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Winter is holding on

May be the winter sky looks a little friendlier in this sunset

Yes, it is friendlier.....to me anyway

But the landscape

is covered with

sheet of ice!

To walk and drive is a little tricky on these grounds

now days!

He will be very big,

his name is Mac,

but only with couple of weeks of age

he is transported with

utmost loving care.

Just had to stop this Lady

but she was happy

to take a photo of

her precious possession!

Photo: @Blue bird

Valentine is coming

The pineapple is the symbol of friendship.

On St. Valentine's day

not only the sweethearts

are celebrated

but all friendships as well

Flowers are coming to the stores

from all over

mostly

from South America.

Decoration

with hearts

tells you about

the coming celebration.

Delicate tulips

cut down

for this time

All kinds of vivid colors

to cheer

for the day

The Sun is still wintry
and it can be very cold,

can have a snow storm: it is

only the middle of February.

This mess is not from this year!

Today the mountains are so high

that you would not see

the top of the trees.
The worst is about

the reduced parking space:

if no parking:

just go home

come later or very early.

Shadow or not shadow?

It's about February 2, when it is crucial if the groundhog comes out or not? But some places like in Europe it is the BEAR to watch on this day

Winny-the-POOH

( a very famous bear)

telling the other bears

that on February 2
Shadow or not to shadow?

This is the question!

Shadow is no good,

because only in sunshine can a bear see his shadow
which means

a nice day.

That is only to fool you

because winter is

not over

and will go back to sleep

for 40 more wintry days! :(

We used to play

shadow making with hands

on the wall

when light is coming from the back

What is it?

A shadow of a....?


All right now: this is a
barking dog
to let you know
he can see his shadow!
______________________________
This year in 2011 in our region
was such miserable day
that no animal would
want to come out
but certainly was no shadow to see
of anything or anybody.

Somehow for TV show
in New York and Pennsylvania
they dragged the poor animal out
asking the question
but went back to sleep
exhausted after the show.
Fallowing night was the coldest night
of the season.

What else than?
"give me an other storm.."
as it is going on here
perhaps 40 more days!
wow! That is wow
and the shadow game
is not a science
that is the trouble.
:(((((((((
Shadow or not to shadow
is not the answer
just wait and see
and shovel the coming more snow

February 2, 2011

THE DAY OF ICE FOR GROUNDHOG

Ask the tree

how

does he/she feel the heavy ice

on the delicate needles?

First was snow pulling down the branches

now the ice is even worse

Somewhere the ice is sitting on

the top of the snow

The solid stuff is suffocating

a breathing tree

Many people are not aware

how harmful

is a frost

on the living trees

even when they are dormant

in the winter.

Some thoughts on a memorable Groundhog day.

something different

WELCOME

to my new venture:

Because of the never ending miseries of winter with the same miserable pattern

I came to the conclusion, that this is the time to be creative and make a new blog.

The name:

V a u m a u blog

This was the domain of my Website what only cost a lot of money but never got anywhere.

Had no difficulty to be accepted by blogger. I will remain as

Blue Bird :)

I intent to try to present some subjects what are more unusual and creative hopefully interesting for readers.

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ARCTIC BLAST

EXPECTING 3 DAYS

OF DEEPLY

FRIGID TEMPERATURES!

AND

WHEN IT WOULD BE A LITTLE WARMER:

A MAJOR SNOW STORM IS READY

TO HIT THE EAST

AGAIN!

"I am just a little sparrow.

But we are hungry too.

Leave us some small seeds please!"

Doves are the greediest of all:

liable to

clean up everything

what is eatable for birds.

A flock of birds watching in a bush what is going on in the snow?

The cardinal seems to be feeling chilly.

Blue Jay is wondering about

what is the squirrel eating?

" Is there anything for the birds?

Or are you

just eating our food of seeds?"

Blue Jay is asking the squirrel

Bad looking sunrise/sunset.