went out to fill the feeders this afternoon… it is so cold out that I didn’t want the birds to run out of food…
started with the front feeders… only took a few minutes to fill one and put out fresh suet in the other…
then I went through the house and out the back… filled the first feeder and took the second into the garage to fill it… by then my fingertips felt very cold… I had hoped to add more to the first feeder, but my fingers were numb… clearly I had the wrong gloves on…
I quickly added seeds to the feeders on the deck and came in…
my grandson brought McDonald’s breakfast over when he came to pick up his youngest brother’s birthday present…
he sat by the door and I sat on the far couch… it was nice to have a meal and visit… don’t think that has happened since the summer in the garden… then he was off for the rest his day…
a bit later I went out and filled feeders while topping up the hot tub… lots of running up and down the stairs in the process, lol…
had some fun in the kitchen a few days ago after I took out the garbage from the den closet cleanup…
last week I found a recipe for homemade suet and added a few of the items to my grocery order so that I could make some for the birds…
it seems like a simple recipe with just 5 ingredients…
while making this, tomato sauce for my supper was simmering on the stove…
I made a double recipe so hope the birds like it, lol…
I used a sushi container and another container I found… after melting and mixing everything together, they went into the freezer to solidify…
I’ve put some out front in the suet holder and also put a bit in one of the saucers in the garden… so far it doesn’t seem to have the birds swarming to it;-(…
my problem now is that I am nearly out of sunflower seeds and won’t likely be getting any for at least a few weeks…
I’ve been out a few times topping up the feeders, and I even added a new one I discovered in the garage…
a friend dropped off some sunflower seed for me but I am getting a bit worried that it will run out before I can get more from the store… hopefully my grandson will be by and able to pick some up for me…
watching the new arrivals to the garden is such fun and I’ve started a list of everything I see this spring and summer…
thought I’d spotted a purple finch, but discovered that it is likely a house finch, lol…