How's Your February Going?

       Happy to say that time seems to be moving pretty fast this winter.  We've already gained back some light in the evening; it's noticeable on clear days when I leave work at 5:15. 

     We've lucked out with the storms, too.  Today is the 6th, the 35th Anniversary of the "Blizzard of '78". The news of today is a big storm on the way for Friday and Saturday. Let's hope it's not as bad as they're predicting!  And while we're on the subject, why must we NAME every snowstorm now? I think it's overdone, and most of the time, the storms don't amount to enough to warrant being named. What do you think? The upcoming storm is "Nemo". The names sure are creative.

    My birds are doing OK, I bought a 50 pound bag of sunflower seeds and a 20 pound bag of songbird blend. I still need new feeders and more suet. We have a resident cardinal, doves, nuthatches and woodpeckers. And then the common birds, black capped chickadees and sparrows, and blue jays.  I haven't seen any hawks recently, but I think they're around, because I found a bunch of feathers in the yard a couple of weeks ago.

      What else is new? Not much. I took the "Feedjit"off this blog because I don't think it was very accurate. There were times I visited the site and I got false views from California. There were visits from other places that didn't show up on Feedjit that did show up on the Blogger stats. Maybe there were people who disabled it, for whatever reason.  I tried to add Google Analytics last night, but I was too tired to figure it out-I don't know how to copy and paste  the code and place it in the HTML. Too technical for me! I'll try again soon.

    Speaking of computers, I really want to buy a new laptop, but I don't want Windows 8! I have Vista now, and I didn't know anything about how crappy it was at the time, or I would've done something else.  I want Windows 7, which is supposed to be good.  I thought when Win8 came out, I'd be able to pick up an older model laptop (17.3" screen) with Windows 7.

    No such luck. They're practically giving away the new ones, but I won't bite. The customer reviews are mostly bad. Anyway, I'll keep looking. 

Here's our cardinal!

Have you ever seen a radical crest like his? Reminds me of "Big Boy" hamburgers!  It was a windy day.

Here's hoping the big storm blows over!

    

      Hope the rest of your February turns out well. One good thing, it's a short month! It'll be spring soon!