Critter of the Day: what’s that over there?

I’ve gone through a new batch of photos of critters at the feeding station outside our living room window, that I will be posting from over the next while.

I got a lot of pictures of these beauties, this time!

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Checking out those strange humans moving around back there. :-D

Huuurrrrhhhh…

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So, things have been a bit quiet here at The Re-Farmer.

There is a reason for that.

A cold has slowly been working its way through all of us. Even my husband is starting to get it, despite our efforts to keep it away from him.

Sick or not, stuff still needs to get done. Today, that included a trip into town.

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Winter says hello!

So we went from a deep freeze to above freezing, and now the snow is back. We started getting weather alerts yesterday for snowfall. Locally, the snow started in the late afternoon, but to the south and east of us, I’m hearing there was a lot more. We have a bright, sunny day right now, but we’re still getting weather alerts, this time for blowing snow. Interestingly, it’s supposed to start snowing about mid-afternoon – when we’re also supposed to be reaching temperatures of 0C!

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Happy Epiphany

Today marks the last day of our Christmas season.

For those following the orthodox calendars, it’s Christmas Eve, so a joyful Christmas to you!

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When the girls were younger, before bed, they would leave their shoes out by their doors with “hay” in them for the wise men’s camels. In the morning, there would be small gifts waiting for them.

We still give them small gifts, and this year was no exception.

After today, we start taking down the tree and decorations.

That’s going to take a while. :-D

The Re-Farmer