Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Tuesday, January 15

A nice sunny day today -- I would love to go for a walk, but not for a while. Long, long talk with Eleanor -- it was like she had come over for a cup of tea. The modern phone service is wonderful -- and very very cheap.

Excitement at the feeder. A small red squirrel found it and did a reconnoitre, first slipping and sliding along the top snowy rail supporting the roof structure -- and the feeder. He could not figure out how to get to the feeder from up above, so went down the maple tree beside the deck to the equally snowy lower railing and leapt deftly up to the feeder. I opened the french door a crack -- frightening Squirrel who threw himself at the trunk of the maple tree and landed spreadeagled but safe...

No comments: