7QT: February Happenings
They say February is the longest month. Everyone is feeling rather cooped up and sick of winter, its coats, its cold, its grayness. Homeschooling attempts are half-hearted and limp. Arguments and crying are very frequent. Lips and hands are tired of being chapped. We want spring! 1. We have been bird watching and feeding this snowy month. We finally bought a bag of seed from a great little shop in our town called Birdwatchers. We sprinkle the seed on the snow for the ground feeders -- juncos and sparrows -- and we have this Birdscapes Clear Window Feeder to feed the perching birds. We have found a place on our kitchen window where the squirrels cannot get to and now we get chickadees and tufted titmice, and once a woodpecker. These little visitors make me so happy. We haven't been lucky at attracting birds till this winter but I swear now they know us as a feeding spot and come every morning in expectation. ...
