A few nature shots from today...

 

It was absolutely gorgeous this morning when the sun came up and with the ice in the trees everything was sparkling like diamonds...

 

This icicle was in the tree...

 

Just gorgeous...

 

White, sparkly and frosty!

 

The birds were out in full force...

 

At a friends house this afternoon I found a few teeny tiny wildflowers!

 

 

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Clover

 

We had a great day and more photos to come...

 

 

 

Ice....

 

Wow, we got nailed by icy rain last night!! Michael didn't have to go to school due to our hometown losing power from downed electric lines. The roads weren't icy but everything else was, including some bridges! I took a few photos right after we woke up, then more at 9am and then again at Noon. It still hasn't warmed up much and there is still ice on some things but tomorrow they are saying we'll be back in the 60's with the winds coming out of the South West. I can't wait!

 

 

Brrr...

 

Jasmine got coated in ice and it was blooming, ekk

 

It's a frosty morning out...

 

Both the Jeep and truck were coated in ice

 

 

 

 

The truck has a remote start and last night I had set it to heat and turned it to Defrost. So this morning I started it from the house and let it warm up before I tried to open the doors on it.

 

Bless her heart, she was covered in ice

 

Brrrr Morning Julie!

 

Rose bush

 

The propeller on Michael's plane, coated in ice and spinning in the wind!

 

Mesquite trees

Lichen

 

The grass was crunchy

 

 

Ice everywhere...

 

 

 

 

Hummingbird feeder was frozen in place

 

At noon I went to feed the deer and rolled the window down, the ice sheet stayed put

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is NOT funny, really NOT funny!!

 

 

Silver sage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yucca

 

Julie finally started thawing out and she's warm and cozy under her blanket!

 

 

I had fun taking photos but have had enough...it's time to warm up!!

 

 

 

 



Winter Storm Warning, ekk...

 

 

It was 62 degrees this morning and now it is 41 degrees and still dropping. Michael's school has a 2 hour delay in the morning. The wind is wicked and it's been spitting rain here and there. I fed and watered all the animals early (Julie has her blanket on) and now it's time for us to hunker down and stay warm in the house.

I made some peanut butter cookies today. I was going to make chocolate chip cookies but a 70+ lb rat ate the chocolate chips. I can not keep chocolate in this house unless I hide it and I forgot to hide the chocolate chips!

I'm praying we don't lose electricity tonight, it sounds like it might get nasty...

Gotta love South Texas...wait 5 minutes and the weather will change.

I think Saturday we are suppose to be back in the 60's, woohoo!!

Hope y'all stay warm and safe tonight!

 

A Wildflower is blooming in Texas...

 

I've been seeing these tiny blue wildflowers at the property for a week and I finally grabbed the camera and took a photo...They are so tiny, about the size of a pencil eraser. It is so nice to see a little spot of blue when you are walking...

 

 

Small Bluet, one of the first wildflowers to bloom. Other common names are Angle-eyes, Innocence, Fairy Flax, Quaker-ladies, and Star violet.

 

Small Bluet

 

 

Lichen on a dead tree

 

 

Fruits from Silver Leaf Night Shade

 

 

I'm not sure what this seed pod belongs to but it is from something that vines up the trees. We see these pods a lot in the winter and early spring in the tops of the trees.

 

Seeds from the Silver leaf sunflower

 

Seeds from the rattle bush

 

 

 

Tufted titmouse, I give them the seeds from Rose's seed bowl and they love them!

 

 

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It's gorgeous outside but that is fix'in to change soon, another Blue Northerner is headed this way!