Dear Husband took me out to lunch today. We visited a Cooper Hawk’s Winery and Restaurant and had a lovely meal. I tried tiny tastes of four wines and settled on a red wine that neither of us can name at the moment…..a red with “Bolla” or “Bolo” in the title, very smooth, with a nice body to it. I didn’t care for the Petite Syrah, or the Chardonnay. I did like the spiced wine they served as you walked in the door!
Those of you who know me are probably astounded to hear that I was actually drinking wine, at noon yet! But it went so nicely with the meal that I decided to enjoy myself.
Fortunately for me, Dear Husband took the role of designated driver. We arrived home, and I realized that I had announced that “WE” needed to dig a path to the farthest bird feeder, which is clearly empty following our blizzard. The drifts are so high near the feeder that you can’t see the raised herb garden next to it. I decided that I would be happy with a path one shovel wide, and went at it, happy head and all.
It was like shoveling three times the length of that short path. For each foot of snow, it took three scoops to clear it out: the top layer, the middle scoop, and a final push that took me near, but not to the grass. When I had the path finished, I had to walk back around the garage to get the seed. The drift is so high that we can’t get in and out of the back door of the garage.
I put out three gallons of mixed bird seed in the feeders and on a ground feeding platform that is sitting on top of the snow. I filled the nyger feeder, added a suet for the woodpeckers, and put out three ears of corn. I don’t know if the squirrels will give the deer a break and leave the corn. Thursday I looked out the kitchen window and saw a squirrel dragging an entire ear of corn toward the woods. I wish I had been there to see him carry it up the tree!
So, I’m full, the feeders are full, and I hope that shortly the birds will be full, too. The local grapevine must have ratted me out, because the air and feeders were filled with birds as soon as I made it inside. Yea….birdies! We’re glad to have been able to help!