Unfortuantely that rodent saw his shadow so it's six more weeks of winter or six more weeks until spring...guess it's all how one looks at it. We still have snow on the ground and even though we finally have double digit temperatures, it seems to be windy and therefore still seems cold. But at least my face doesn't freeze when I venture outside to feed the birds.
I think the bad weather has taken a toll on the birds. I really think I saw a bird sitting on the feeder scolding me for taking so long to come out and feed them. Normally any birds scatter and go a fair distance while I fill up the feeder, but the last time, they didn't go very far and I barely got two steps away and they were digging in.
We live in the country and so we stay put when the weather is bad. Saturday wasn't horrific, but when we planned on going to see a grandson play basketball, we changed our minds because the snow was drifting and driving on country roads in these conditions isn't always safe.
We spend a lot of time working on things. I have a Silhouette machine and decided I wanted to organize some things. Let me backtrack a little bit. Sadly, we don't have recycling programs in our area and I abhor throwing things away that could be recycled, so I'm trying to reuse/repurpose items to keep them out of the landfill. I got the hairbrained idea to paint some of the plastic containers to use for storage (non food storage). Well, I discovered yellow acrylic paint doesn't cover very well and stuff keeps bleeding through. So, 3 coats of yellow and 2 coats of dark green and I finally got the stuff covered. But I have a nice container to store my seed packets (I cut out "seeds" to put on it and used some leftover material to embellish it.) I painted some cans and then used more material to decorate them. I have a small container I wanted to store the little rings off of milk jugs (under the cap) since I crochet around them and make Christmas wreaths to give away. I then got the bright idea to cut out my herb names to put on the glass jars I have for them. And while I was at it, I got out all the bits and pieces of material and cut out squares that I'm in the process of sewing together to make a bedspread/tied quilt. I commented to DH that maybe I'm silly for doing all this and he said he was proud of me for using what we have to make other things. I guess that is totally out of sync with so many anymore that rush out and buy brand new.
Yesterday I planted some seeds in my decorated cans. I have been saving some of the clear plastic containers with lids and planted some seeds in them as well, hoping they will make mini greenhouses for the first step in the growing process. If I can get these seeds to grow, maybe I can save money in plants this spring.
February 5th, 2026 at 10:38 pm 1770331099
February 6th, 2026 at 01:51 pm 1770385893
I took feel like the birds in my yard scold me when I fail to put out the bird food! The Cardinals in particular perch on top of the chairs on my porch and look in the window.
February 7th, 2026 at 06:17 pm 1770488228
One advantage of a window feeder like mine is that you don't have to go outside to fill the feeder; you do let the cold air in, though, each time you refill.
February 8th, 2026 at 09:42 am 1770543768