Hurricane Deck

The recent cold weather has brought a huge amount of birds to my feeder - and I am so excited about it! Since the raising of the feeder, I have gone through 15 pounds of mixed birdseed (milo, millet, sunflowers and cracked corn), 35 pounds of black sunflower seeds, 8 blocks of suet, and not even a bag of thistle. I was not really all that happy to find that no birds partook of the thistle seed from the feeder that I had bought, so I moved it from my T-feeder to my porch - figuring that I might as well leave it there just in case - thankfully I did! I can now add another species to my list - the American Goldfinch! A group on the ground Hi there! What brings you to town? I love how pretty they are! There were 5 at the feeder when I went to take a picture - only this one was brave enough to stay. This is what the males in my pictures will look like come summer - what a transformation! In my quick research, I found that these birds feed exclusively on seeds and grains and will not eat ins...

Lots of changes have been happening at the Jackalope House. I finally have a dining room table and lots of chairs - it makes the house seem so much more cozy! I really need to get on the ball and put plastic over the windows. Now that it is getting cold the old windows are really leaking some warm air. I need to face the fact that I am not going to get the trim painted without a massive dose of motivation that I really don't see myself having in the next 3 months. It is always harder to do things once you have moved in! I went fox hunting with my friend Erin last Thursday - I didn't take any of my dogs because I had a 3 day dog show starting on Friday. Thank goodness I didn't - Ana will hunt anything, including skunk. And yes, she found one. And yes she got nailed. UGH! AGAIN! She immediately came out for fresh air and Erin and I rubbed dirt and snow on her to get some of the stink off. We ran home for a shower - Erin got the brunt of the stink so she washed off herself and...