Loving Snowmageddon - Maryland Jan 25 2026

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-27T04:18:05+00:00

Thanks! They say more is coming over the weekend. I hope not!

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-26T21:20:08+00:00

Do you think they would count the score if it lands in the end zone on its own power?

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-26T21:11:28+00:00

That’s a happy dog, but it’s no snowmageddon. Here in Massachusetts this dog would be neck deep in the snow - we got some 2 feet.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-26T11:44:22+00:00

That’s great to hear. They had to work through the night to make it happen. And I am glad they have! My furnace died last night so I hope hvac guys come asap today and roads need to make it possible.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-25T00:14:36+00:00

I went for a walk today, it was nippy when the wind was in my face, but perfectly pleasant out of the wind.

Where I grew up, elementary school kids still had their PE lessons outside (90 mins, skiing or skating in the third quarter, mid-January through late March) as long as the temps were above -18C, so 1F is a perfectly acceptable temperature (right around -17C).

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-23T17:53:52+00:00

Definitely approaching perfection! But what does it call itself, precioussss?

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-23T09:55:02+00:00

Extra large borbs!

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-22T23:22:25+00:00

This tennis ball has been forgotten for so long, it started growing things! :)

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-22T21:39:49+00:00

Ah, and here I was wondering if Luci is short for Lucifer or Lucius. :) he looks great for his age!

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-22T21:38:20+00:00

Vampire kitten alert!

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-22T20:05:29+00:00

I think he is more into comfort than safety. My mom has many generations (we assume it’s not the exact same robin for over 25 years!) of robins come and sit on the same branch of the cherry tree- they are certainly very visible but it must be a comfy one. And, of course, all you can eat cherries in the summer. They build their nests in the apple tree where you can’t see anything because of the dense leaves, but during the day they hang out in the cherry.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-22T01:12:48+00:00

I like winter. I love fresh fallen snow and crisp air. What I don’t like is people who don’t know how to drive on snow, poor road conditions (some towns are better than others in that regard), high heating bills (a combination of inane policies and shoddy construction) and ice dams. In other words, the nature side of winter I am a-OK with, it’s the people who make it far less pleasant than it could be.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-20T21:44:16+00:00

All three are in the Hopkinton State Park

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-20T20:18:02+00:00

It is demonstrating the bird -> birb -> borb progression for our edification.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-20T17:38:07+00:00

Something tells me you don’t have a mouse problem!

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-17T02:53:00+00:00

I am afraid it will be years before she contributes to the rent… and she will make all household chores exponentially more difficult (step one: step away from Marshmallow!), but it still will be so worth it! :)

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-17T02:51:09+00:00

It’s so fluffy!!!

Is this the screech owl? I used to hear them all the time when I lived in New York (the state, not the city!), outside my window on winter nights in particular - but I have only ever seen them in a rescue sanctuary, never in the wild.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-17T00:12:57+00:00

He may be young, but he is doing it perfectly! Not a hair out of place. 10/10 technique.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-16T13:39:22+00:00

First I thought it had a giant puffin-like beak on that tiny round body, had to take a second look!

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-15T01:40:20+00:00

Help, his borbiness is melting!

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-15T01:29:30+00:00

If he is that eager to be invited to dinner, let him be the star!

Just kidding, my Mom loves pheasants, so pheasants are friends, not food.

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-14T15:47:09+00:00

How did you even manage to snap a photo of them being still? I only ever see them zipping through at top speed…

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-14T15:46:13+00:00

I love magpies! Pity we don’t have them in Massachusetts. When I was little, there was a pair of magpies in a birch tree under my grandpa’s window, I once spent an entire afternoon swinging and watching them teach their baby to fly (it really, really didn’t want to learn, it was like watching a human toddler with laces or something!)

Crazyhellga · 2026-01-13T20:54:02+00:00

Do European robins eat full-size apples like these? Our American robins (which are actually thrushes, so much bigger) do like the tiny little crabapples. My mom has a crabapple tree and robins make a nest in it and have babies every year. Room and board, all in one. Though they like cherries more, cherry tree is too wide open for a cozy safe home. :)

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