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Happy Valentine Day!

After so much ado we ended up having about 3 inches of snow on top of the 1 inch sheet of ice.

The snowing ended before noon and the sun gloriously opened up the sky and soon enough the snow and ice began to thaw rapidly. By noon I was out food shopping. The store was already half empty of groceries, people had bought extra and they had not replenished the shelves for lack of supplies deliveries.It’s sunny now, the snow is almost gone.

We are planning to go out later since is Valentine Day!

Happy Valentine Day to all my female followers!

Thursday morning

Song Sparrow

Field Sparrow

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Fiasco Day 2 + Frozen Mess

Fiasco Day 2

Today is the second day of the emergency closure of schools and County functions. Many events were canceled by all private schools and County schools. Great part of the working force stayed home to care for their small children, businesses closed doors, deliveries, garbage pick-ups etc. All these for the second day and only rained!

Note: This portion of the post was written on Tuesday evening.

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After raining Monday and Tuesday we woke up on Wednesday covered with one inch sheet of ice. Rain had turned to freezing rain overnight and left us with a frozen mess that is extremely dangerous if you’re thinking of driving or even walking outdoors.

I got my car back from the mechanic yesterday afternoon but today I can’t go out anywhere because the ice is not melting yet.

Despite the windy and icy conditions I went out this morning and fed the birds with sunflower seeds only, I ran out of the mixed seeds. I shot some pictures for a few minutes and had to stop because I was freezing myself! 🙂

Note: This post was written on Wednesday at 1:19 pm

Field Sparrow

Carolina Chickadee & Field Sparrow

Song Sparrow

© HJ Ruiz – Avian101

Tags: birds, Carolina Chickadee, Field Sparrow, nature, photography, photos of birds

Fiasco, Day 1

The snow storm forecast kind of fizzle out so far. Last night rained a lot instead of snowing, and this morning is raining again! There’s an update forecast that rain might turn to snow or sleet later in the afternoon, the problem so far is that based on the weather forecast the city ordered all schools to be closed for 2 days!… so far there’s no storm!

People are furious for such drastic measures, decisions made in haste just to save their butts from what happened last time it snowed. I’m sure that this is going to be all over the media, they will criticize city officials for jumping the gun on this matter. It’s a great loss for industry, commerce, economy and education.