Georgia "Red Birds"

We are deep into winter and I woke up this morning to snow! All of my tender flowers have frozen down to the ground and those that don't completely freeze have a tinge of red and purple in their leaves. The yard has a totally different appearance than it does in the summer or spring, but I also enjoy it in its current state. The yard is full of birds because I have seven or eight feeders that I keep full, and four birdbathes. I also feed the squirrels, they have their own three feeders with lids that snap shut when the squirrel pulls his head out after grabbing a peanut or sunflower seed. Early morning I can hardly sleep with all the racket in the yard. Now is the time of year that the a "red birds" come in pairs and there is hardly a time that I don't see a couple sitting in the tree just outside my bedroom window.

I like winter, it is a time of rest and repair, when both the garden and I can sit back and relax. Oh, there are things to do, pruning, and rearranging rocks and bulbs if I so choose, but if I don't want to do anything, I don't really have to, it will just wait for another day. There is much out there that I want to do, but for now I am content to just sit and watch the red birds chasing one another across the yard.