Pets

are all snuggled up in their heated cat houses this morning, at 6 below outside. I go out and show them the food when I feed them to rouse them from their houses. When it's this cold I give them extra time and feed them a little later. I will feed them one more time in the afternoon.

Birds went through a lot of bird seed yesterday, also squirrels. I brought one feeder inside last night that is tubular just to thaw it out.

I have suet out for the woodpeckers. The piliated woodpecker is beautiful, and big.