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| Friendship Sunday in WELS. Visitors are asked, "Were you born in Wisconsin?" |
The purple ice clouds are scudding across the radar maps today, going straight over us, with wintry mix to follow for the 10 days.
I was so pleased with green in the garden on New Year's Day, but a procrastinating winter is common here. The month of January has been mostly pleasant.
I dished out the corn and sunflower mix before the bad weather hit, so we had the full display of birds and squirrels early. They knew! They were out in force at 9 AM this morning.
When company is coming, I get the bird food out for entertainment. The kitchen windows overlook the barrels which serve as feeders, easily filled, shaped to drain excess moisture. A few peanuts in the shell are in the mix, so blue jays will grab one, hold it up, showing off, and fly to a safe place to get the peanuts out.
I like having a lot of wintry bushes serving as shelter and perches for the birds. The tiniest birds love fragile branches which support them but dump predators. Finches and chickadees will rest safely on them while enjoying some food.
I often wonder why people look at all the relationships in Creation and imagine everything evolved perfectively so every living thing could serve as food and as eaters. Meanwhile, the politicians, most of them with law degrees, cannot get anything right.
