We have had lots of rain and snow showers. That has put a halt to most everything we do but it has given us a chance to work on projects inside and planning for home improvements. We hired a contractor to install a heating and air conditioning system so there went quite a bit of money, (it’s kind of a waste as we only use the air conditioning a few weeks in the summer, (we never had it in Gillette and we lived there for thirty years.
The entertainment has been the flocks of birds. They are feeding on the aspen’s flowers. Which look like brown worms, after they seed. The migrating birds are hanging around as the daily snows are keeping them at our elevation which is about six thousand feet. A few days ago, a flock od American Goldfinches have arrived and feed each day on our neighbors Aspen tree and bird feeders.
They are accompanied by Cassin’s Finches and now Evening Grosbeaks,
of which populations are declining dramatically. The Grosbeaks are here year-round. We are doing a lot of window birding. Meanwhile we putter around the house working on jewelry and grinding cabochons and enjoying home cooked meals.
It’s supposed to warm up this weekend and so we will head to the park. The bears are still acting like cows as the elk have not yet calved. Clear skies
We’ve had a few finches the last couple days-they just brighten up our feeder!!
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