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Freezing temps and lots of snow

Well I guess I haven’t updated my blog for a while. Sorry, I have been busy, but here goes.

Since Christmas we have had plenty of snow, but not as much as many other places in the country or indeed New York state under the lake. We currently have about a 6 inches of snow outside but lots more is promised tomorrow night – could be another foot if the forecast is correct. We have also had really really cold temps. This photo was taken earlier this month – 17th Jan. With the windchill it actually felt like -36C.

This has led to several extreme cold weather alerts – thank goodness for heating!

The deer have been in the garden most nights and once again the snow tracks in the garden make it look like Times Square. Along with the deer we have lots of rabbits – five the other evening all eating bird food under the tree, squirrels, birds etc. We have had one unexpected visitor and that is a mole or vole, not sure which. He spent most of yesterday poking his head out of a hole and steeling the bird seed we had put out. Very amusing to watch. Here is a video I took.

Our snow chipmunk

I managed to get a photo of our strange little chipmunk this morning. He doesn’t see to realize that he should be tucked up in his burrow during the winter months. Instead he is out and about most days in the cold and the snow filling his cheek pouches with food and running back to his burrow time and time again. We have never seen chipmunks about this time of year before.

Here are some pics of one of the many rabbits (hares really) we have in the garden.

The deer keep returning too. We now have a regular group of four who come by two or three times each evening.