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snowstorm warning...
long duration:  15 to 35 cm

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ocean
mountains
light rain

more and more teeny tiny crowns

numbers of monarch butterflies wintering in central Mexico
were up 144% this year
not yet certain if that trend will continue
but for now good news!
keep those wee wings
flapping

-9 degrees sonic

no snow today
but sounds like someone is using a blower
or maybe a chainsaw
or an outboard motor in the middle of the city

not loud enough though
to drown out the woodpecker
happily going at it
on the side of the house

a little industrious energy
busy busy busy
the waning days of january
and we're all doing it here
one way or another
in this frozen prairie town

a small one

today a baby bird on a branch
magpie?
bluejay?
hard to tell
fluffed up
not quite ready to fly
bobbing up and down
spreading wings
one day

frequencies

some guitar sounds
are very much
like cat's meows

dressed for success

busy typing in fingerless woollen gloves
like a character in a Dickens novel

Monday Rx

turmeric honey in tea...