T Stands for Some Very Random Views from March

       Hi everyone. Happy new week to you. And to everyone who stops by Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's     blog, Happy T day too.

      Since it's the very end of the month if you read this on Monday and  since it's just the start of April if you read this after Monday, I thought I'd share an assortment of random photos from March for T day. Some are drinks and some are not. Hope they're not too boring, and yes, there's quite a few of them. 😉

     I received a fantastic birthday card from Elle a couple of weeks ago, and I have been amiss at posting it. I actually thought about posting it last week, but I had enough to say about my brother's wedding.  Before we get too far off from when I received it, let me show you today.

        Seeing I'm a Harry Potter fan I really loved this card! ❤ And even the postage stamps are Harry Potter! Very cool. (Sorry I missed your birthday  too Elle. You are better than me at making cards too.)

    Even with the ice on everything from this past weekend's rain and ice event, my phoebe is back. The Eastern Phoebe is a type of flycatcher, and ever since we moved into our home 35 years ago there's been a pair that nests under the eaves of my husband's workshop/outbuilding. It is officially spring when they're back, and this past Sunday I saw my first one. 👍

     On a recent local rail trail walk, I came across a spot where someone had set up for the dogs who walk. The mailbox had treats, and there was a bowl with some water. Here's drink #1.

     Neither of my dogs were interested though. Maddie preferred the smells of the other dogs around the bowl.  Since she's blind, that's how she now sees the world.  Last week I walked the same trail without the dogs but with a couple of friends. We walked 5.5 miles or 8.8 km. I  didn't bring the dogs with me that day because I think it would have been too long of a trek for Miss Maddie.

      And here's a couple of other photos that I took at my brother's wedding that I posted about last week. Well these are not from the actual  wedding, but the ski area where the wedding was held. The building on  the left is the hotel where my husband and I stayed. You can see the ski trails in the background.

And a view from the hotel restaurant where we had breakfast on the morning of the wedding.

       Drink #2 is my mug of hot water and the tea selection that I had with my breakfast that same morning before we headed out for a drive and then later in the day, the wedding.

    Recently I also did a bit of baking one day.  I missed (pi) ℼ day but a few days later I made a rustic and mini-sized apple pie.

     And I also made a loaf of sourdough milk bread.

      Some of you might have seen this photo in a post last week of my bird feeder pole and bird feeders. When we were at the wedding I received a text from daughter. Bears are out of hibernation and hungry. 

     One of the bird feeders was ruined and my suet feeder disappeared. Luckily the pole is one of those that you build from various pieces so you can customize what you end up with. I only needed to replace the bottom of the pole.

      But, twice I bought the wrong part to fix it. 😒 I guess I should have taken it apart before I went to the store.

     Finally I managed to get the right piece and the pole is now back up. No feeders are on it yet though. I need to take the bird food in at night to avoid another hungry bear, and this past weekend the weather wasn't exactly  conducive to go outside (rain, sleet, freezing rain and at first, a dusting of new snow). Hopefully this week we'll see sunshine again, and I'll put out some feeders instead of throwing food onto the ground.

     I also need to clean up a winter's worth of seed shells off the ground, but the yard is still too soft and too wet to rake. 

     I haven't made  as much progress on my sweater as I'd hoped, but I'm not packing it away for the season yet. You might remember last month I was just beyond the  brown in the bottom. Plus the 2 sleeves are done, so when I reach the armpit area I will connect them and knit the top/shoulder area.

     And finally, this week I am going to start planting some seeds. The other day I moved some bags of soil out to the greenhouse. For my birthday I got this new Gorilla wagon, which I just love. ❤ If you pull up on the yellow handle it actually lifts and dumps out what's in it. 

     It also turns on a dime and is light weight so I can lift it up easily, but not with the heavy bag of soil in it. 😏

     I've been monitoring the temperature in the greenhouse. I'm still a little worried that the nights are on the chilly side. I know this is a terrible photo, but some of our nights are definitely well below freezing and the greenhouse doesn't have a heater. I'm still figuring out the ins and outs of early spring planting in the greenhouse, but I love collecting the temperature data and figuring out how to go about keeping it warm enough for any seedlings when they start to grow.

        That's all for me in this post. It's probably too long a post at that.  Wishing everyone a happy T day and week ahead.