365 Days 2024, January 15th/Icemageddon – Monday

I think it’s so weird that one neighbor’s place was iced up like our place and the other neighbor’s field had hardly any ice. It may have something to do with all the water that pours down off of our hill.

Daily pīpī finally venturing outside the barn.
Daily hummingbird on a cold, wintry, day.
Blue skies, very cold temps, and ice everywhere.
Peek-a-boo daily pīpī.
Not in Hawaiʻi anymore.
Icy lānai.
Puffball Bushtits at the suet feeder. They’re so stinkin’ cute!
Two Flickers at the feeders.
Robins at the heated birdbath! My favorites.
Hairy Woodpecker.

When I was a volunteer wildlife rehabber, I raised lots and lots of Robins, from tiny babies to release. I’ve always loved them and spent many happy (and tiring!) hours feeding the babies till they could search out and eat food on their own.

Be still my heart!
Blurry daily pīpī who finally ventured out into the pasture.
Jake drove up our driveway…amazing!…to get another heater we had for the watering trough. You can see why we couldn’t get down without studded tires/4WD.
Sunset on this cold, icy, day.
Daily hummingbird at sunset.

I turn the heat down a fraction at night…now I’m all showered and ready for bed. I don’t expect it’ll be much better tomorrow, as cold as it is now. Nite-nite…

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About Mokihana

Born and raised Hawaiʻi girl who misses home and loves the Pacific Northwest. I’m a free spirit and love the serendipitous events that bring people and places together. My philosophy about knitting and life in general: “It is good to have an end to journey toward,but it is the journey that matters in the end.”Ursula K. Le Guin
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4 Responses to 365 Days 2024, January 15th/Icemageddon – Monday

  1. AFK's avatar AFK says:

    Brrrrrr. No wonder da manu love your place–heated birdbath! Non-frozen hummingbird nectar! All dat yummy seed! Good karma on you, Moki-chan.

    • Mokihana's avatar Mokihana says:

      Awww… mahalo, my friend. When we lived in Idaho it really got cold, but all year long I’d throw out birdseed on our front walk at about 3 pm. The sparrows would wait for me then. So much fun. They really appreciated it in the winters.

  2. Wow; you have a LOT of traffic at your birdfeeders!

    • Mokihana's avatar Mokihana says:

      We really do and I love it. The Varied Thrush finally came by but I wasn’t quick enough to get a photo of him. Probably because our heat hasn’t been on and I’m so sluggish! (It came back on finally!)

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