Solstice Time.

12-20-13 SHORT HILLS: The birds continue to mob the feeders. Today is much warmer than the last two weeks, and it's nearing fifty. It’s overcast with very little wind. Rain is forecast for tomorrow. If it does, lot of melting may happen. With that in mind, I shoveled open the street sewers so our driveway won’t get flooded.

The Solstice is at hand, and the days will soon start to get longer, but it won’t be very noticeable until February.

Tomorrow we go to NYC for A Prairie Home Companion, an annual event for us with friends Bill, Lynn, Leeza and Roger. We may get up to Rock Center to see the tree if the weather is OK for walking.


Downy woodpecker, male.

Chickadee.

Northern Junco. Is that a tongue of a sunflower seed?