Yesterday was the first "official" day of winter, but it has felt like winter here for quite some time. This little bird sought refuge from the cold air and brisk wind on top of the post that supports the awning over our back stoop. Even there, it didn't seem like a very warm spot for him to be. There is a bird house over here in my neighbor's yard. It doesn't look very warm over there either. It doesn't look like it is very well insulated and it is coated in ice. There are some rolls of wire fencing on top of their compost bin. Ice is covering it too, of course. I liked the way the sun shines through the fencing making the ice on it sparkle from this angle looking down through the middle of it. The weight of the ice that formed over the helicopter maple seeds still in the trees is making them fall to the ground. There are little clumps of these ice-covered seeds all over the top of the snow in our yard as a result. Landscape rocks out front are covered w...
