Arrrgh. The guy came on Monday to pump out our holding tank, and backed right over the flag pole that Tony and I spend so much time and energy reinstalling (someone else had apparently backed over it right before we moved in in 2010). How annoying. In his defense, the sun was in his eyes and he never saw the thing.
So now it's lying beside the back deck, waiting for the next time Tony comes to visit. It's a few more inches shorter but still imposing. We are planning to install it in the middle of the FRONT yard this time. No one should be driving over it there.
Sigh.
Meanwhile, we got 4 or 5 inches of new snow to make everything pretty. At least it was pretty until Bella opened the barn yard gate --again-- and everyone milled about in the back yard, filling it with footprints. Bad horse!
The birds are enjoying our feeders this week! Here are a couple of Goldfinches eating thistle seed.
And my personal favorite, the little Chickadee on the right, chowing down on shelled sunflower seed. They act like this stuff is candy and they can't get enough of it. When I fill the feeder, the Chickadees are not afraid to sit nearby and holler at me to hurry up.
I have a feeling they know what's coming. The weather people are predicting highs in the single digits and lows down to 9 below zero. Winter is definitely here!
We're ready for it, though. We got a tank full of heating oil for the furnace and another load of hay for the Barn People. We'll all just stay inside our respective houses and wait it out. And I'll layer clothing until I look like an overstuffed armchair and waddle out to feed a couple times a day, then say my usual "Stay warm and dry, sweetie pie" to Bella and waddle back to where it's 70 degrees!
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