Watching a female at the feeder Where Cardinals feel safest - in dense underbrush. Watching a female at the feeder Snow Monster II Ice coming down from the Lake, 2015 Creating Spring My first Bonsai tree, a juniper. Two small black dots are Bald Eagles... Celebration! Winter bird: Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Titmouse, Feb. 15, 2019 Housefinch, Feb. 15, 2019 Song Sparrow, Feb. 15, 2019 Junco, Feb. 15, 2019 White-breasted Nuthatch, Feb. 15, 2019 Male Cardinal, Feb. 15, 2019 Female Cardinal, Feb. 15, 2019 Swans on Stony Creek lake Titmoouse under the feeder dome. A natural tree bark shelter. The creek I couldn't get to, icy trails. Icy trail Polar Vortex, the effects of Clean up after the snow storm White-out, everything looks sugar-coated. A perfect January day in Michigan Winter in the Midwest Reminder of millions of displaced people at end of… Snow Monster I Husky weather. The creek did not freeze... Sunday morning in our neighborhood I made a trail for Maggie to run on. Maggie is weathering the snowstorm. The first major snowstorm this year in Michigan The Red Dot Ice on Lake Huron in 2015 Ice sculpture This was one of the worst ice storm in recent year… A frozen world Made of leftovers. Great Lakes Whitefish fishing boat. Spring ice in 2015, no ice anywhere this winter. There is no ice on the river this year.