If you’ve been checking back here to see if I’ve written anything this week you would have noticed that I didn’t. That’s because there is not much going on at the moment. It seems that all our energy for the past few months has gone into the Academy Awards trip, and now that it’s over with we are spent.

Winter passed us by this year although we did wake up to about an inch of wet slushy snow yesterday morning. Today there is a bitter wicked wind blowing outside so we are inside for the day. There is nothing I hate quite as much as the wind. If it’s not going to give me snow and true winter then it can just turn spring as quickly as it can. I’m done this year!

Since winter passed up by without nary a thought and spring has yet to arrive (although the witch hazel bush in my neighbor’s yard has popped, and another neighbor had one crocus up the other day, and my daffodils have broken ground) there is nothing to take photos of. Boring.

I saved another bird yesterday. Sam was sitting and staring out at the deck rather fixedly and when I looked out there was a poor little junco huddled in the coating of snow on the deck, shivering. I put on my gloves and went out and picked it up. Its poor little beak was opening and closing at an alarming rate and I could feel its little heart beating away. I held it for awhile and was not confident it was going to make it. Its little beady eyes were closed and its feathers were heaving up and down. It was raining at the time, so I really could not stand out there and hold it any longer. I went back inside and brought out a towel, wrapped the little junco in the towel and put it on top of the BBQ. I left the towel lightly draped on it so it would not weigh it down. I did other chores (splitting wood) for about fifteen minutes, then went to check on my little bird. When I opened the door I could still see the bird inside the towel. Damn, I thought. But the next second the bird was out of the towel and flying away! Off into the trees it went. Another soul saved. Makes me feel good inside.

Are you still reading? Bless you if you are. Pretty boring stuff.

In other news, the two amaryllis that I mentioned here that I thought were not going to bloom have fooled me again. They both have buds coming! Amazing! While the new one has yet another bud about to pop. I think amaryllis might just be the most wonderful flower bulb yet.

I hope to be as inspiring as my amaryllis in the week to come. At least I would like to think so. Here’s hoping.

We too have the bitter,wicked wind here today. In fact, it has been unusually windy for the last 3 weeks (and it’s not even March yet.) I put off walking the girls this AM because it was so cold—30 after being 77 yesterday! But now the wind has really picked up, so we are inside too.

You have a bird-saving knack, so wonderful!

I knew my sis would slog through that boring blog entry!

As far as the birds are concerned, just keeping them warm when they are shocked is the key as long as you reach them in time. It’s worked every time so far! Fingers crossed…

You had snow!  We had nothing in central NJ!  So glad to hear about the little bird…your good deed for the day.  Enjoyed the post!

I woke up to a little snow too yesterday and it stayed on the cars in the parking lot at work nearly all day.  Then more rain last night, sometimes fairly heavy, especially when I had to walk to my car after a movie last night, of course.  And the wind today.  Took a chance and washed flannel sheets and put them outside to dry!  We even had a few flakes of snow today.

Helen, yes a little SNOW. Just a nuisance really. The bird made my day yesterday. Glad you enjoyed the boring post!

Carolyn, we didn’t have any significant rain, just drizzly stuff and maybe a little on our way to dinner last night but nothing heavy. What movie did you see? We had swirling flakes of snow today too here and there. Funny stuff.

How great that you care so much for the birds and are able to revive them - very rewarding work.  The memory of the Academy Awards will live with you for a long time - such a wonderful experience.

Oh Amaryllis are so pretty…I love them.  Havent tried growing any for a long time.
I am so tired of wind…I am ready for something different too.

Joyce, it’s the least I can do for the poor little birds that manage to fly into our door. And yes, we’ll have that memory for a long tim.

Debra, that’s one of the things I don’t like about Colorado: the wind. I’m sure if I lived at the cabin it would drive me nuts! You should try an amaryllis; they are very rewarding to grow.

It’s winter in VT…. 2 feet fell over the week-end and more is on the way… you wanna come play in the snow??  You’re more than welcome!    Spring is arriving in my yard, the crocus are up and the deer are foraging…. hoping you’ll document waking up your fig tree for the summer so I can follow along.  Hope the poor thing survived a winter in my garage.

Maggie, glad you are at least getting in some late season skiing! The fig tree won’t be coming out until it warms up at night some more. As long as you’ve been watering it once a month it should be surviving fine.