Belly Up To The Bar!

 The following pictures were taken in a 5 minute span of time. The bird baths were empty and the birds were patiently waiting for me to notice.

 After filling them up, the first to arrive were the Juncos. They seem to be the bravest.

 A few more......

 and more....

 The word is out!!! Do we have the only water on the entire ranch? From the looks of the gathering, you'd think so.

 They were going thru so much water, I had to use the saucer on the upside down pot as another waterer, er,er,er. Besides that, they need to work for their food so now they have to scratch it up off the ground.

 When I put the bird seed in the saucer, the blue jays would come down and scoop up whole mouth/beak fulls. What pigs. Now they have to work for their supper also.

 I really love the Bluebirds. Western and Mountain. When we first moved here, we never saw Bluebirds except on Main Street. Which is really a misnomer. It makes you think we are in the middle of town having a dirt road named Main Street.

 Now the Bluebirds have put out the word and they all meet here. "Hey, they are serving free drinks at the McMahills!"

 It's quite the gathering place. I'm actually thinking of putting up another bar....I mean bird bath.

 It's amazing how fast they drink it dry!

 "Anyone for another round? This one is on the house!"

The birds are very skittish. If they see any movement in the window, off they fly. So I lowered the blinds a bit and peeked thru with my camera. Yes, I washed the window, in the corner at least. The pictures turn out like I'm looking thru fog but with the auto contrast in Picasa, they look better. If you want a great free program to download your pictures in, Picasa is great! You can do a lot of things using Picasa.

I made a few more Christmas cards, this one with an image from Lettering Delights and just tore the paper to make snowy hills. Glue and glitter made the snowflakes.

 It rained last night and was supposed to turn to snow. It is cold and windy. A great day to stay inside and play in my craft room. I made this Scottie dog gift bag this morning. I bought the file from the Silhouette store.

Isn't it the cutest thing? I need to make a photo booth so the flash doesn't wash out my pictures. The only problem is where to store it? My craft room is full.

For those of you who couldn't see Katie's nutcracker, here it is. Can you believe it is made all of paper? Simply amazing. It is a file from SVGcuts.com and I must say they make amazing files to cut. But what makes Katie's special is that she has such a great eye for color combos. My mom paints and my dad was quite the genius in creating things so they both have an eye for colors and what goes with what. I must have missed getting that gene because I really struggle. Not to mention that I get glue everywhere! Oh well, artist or not, I still love spending time in my craft room.

Looking out my window, I see the clouds zipping by. We may just get passed by with the predicted Winter Storm. The sun peaks out every once in a while. Now that I'm retired, the weather doesn't bother me.

Wayne got rid of his horses. They were costing him a fortune to feed and water. He found a guy who has a riding stable in Snowflake who would take them. This guy has riding programs for disabled children so it was a win/win situation for all concerned.

Well, friends and family and the occasional passerby, that catches us up for now! Until next time........