by Pa Rock
Feeder of Birds
We were supposed to get an ice storm this past Wednesday evening. It was cloudy and cool that morning, but nothing ominous, so after I finished the blog and filled the bird feeders, I headed into town to do battle with the pharmacy and shop for a few groceries. I walked into the grocery store right at noon and spent about twenty minutes strolling the aisles and filling my cart, all the while never giving a thought to the weather.
But when I emerged from the warm store twenty minutes later I was surprised to find that a fairly furious ice storm had descended upon West Plains, and the parking lot - and roads - were already getting slick!
Ice fell off-and-on the rest of the day, during the night, and through much of Thursday. Today the ground had a thick crust of hard white that is uninviting to both foot and vehicle traffic. I have a small patch of jonquils on the south side of the house that are always the first flowers to bloom at The Roost - and they began blooming several days ago - and now they are icy blobs of yellow among the lonesome white.
Winter blows on!
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