I parked the KIA, grabbed my coat and purse, and entered my apartment about 10:38.  I dropped the coat and purse and went out the patio door to survey my backyard.  Black oil sunflower seeds, and miscellaneous bird seed, litter the cement just outside the door.  I haven’t swept it up yet.  “First things first!!”  I started filling the empty bird feeders, and squirrel feeders.  Just this very minute (3:09 PM) I saw the first squirrel, and the first bird.  It took four hours for them to discover “the golden corral” was serving food again.  3:12 and I saw the first Cardinal.  Soon my feathered friends will be back to entertain me?! ~~ Also watered the plants I shuffle from indoors to outdoors (weather permitting). Also fresh water in the tub for deer, raccoon, possum, squirrels and birds. Note the half-inch of ice on the tub of water.  ~~  Oh yes, I reconstituted lots of mealworms for the Bluebirds.