For The Birds

The kids took this picture a few weeks ago, of a giant flock of birds resting in my favourite tree...  it has become far too cold here in the last week or so, even for the hardy birds.  With the temperatures dropping below -30C (-22F) at night, and not rising much higher during the day, life has become very, very quiet. 

 

It's a strange contrast to the busy time that December was - now, people have hunkered down, and try not to leave the house unless absolutely necessary.  It's been nice for me, actually, because it feels like the house exploded over the holidays, and I am very, very slowly catching up.  Mountains of laundry, toys, books & dishes all need to be dealt with, before I can even start the packing away of decorations & reorganizing for the new year...  Ah, well.  It will all get done, and in the meantime, I am very grateful for the big woodpile outside, the bag of flour to turn into bread, and the bin of root vegetables waiting to become soup, or something equally tasty.

 

The forecast is calling for it to warm up by the weekend - I wonder if I'll be all caught up by then?  I might need just a few more "home days"!
 

Comments

[Jennifer]

Beautiful tree. Hope you are able to get all caught up.

[Charity]



[Maria]

Aren't home days wonderful? I always wonder why people complain about being stuck at home!

[Sarah]

-30! Oh my goodness! Glad you're enjoying your hometime, it's the way I'm happiest too - pottering and always trying to catch up!

[Denise]

Oh my gosh that is COLD! I love staying home, wish I didn't have to go back out today to take my dd to piano lesson, and I don't know why I'm complaing.... it's 32 out there, that's pretty warm for you guys ;-)

[colleen]

I LOVE home days and try to get as many as I can. There is always so much to do and I feel so calm, instead of the holiday panic.
good thing you got the wood pile done! do yoy use hot water bottles? our house gets very chilly at night so at hot ba is a must!