Sunday, January 05, 2014

Birds at the Feeder


We are having a terrible winter storm here in St. Louis, about a foot of snow, falling temperatures, and wind.  The temperature is dropping to negative numbers tonight and tomorrow, and the wind chills are terrible.  We've had lots of birds at the feeder today, and if you look closely you will see there are some in the photo.  This is the coldest temperatures we've had in this area for about 20 years.  Brrrr.  Too cold.

I went to the grocery store this afternoon for a few essentials.  None of the streets had been plowed, and almost no one was out.  My old car (Pete dubbed it "the company car") was excellent for weather like this.  It had something called "ECT snow," which I believe put the thing into four-wheel drive, a good thing on this kind of day.   Today I tested my new car, a Prius C.  It is great for road conditions like those between here and the store, probably every bit as much as the company car.  

Mark Goldman was to shovel us out today, but he couldn't get here.  He plans to come tomorrow.  

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