Beautiful landscape.............

The look on the Chickadee's little face says it all......................brrrrr!  Let's get this cold garden back to normal, enough snow, ice, and temperatures in the teens, we want warm.  It's amazing how these tiny birds survive through a Winter such as this one.

Only the garden ornaments can stand long days and nights as cold as these recent ones.

Although it WAS pretty that first day, now the snow is melting and by New Year's Eve the predicted 60 degrees will turn it all to slush..............until then I wait, feeling much like this, frozen in time with a heavy head!  


No mall shopping for leftover bargains.............don't need them anyway.  No walks in the park - I'm fearful of driving on the ice to get there........ 

...............and my cycling days are just a memory!

So I circle the garden, snapping images before the beauty disappears.  The potting shed looks like a cabin in the woods..........

............with icicles dripping, green leaves still hang on the Akebia vine which tolerates the cold well.

The Christmas tree in the gazebo DID get decorated after all.  Now it stands as part of the Winter wonderland.............and will be there for some time until warmer days arrive!  Look how the snow formed a row of pretty miniature 'pine trees' on the lower gazebo screen - just noticing this as I post - Nature's decoration is everywhere.

So little Chickadee, stop frowning and stick it out for a few more days...........warm weather will return.........

.......and meanwhile you have a choice of housing to shelter you.  


These bird boxes have been the nesting sites of the Chickadees for several Springs.  I like to think they may also be their nighttime homes in cold weather.