Saturday Sky?

I don't usually post a Saturday sky picture, especially in the winter, when it's usually gray, gray, or gray. (Somewhat like where I used to work, where I once heard a visitor exclaim "Gray carpet, gray file cabinets, gray cubicle walls -- gray, gray, and more grey!" And she didn't even have to work in it.)

But I was amused by the contrast between the two shots above. Left, relatively calm. Right, windy and snowy. At some points, there was so much blowing snow in the air that I couldn't see the red pines in the background at all. It was like looking into a white Tupperware bowl.

The birds stuck close to the feeder near the rose tangle all day. Cardinals, chickadees, a couple of blue jays, white-crowned sparrows, house finches, downy woodpeckers, both red- and white-breasted nuthatches, goldfinches, juncoes. All of them had their feathers puffed up to keep warm, and I have to tell you, a fluffed-up blue jay is a mighty funny-looking bird.

I finished both mittens and have started on the first thumb, so I hope to have them completely done very soon.

It is still cold (3 deg. F) this morning and snowing lightly. South Haven's weather conditions right now are 3 F (-16 C), with the wind at 15 MPH gusting to 22 MPH. The windchill right now is -14 F (-26 C). Brrrr!