Christmas is gone and past Hairy woodpecker at his breakfast Lazy Saturday morning Snowbirds at work The local hawk hanging out Starling channelling his inner '80s pop-star Wedding plans Snow getting lit The beer I was drinking The beer I was drinking K's visit Another shot from the decade-old film M in my office Cat, box, bottle of Dock. . . Goldfinch at the sunflower seeds Will at one He was Peej then; he's Patty now. Or Patrick. Pine siskins eating and squabbling Dins Siskin eating his sunflower seed March 1999 Jeff E and her new puppy Goldfinches Can't get enuff o' that coloured finch Political sympathies Siskin waiting for space at the feeder The getaway Closer view of the Hairy woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Cat in the sun New Year's Eve, looking east for fifteen seconds Christmas socks Political microcosm The tree in the living room Tree on the back deck Sharpie's lunch Painting in progress Our Christmas amaryllis Chickadee Goldfinch on the clothesline Snowbirds at the feeder Old friend retiring Yesterday's moon from the back door Christmas Eve morning, three years ago