with big flakes, sometimes stopped and sometimes

was pouring down

but still did not built up

for so much as in the blizzard:

the temp. was around freezing

most part was able to melt.

______________________the photographs are the exclusive art work of Argo our British correspondent_________

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But the weatherman had an unpleasant prediction:

more snow

more stormy weather

coming for the

following week:

So we spending the time in January 2011.

about winter hunger

These are birds living in the water where their natural food is fish.

On a parking lot at McDonald

they are gathering to wait

if the well fed humans would spare

a little leftover when

there is no fish.

Hunger does not know limits for the quality of food.

These birds would eat

anything eatable

to stay alive.

It is a matter of life and death when the cold comes with snow.


But they survive and it is a pleasure to see
their beautiful plumage
what gives them protection
from the cold.



And
Re joys! The Sun gets up every morning
a little earlier
moving also in a little different
position:
little higher
and so is warmer.
The days are longer
and the most difficult times
will come to an end
with the month of January.

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I feed the birds since many years
on my yard or
anywhere like here
where they come to ask for food.
For me it is a great pleasure
to see how they grasp in hunger
and also I enjoy the beauty of their
plumage and the look of the
eyes with full of innocence
and perhaps with gratitude.
Remember:
there is hunger in the winter:
feed the hungry!

A happy New Year

The end of the year 2010 hit the East Coast of USA with a brutal snow storm and unbearable winds. Normal everyday life was stopped for days.

But suddenly
the New Year 2011 came with a bright smile.
We were hugged with warm mellow air
day and night
and the snow melted rapidly.
On my patio where over a foot snow was piled up
the liquid fluid sank into the ground.




It was also the warm air
what created the heavy fog on the second day of the New Year.
" You don't see far in the fog"
whispered the dry leftover leaves
"You dont' see the future!"
Now hope and pray
that the New Year will be as kind
all the way
as it is at the beginning"

blizzard to end 2010

Blizzards are similar, but not always.

This was very different

and was very nasty.

Actually this would be the last picture

but you know in this blogger

the end comes first.

This is the next day

when the sun is shining already

and the sky looks blue

like never before.

This tree was lucky, locating in a spot, where the

drift did not get to it.

The great difference was in the wind.

It was extraordinary

what was producing in the night

and still 2 more days to blow

the fury

what she got.

This picture is not in the high mountains

but on the yew bush

in front of the window.
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I was watching the "ac cu weather..." days before.

It was something big coming

from the South

up on the East Coast of USA.

That is good, because brings warm air.

But at the same time

a brutal wind got into the show

from the NW ( north west)

That was a very bad news. bad news.

Gusting 40-50-60 mi

is brutal when the snow

is coming down 2-3 inches per hour!

I live 25 mi East of NYC

and got a major blast

during the night.

Fortunately help came to dig me out.

First I could not even open the kitchen door

because a mountain was placed there

during the night.

So the rescue started there

and than dig a path

down to the street and

also clean up my car.

No need to tell:

handsome money for the young man!