Saturday This and That- A Photo Post

Hi everyone.  Happy weekend. 

Not much exciting in my world right now. We have more spare bedroom de-construction going on this weekend. After a couple warm days the cold is back. I think I might be going out with my daughter on Monday as she the President's Day holiday off from work, but neither my husband nor her fiance do. We've been talking about meeting up and doing something fun. Nothing definite planned yet though.

Today I am sharing a few random photos from my week. 

Not that either of us needed the calories, but my husband brought home this absolutely yummy cake for Valentine's Day. It was just a basic chocolate cake with white frosting, but it was one the best chocolate cakes I've had. It was just from one of our local markets, and to top it off, it was marked down since my husband didn't stop (at the market) until he was on his way home from work.

I like the lighting on Maddie's face in this photo from the other night. You can see Pete is already sound asleep  on his bed in the background.

I've created a mess in my dining room by using my sewing table as my new art table. I keep bringing things down that I want to use. I hate to see what it will look like by the time I am ready to move back into the spare bedroom. Smile.

We had some nice sunset colors the other day. I like how the trees create a bit of  texture, even if this is a one dimensional photo.

A few weeks back when it was windy, my weed  collection bin blew down into the woods. It was stuck between 2 spindly trees, and since it's been icy I left it there, figuring I could collect it when the walking became easier. Then on Thursday we had more strong wind, and I noticed my bin blew all the way down the hill into the woods. Later I noticed it had blown even further into the woods. I figured before I lost it for good, I better hike down and collection it.

Here's looking back at the house part way into my rescue mission, and 

here's looking back into the woods where the bin ended up.

And in this next photo, here are my rescued bin and my boots on the deck. I'm happy my bin didn't rip on any trees as it blew. I now placed it securely in the garage so I don't have to rescue it again.

And finally, a view of a couple of my bird feeders and my bee hive. The grey squirrel army has made a mess of the birdseed by knocking a lot onto the ground. I've counted 13 grey squirrels out there at one time. 

However, all the seeds make walking out to retrieve these feeders ( for filling) easier as they give a bit of a grip to the ice. Those seeds have also created lots of food for ground feeders like this flock of mourning doves that comes around frequently.

I also wonder how my bees are doing. I can't fully open the hive because it is still going to get quite cold, and I don't want to ruin their heated space. (The bees are adapted to heat  an area of the hive to about 95 degrees by clustering around the queen and making a substance to seal up any cracks). Yet since it was 60 degrees F (15.5 degrees C) the other day, I just lifted the top just a tiny bit to take a fast peek in and see if there was still food for them. The bee experts say the toughest thing for bees in late winter is that they run out of food. There wasn't enough honey in the hive to feed them all winter, so last fall I put in some homemade sugar paste and also some protein/pollen patties for them to feed on.  My quick 30 second glance told me they still had food,  but the question remains, are there bees in there alive? I guess I'll need to wait another 4-6 weeks before I know that answer.

That's the "wild" excitement in my world right now.

Have a wonderful weekend!