oh damn, it's pretty out there again...

it was dark in the roomontheleft this morning

even with the curtain open

and very very cold

sleet and freezing rain fell all night and then it started snowing

we had snowflakes outside

and inside!!!!!!

cold winds

and very hungry birdies

lots of them

I threw some seed on top of the snow for those that don't eat at the feeder

"cold enough for you Mrs dove>>>"

yes Mr sparrow...did you see the brass monkey???

so tired of it all...

 

"his holiness" flew in and took over the place

the way he does

but the little ones were so hungry they dared to share the feeder 

and he let them

a very unusual occurrence 

you can see how much it's snowing now

and the wise one donned his cap and grumbled a little more..

because he wasn't inside enjoying the

the fresh bread and beef barley soup with the humans

or able to share the warm blanket that is coming along 

slowly but surely!!!

cheerio from the snow covered 

roomontheleft

and this lonely forlorn looking thing down by the water side

:{

the sun'll come out...

IT DID!!!!!

a gaggle of goslings...

there is no light today...

  NONE...again

but it doesn't stop them from wandering around stuffing their little faces full of spring time growth

look who got close enough for me to shoot them from the window..... 

(which is why some of them are blurry...

guess it's time to clean the windows ...again)

...in the camera sense that is

two families

getting on well enough 

now 

to let the 

lil'uns feed together

 all mixed up and sharing

there was a lonely goose off to the left side who wanted in on the fun and togetherness

but one Papa Goose would have none of it

I tried to get the action but the trees and the quick movement made the photo too blurry to see

you know if we protected our children like they do

we would never have wars or terror or hardship

EVER....

if you notice

 there is always one with his head up watching and looking and protecting 

from human... animal or one of its own

the babies are oblivious to what is going on around them 

until the tiniest of noises from the parents sends them running 

now...

how the hell they know who belongs to who 

is 

the mystery that is

Nature

:)

after some rain

it's been raining around here quite a bit

and it is very welcome

we have a drought already so any rain is good

no hummers as of yet but it's all ready for them

in fact it rained so much the night before last

there were floods just up the road a ways

as they say

water half way up the cars in some spots

that's just silly

too much isn't any good 

but I think it's all gone now

the lake is nice an full too

I'll show you later maybe

so in between showers yesterday

I took a little walk in the front

and took a few shots of what's there

mountain laurel is almost over already

the bush is getting so big it may have to be pruned

husband planted the trees way too close and now the bush if fighting for space

it's the only plant left from when we came here

eons ago

its very very old

as are we now!!!!

this is 

sooc

straight out of camera

the light was just like this

lovely!!!

everyone is up and growing finally

it's all getting so big and jumbled

just like I like it

yes he is still here

standing guard on the flower 

so that's it for today

what it looked like yesterday

wet and green and jumbled

just like I like it!!!