I thought the cardinal flying to the Rose of Sharon seed head almost looked like a flower in this flash of wings. If he doesn't eat all the seeds, new flowers will spring up from this old flower. Although not a very good photograph, there is something about the mood of it that I like.
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We've been having a cold snap and I've gotten into this routine of hearing the birds remind me that I need to thaw out the bird baths and out I go.
On Thursday I went to a big effort to get some nice warm fresh water out and it wasn't easy because it took a while to thaw and remove the ice. I couldn't understand why there weren't any birds taking advantage of the bird bath like they have done each time I've thawed it.
I looked around and spotted my neighbor's cat crouched in a dry spot on the deck. I walked out and said, you are NOT funny, I am NOT amused, go home RIGHT now. The cat just stared at me so I took its picture and then started clapping my hands. The cat left and the birds returned.
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A cold front moved in on the first of December providing some beautiful cloud formations.
The house next door to me has a tree that held its late fall foliage for a few days while most of my leaves had dropped. Below my oak still has a few leaves but most are gone.
December 4 was a surprise because it started snowing.
I like the way the leaves that are still on my oak tree looked against the snow.
I particularly like the way red berries look in the snow and have already been bombarding my blogs with shots of them.
On the fifth day of December the sun came out and the trees look like they have sugar frosting.
I think blue sky with snow is a very beautiful combination.
By the sixth of December any snow that didn't melt has stuck around because it is very cold.
Unfortunately the snow that melted on my deck isn't the part I have to walk across to add warm water to the bird bath. All the bird shots were taken on December 7.
The cardinal below was singing outside my door to remind me that they needed some more water.
I have been carefully making it across to the bird bath with fresh water and am ending up with a pile of frozen empties.
The birds reward me with photo-ops for nature notes.
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It's started snowing on Saturday and I thought these berries in the snow look like winter's flowers
Earlier this week I was surprised to see some roses that were still blooming at a park.
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It's hard to find the energy for fall clean up in the garden so dead flower stalks form a mass of brown but nandina berries break the monotony.
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