Winter is not quite finished with us yet. The weathermen got it right this time and as they promised we got a dumped on with snow. There was a strong easterly wind blowing too. It was not that cold but the wind was straight from Siberia. There was about four inches [100mm] of snow outside my door when I got up on Saturday morning. That immediately up paid to my hopes of digging at the lottie over the weekend.
After doing a few jobs around the house I got wrapped up and took a walk through the snowy countryside to the lottie. In my bag I had peanuts, bird seed and a big fat ball. I took some wire with me a made a secure hanger for the fat ball. I topped up the feeders and hung the fat ball. As soon as my back was turned, as I went up to the hive just to check it was fine, the feeders were full of little birds.
The tall hedges at the back of the plot were doing a good job shielding the plot from full force of the easterly wind but it was too cold to linger for long. I saw a set of rabbit tracks in the snow I followed them to see were they went. The little beggar hopped over the fence by the long border. That is supposed to be Rabbit proof. The tracks did not go far so it must have been a fruitless visit for the bunny. That little mystery solved I made my way back home the was I had come. Unfortunately it was straight into the teeth of the wind and snow. I pulled my hat down and my scarf up and trudged homeward. I was in no hurry and stopped here and there, behind hedges and took in the winter wonderland. The clouds were quite high so from the high ground I was able to look out across the landscape now quite changed by the snow cover.
PS The blog has passed another milestone, 400 posts since I began. I have been re-reading some of the posts some of the really old ones. Some of pictures show just how much effort has gone into the plot over the years.
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