I Think The Birds Took It Down!!...I Saw The Tracks!

     If you look closely at the header photo you'll be able to see that the extended feeder arm, where the bird suet usually hangs, has no feeder. O_O Nope! No feeder there!...It has no feeder!...It has no chain!....It has no hook!....and it has no birds!! O_O
      Just for the record, I have to say: "I knew it!...It was bound to happen eventually!!"...There were so many birds in, around, and on that feeder that it was bound to come tumbling down!!...One minute the feeder was there....and the next minute I looked  out the window, and it wasn't there!!...***Between you and I, I think it might've been those large cardinals that took it down!...all sitting on there at the same time***
    At any rate, the feeder was on the ground, and so were lots and lots of tracks!......everywhere...all around the feeder!!...Sorry, but I just couldn't take a photo of my poor sad feeder laying in the 'white stuff'!...Okay, the truth is...hubby took a picture of it, but it wasn't distinguishable. ^_^ Instead I got LOTS of bird tracks!! LOL...

      And the neighborhood cat's tracks (above)...and more bird tracks (below)...
 

     ...and bird tracks mixed in with cat tracks! LOL...

      Or at least that's what we 'think' the tracks are! ^_^ Since we weren't there, it's all a case of circumstantial evidence! LOL...You know, black cat seen prowling the perimeter of the backyard shortly after finding the feeder down...Confused black-capped chickadees in the tree, watching the ground, and every movement of the cat! LOL...and of course, the tracks everywhere! :-)
      Before we saw the feeder on the ground, I was entertaining mental images of a hawk grabbing the chain off of the hook, and toting the whole contraption through the Massachusetts skies, off to his nest up on a cliff somewhere around here! Ha! Ha! Ha!...My mistake was repeating that too my husband. LOL He's still teasing me about it this morning!!!! ^_^ ... I mean...I'm not teasing him about playing his air guitar while singing an off-tune version of 'Hot Blooded' on our date last night!...just saying! LOL
     
       Anyway!!! ^_^ The feeder is back up!...
 

      ....And while there's still bird tracks everywhere!...
 

      ...and bird tracks mixed in with cat tracks! :-] ...

   
        ...Things are back to normal in the backyard. :-) ...
     

      The suet feeder is swinging in a slight breeze...

      And I'm sitting here, sipping on my green tea while watching the weather forecast of the bad storm that's due to hit us hard tonight. O_O ...*sigh*...We're due to get more white stuff. Somewhere between 5 and 14 inches...Ugh!
      "Don't look at the weather, Wug...Look at the feeder!!" ^_^ ...
 

      "Look at it closely!!" LOL
 

      Have a good weekend, Everybody!! :-)


Happy Weather People

Weather people are so happy!
So excited about their maps!
Always smiling on the T.V.,
like there's sunshine in their laps.

They're a chitty chatty bunch.
Talking radars and jet streams.
Strangely when the weather turns
their eyes glaze over, and face beams.

I don't know how they are so happy
when there's snow and rain and sleet;
When they do outdoors reporting,
smiling, while with soaking feet!

The places that they go
are where most folks are running from!
Are they brave, selfless informants,
 or just really, really dumb?!

I cannot imagine
how they hold their heads up high,
when most folks can't stand their forecasts,
and they make folks want to cry.

They seem so proud and happy;
Fancy ties and great hair-dos!
Disgruntled comments bounce right off,
as do our frequent hiss and boos!!

The conclusion that I've reached
is that they have a 'Happy Gene'.
But, no doubt, they would just say
that they're reporting what they've seen.

Hey! They were not there
when wind and force moved things around!
But they're happy to be able
to now tell us where it's bound!

Yes! Winter Birds Have To Eat Too!

(Bird Suet Cakes from thecattsuglybabies)

        Today's post is a kind of 'thank you' to my 'tigger-iffic' friend. :-) THANK YOU!...I had to stop and take a minute to thank her because she reminded me of something that I had forgotten...that winter birds have to eat too! :-)

     I fawn over my backyard robins and hummingbirds during the Spring and summer. I mean REALLY fawn over them! ^_^ In fact, she does too when she's here and one of the hummingbirds darts in for a little sip and then speeds away!

      But my little 'birdie babies', have been gone for a while now. My tree has been kinda bare...except for an occasional cardinal or bluebird...But now, thanks to my 'tigger-tastic' friend, the birdies may come back!! :-) Why, you say?!!..Because she gave me a gift that might make my 'baby birdies', or some new 'baby birdies', come back!...

      She gave me a suet cake, and a holder cage...a special little box!...a caged box!!...Forgive me if I'm not calling them by the right name. I never saw one before, or if I did, I didn't know what I was looking at! LOL...

     But thanks to hubby hanging it up for me, my 'suet birdie-attractor' is now hanging in the honored place where my hummingbird feeder used to be! :-) ... And thanks to 100% of rain, it's getting totally rained on!!! UGH!...Do birds LIKE wet food?!...Maybe I better consider something like (below) this in the future...

(Copper Hanging Suet Feeder from mikelange3)

         That little copper hood might keep the food from getting "totally" wet anyway!...Okay. So I may be thinking about this a little too much! ^_^ But give me a break! I had forgotten that winter birds need to eat too...and now I know they do...and I want them to eat!!

      In fact, I went looking for other holders for suet...just to see what I was missing! ^_^ And I found a couple of cute ones!...This one...

(Recycled Wood Bird Feeder with Suet Plugs by andrewsreclaimed) 

       And this one...

 (Wooden Goldfinch Suet Feeder by MyGardensCloset)

       You can also put an orange slice in the side of this one too! :-) ...

     How cool is that! :-)

     So, thank you my 'terriffic-thoughtful' friend! :-) And I think the 'birdies' in the backyard will thank you too!...For everybody else...Have a good well-fed human food kinda day! ^_^

 My Special Little Box

No, I don't have a baby
with tons of golden locks
that need a place of memory
like a special little box.

No, I don't want old watches,
or the parts to wind old clocks
to mar or scratch the insides
of my pretty little box.

No, there's no baby pictures.
No, not even baby socks,
that'll occupy the insides
of my flower covered box.

No, I can't have it damaged
by some clumsy, nosy ox.
My butterflies must be safely kept,
secure upon their box.

Let's see, will it be chocolates?
or my diamond studded rocks?
Yeah, those would do just fine
encased in my little box!

Oooo! Special boxes rock!