For the Birds

Forgive me. I am behind on blogging and reading blogs, for I have become obsessed with finding my roots. We are hosting a family reunion here at the Garden Spot in July, so I have been devoted to discovering the family history. Obsessively. My dad's genealogy is complete, but my mother's was never done, so now I am trying to create a family tree. Not easy since everyone is gone. Her roots are in Ottumwa, Iowa. Anyway, that's what I have been doing.

Here at the Garden Spot there is little else going on. We had snow late Sunday and Monday. The sun came out yesterday and today, but more snow is predicted for tomorrow and Friday. It ha also been very cold with temps hovering just above and a bit below 0. Brrrr.

Poor Robin Red Breast was getting a drink when one of the nasty ring necked doves chased him away. He patiently awaits his turn.

Mr. Flicker waits, too, for his turn at the suet. At least he has some manners.

Mrs. Downy has her turn at the suet.

I really wonder what the juncos find to eat in the snow since they are ground eaters. They learned to eat at the suet feeder last year when I served the good stuff: homemade peanut butter suet. They always look so cold.

The unsightly abandoned grain elevators even look grand surrounded by the hoar frost covered landscape I should have put on boots and tromped around to see what else I could shoot, but I did not feel like wandering out in the sub 0 early morning. So life around the Garden Spot is pretty much for the birds these days.

And one furry cotton tails; even he looks cold.

Okay, Bronco Fans are you all geared up? Do you have your Supper Bowl meal all planned? No? Me neither. I will throw something together, chili perhaps. We have a friend who is doing missionary work in India this week, so if he is home we may have him and his wife come watch the game with us. Denver is all Blue and Orange and the Governor has renamed the 54 mountain peaks in Colorado known as the Fourteeners because they are all over 14,000 feet after the starting players. So we have Mount Payton Manning, Mount Champ Bailey, Mount Eric Decker. You get the point.

So whom do you pick? Former coach John Madden has predicted a Bronco win; he has been correct 8 out of 9 predictions. Another prognosticator has chosen the Sea Hawks. They say defense wins games and Sea Hawks has the best, but hey we have Champ.

Look at me go on. You'd think that I was real football fan. Like I said before, I don't even own a Bronco shirt. Still we cannot help but get excited for the home team. We have watched all of the games and we are psyched. PS: thanks for indulging me.

GO BRONCOS.