The Compulsive Ramblings Of A Philotherian: cardinal

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Bitter is the word, cold is how I feel...

The temperature today... wow! It's the first time in years that we've had temperatures below zero! Yes, I said it, BELOW zero! As soon as I step outside, my teeth start aching. That's probably because I'm chattering my teeth together and just don't notice because I'm numb everywhere.

You wanna know the sad part? I freaking LOVE this weather! I want to move up north and live in this type of weather 50% of the year. I know, I'm pathetic. Most people want to live on the beach -- which I wouldn't object to -- or live in California, but I prefer the cold, always have.

Okay, back to the snow talk!

With snow, as I'm sure you all know, comes snow birds! More particularly, Dark-Eyed Juncos. They were all over the place! And, of course, we had to feed them to get them to stick around. I wish I could have braved the cold a while longer and taken more outdoor pictures, but I couldn't.

Luckily, there's a gap at the top of my kitchen window that -- if I stand on a chair -- allows me to take fairly clear pictures. So that's how 90% of these photos were taken.

Well, there isn't really much else to discuss, so I suppose I'll leave it at that. Hope you enjoy all the lovely birdie pictures. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Prepare for lots of Junco cuteness!

This is a very chubby Dark-Eyes Junco.

Probably my favorite Junco picture for the day.

A pretty female Cardinal hoarding a snack.

So cute!

Snow ripple from the horrendous wind!

Pretty, though.

Our old time dog house.

The sun looked so pretty cascading across the yard.

Snow Day!

Considering the way the weather was condoning itself last night, I honestly didn't think it was going to amount to much. Well, when I awoke to a mini blizzard a short while ago, I couldn't have been more wrong! There was already a couple inches on the ground, but it was getting deeper and deeper by the minute. That's when I swallowed my pride and called work.

Luckily, I talk to Mindy. She's a fellow co-worker (new manager) and she just so happens to live right down the road from me. If I could pick anyone to talk to about calling out, it would be her. She was so laid back about the whole thing and was like, "Shit girl, I know how it is." We continued on for a few minutes, then I hung up.

I tried desperately to go back to sleep, but couldn't. The more I laid there, the more I fretted about missing a day of work. A day of work means a day of pay.

After I got up and engulfed some caffeine, I was ready to go out and take on the snow, freezing weather and all. Considering everything was freshly covered in snow -- and slick -- I decided just to stick to the yard, so my photo range was limited today. That didn't stop me from getting some fairly nice pictures, though.

Other than that, I didn't really do much else today. To all my fellow states out there that got hammered, stay safe, stay worm, and think spring!

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are the pictures from a little while ago:

Beautiful cardinal.

I love the beautiful snow covered yard.

Look at the cat prints from their house to the porch.

See, blizzard like conditions.

You know what I'm not dreaming of...

Snow AFTER Christmas! As if the holiday hasn't sucked enough, you'd think we would at least get some snow on Christmas day. Oh well, at least we actually got snow. I have a love/hate relationship with the snow. I like looking at snow and taking photos of snow, but I hate how cold it makes me feel and how it kills everything in it's path! I know that's just winter in general, but the snow doesn't help.
I'm not going to rant too much today, this post in mainly about photos. So sit back and enjoy...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are some photos from last night: