Beautiful

The birds are back today. Hungry little dears. It is so cold here I just couldn't bring myself to tiptoe out on the deck barefoot and I am not quite ready to get all ready for my day so i scattered seed all over the deck. Not the diner they are used to but they seem not to care today. I have chickadees, juncos, a nuthatch. All just waiting for a morsel. You see mother earth is sleeping. and she is frozen against the Arctic blast. It was -12 yesterday and in some parts -17. It is beautiful when it is that cold. Quiet. No birds, no clouds, the air sparkles.Today it's warmed only -2. so the birds are back and the clouds are here and it's snowing very lightly.