Hello again! We're having quite the winter, huh? Here in North Carolina, we got record snowfall on January 31st. Our coastal towns had the most snow they've gotten since 1989 -- almost 40 years ago. Our town received 8 to 10 inches, but the nearby town of Lexington got 16 inches of snow on Saturday. The town of Wilmington, North Carolina, on the coast got almost 18 inches of snow. The town that had the most snowfall is Faust, North Carolina, which is part of the Asheville Metropolitan area. Faust received 22.5 inches of snow! Where we live, it snowed continuously for about 24 hours. It really was beautiful! Our meteorologist said we rarely get a snow like this -- soft and powdery with no ice, which is a good thing because we already had ice on the ground from winter storm Fern.
Hello everyone and Happy February! I just read that our little buddy Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today, so six more weeks of winter. People have mixed feelings about Phil (depending on what his verdict is in February), but I think he's mighty cute. 😊 However, I think he and his kin are much cuter when they're not in our yard. They can sure make a mess with all their holes everywhere. I wanted to share our small bird tree in the den, which I put together after taking down the Christmas decorations. This tree is in our den where we can enjoy it in the evening. It's decorated with ornaments that I've collected over the years and previously hung on our big Christmas tree. My mom has a winter cardinal tree that sits on the floor at her house from winter until spring, so that gave me the idea to do a bird tree of our own.
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