Day 1.314: Frozen, birds

A couple of weeks ago I bought a new bird feeder - it's much bigger and means that there's a good chance of the birds having something to visit for even if I am not home during daylight hours for a number of days in the week. This morning I found time to fill it up. I'd forgotten what it feels like to walk on the lawn when the ground is rock hard from an overnight frost. I've already taken to wearing hat and gloves for the walk from car to work and back - maybe not a good sign considering it will almost certainly get 20°F colder before it starts to warm up again.

Exile #4 celebrated the cold weather by letting her sister ride her tricycle while she went back inside after about ten seconds. Exile #3 rose to the occasion as you can see - but she is really getting too big for that trike.

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