Another wintery day! We had sunshine with snow flurries most of the morning and then mostly sunshine, but temperatures stayed in the teens. It's been heading downward all afternoon - slowly but surely, and is now 10 degrees. Fred took this picture as we left Marty's after gassing up this afternoon. We stopped to pick up mail at West Danville and the wind was really cold, making the 18 degrees we were seeing on our car thermometer seem more like 8. It was so nice to see the sun, though, we really didn't mind being out, even though it was cold.
The snow flurries yesterday and during the night amounted to 1.5 in. when I measured at 9 this morning. We had flurries after that, but just a dusting, and even the slightest breeze would shift the flakes like fairy dust. Everything sparkled under the sun - including us, I think. At least, we felt invigorated just to see the sun shining.
     My friend, Mary Whitcomb, sent these lovely pictures of the birds she has at her feeder and in her yard. They are so beautiful, I wanted to share them with everyone! Mary has a real knack - or I guess more aptly put, a real talent for photography and is a very knowledgeable birder. I'm putting the pictures in as small images, but to really enjoy them, click on one and then you can see them all enlarged as a slide show. Enjoy! And thank you, Mary for these lovely shots.