Weekend adventures 1/13/18

We were prepared for the worst weather and barely got anything. There are so icy roads out and about town but no power outages. Our plans for the weekend of being home bound included watching some movies, cooking on the wood stove, playing trivia and reading. Our plans now that we aren't as restricted are exactly the same and that' fine with me too.

The hubby and I love to identify birds and winter is a great time to see some that come down to winter in your area. I just wonder how terrible it is in Canada if some of their birds migrate to Kentucky! We still love to see our local birds at the feeders. Yesterday I saw blue jays, robins. cardinals, sparrows, purple house finch and juncos ( which are not local), and our favorite little woodpeckers.

We used our last suet cake the other day so this morning we made some for our feathered friends.  I found this recipe online and thought we would give it a try. We added sunflower seeds, raisins and peanuts to ours, We buy those to feed the birds anyway. We will be making more of these through the winter and will use dried mill worms and fruits as well.

https://www.thespruce.com/simple-bird-suet-recipe-386579

We decided to let the suet cool off in the snow on the potting bench by the back door. I half expected to see a flock of birds or our fat squirrels greeting me as I went to take this pic.

We will be doing more cooking on the wood stove and I am going to try another bread recipe. I think the girl and her father are planning a Planet of the Apes marathon, starting with the originals. I can not wait to write down some of the things that she says during the movie. She is  science person so she loves to tell us how things are not possible in movies. Whenever she tries to explain some things to me I tell her I prefer to think that it happens by magic, just to drive her crazy. She is a pretty smart little cookie and we are super proud of her.

Stay safe and warm and have a great weekend.