Oh, HOUSEkeepers!

Big Guy and Big Lady got this wonderful sign from friends Lesley and Iain in England for a Christmas present. Now, we love our Big Guy and Big Lady, but we suppose this is probably quite true.... and somehow we knew this, deep in our hearts, that they work for US!? :_) Anyhow, we are very thankful for this nice gift which is now displayed in the living room. We couldn't help but notice that Lesley got a sign with a BLACK dog on it resembling me!

Happy Christmas to Our Friends Around the World!

Happy Christmas, one and all! Patrick and I are sooooo glad that the ice storm is over, and our first snowstorm is over, and Big Guy and Big Lady are home safe with us and celebrating Christmas! We wish for peace in the world, and dog treats for everyone!

Cardinals in the Ice

Our recent ice storm brought out all the birds and Big Lady and Big Guy worked very hard to make sure that all our friends in the garden had enough food and water to survive the ice.

Here are photos of Daddy Cardinal, and Mama Cardinal in our Bradford Pear trees.

Daddy Cardinal often likes to hide behind the Bradford Pears while he is waiting for his turn at the safflower seed, but he's sort of hard to miss, we think you'll agree.


All in all, it was a busy day at the backyard!

Snow and Ice

Snow and Ice. Hmmm. So, it's fun to go skating off the deck and chase Patrick around the yard like we're playing ice hockey, but, but, it's COLD!

Spent lots of time today sitting inside watching all the birds come to the feeder. Poor things! At least the Cooper Hawk was no where to be seen.

Here are my favorites!

A yellow finch, a red cardinal,



and me at the window watching juncos.



Patrick and I are eager for spring. Maybe we could just skip Christmas and go right to July. The storms were so bad last night we had thunder and lightning with all the sleet and ice. Patrick thought maybe there would be tornados, but I told him tornadoes have difficulty spinning when its 27F out and sleet is pouring out of the sky.