Unusually cold winter weather in The Dalles, Oregon today.
Anna hummingbird on the lee side of our feeder in the snow.
Shiva doing her homework. We’d just seen a Towee, lower right as well as the Anna hummingbirds, left center.
Today’s temperatures dropped as low as 4 degrees F, not counting windchill, which took it down to -3 or colder.
Now swimming today. This was early in today’s snowfall.
Backyard poolside glass flamingo mocks us in the snow.
Though I’m partial to planting natives, yuccas are hardy evergreens… handling the extremes from snow to hot, prolonged drought.
Pansies in the snow. Will they make it? Dunno.
A feline visitor boldly hopped on the bench in front of our front window on a snowy day. Did Shiva see it?
Cold and getting colder still.
We’re a far cry from the South Pacific Ocean’s Fatu Hiva, but we love the fireplace on this snowy day in the Pacific Northwest. Today.
Shiva, resting on Wayne’s lap between birdwatching stints.
Thanks for the update. Your fireplace adds such coziness to your home. Pleased you are snug and safe, as are we.
Great to hear you are doing well.
All that time out in the elements on the boat and living in covered moorage in the winter makes me appreciate the creature comforts we now have.
Looks very cozy! Beautiful cat and great name <3
Shiva’s original owner, a yoga instructor, named her. At the time we decided it stuck because one of the extended names for Shiva is “Shiva the destroyer.” Her owner had a lot of bric-a-brac and not all of survived Shiva’s explorations and play, like the ceramic Siddhartha whose head needed to be superglued back into place.
We don’t have much bric-a-brac and while Shiva is still a play fiend at nearly three years old, she’s rarely destructive these days.
I’m guessing the pansies didn’t make it? more because of the cold than the snow.
Unlikely. They are an annual. The snow acts as a sheltering blanket but this morning dropped to -1F.