For as nice as the weather was the other day, yesterday was as equally miserable. It rained, it snowed, it rained, it snowed and the wind was a howling. By bedtime all we had was a thin layer of snow on the deck.
Paul had to go to the oral surgeon yesterday to have the implant post checked. Everything is okay and he just needs the jaw bone to heal around the post now. He'll have to go back in about another 5 months.
The warmer weather has brought the starlings. Pain-in-the-*ss they are. Today they found the peanut butter log and I had to bring it in sometime in mid-morning. Spent the rest of the morning chasing the starlings out of the back yard. This afternoon I saw a young kestrel (hawk) sitting in the tree by the deck...no other birds to be seen!
Today was a nice sunny day but cold. Not much going on. Paul finished up on Cecily (the tractor) and got her running again and I strung a necklace that had been sitting for weeks. Our little possum friend has been around a lot lately so Paul set out the trap and within about 2 hours we'd caught him. Tomorrow he'll go for a ride to be relocated.

Quiet Life on the Hill

Yesterday was another quiet day with the exception of running the "bird ambulance" out to the deck to rescue a little chickadee who'd flown into the window. He was in the box for quite a while before he started fluttering around but the noise got Chessie's attention and she wanted to know what it was all about. Sorry, little Chessie you can't play with birds. When we took the box outside and opened it, off he flew. We noticed that we now have eight bluebirds coming for dinner. Don't know where the extra one came from but word is out that the Frederick's have great food. LOL!
Paul's tooth seems to be doing well but he did cut off the knot of the stitches because it was irratating to him.
Made a nice homemade pizza and watched the Super Bowl game. Good game.

Today, Monday, I went down to Scranton because with all the appointments of last week I forgot to get my allergy shots. Argh! So, got my three shots and did a little grocery shopping.
Started snowing a little after I got home and everything is covered with a fresh layer of snow again. It's not suppose to amount to anything but we'll see. Ugh, The Groundhog saw his shadow today so Winter isn't over yet.

Bird Watching

The girls have been so funny the last couple of days. They have both spent the whole day in the front window watching the birds. We now have to keep throwing birdseed out the window to keep them entertained. By afternoon neither one can hardly keep their eyes open because they haven't had their morning nap. Occasionally there's a little spat on the window ledge but for the most part this is the best they've ever gotten along. By evening they are both pretty mellow although last night Chessie was a "war kitten" for a little while.