Five o’clock in the morning. Up early (couldn’t sleep), watching the news. Snow in not-so-far-away Huntsville. Weather-woman says a week before it warms up.

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Seven-forty-five AM and I’m sitting less than two feet from the electric heater; eating whole-grain old-fashioned Quaker oats. Hundreds of birds visible from my window; Robins not shown in first picture but lots of Cowbirds (or Grackle?). Blue Jays in other pictures.

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Postscript, Wed. Feb. 25, 7:30 AM: I’m so cold; I’m so unhappy!!

Kudos to folks living in winter-battered Northern states.

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