Out of Hibernation Already?

Look who I spied out from its winter quarters under my deck!

It's the resident ground hog!

Scurrying across the snow in the perennial garden.

Ducking behind the far wall.

It looks pretty fat for a critter that's been hibernating.

Does this mean spring is here?

Sorry for the quality of the photos but it was moving too fast.

I guess this means a start to my ground hog war!

Linked to Saturday Critters.

Another Snowy Day

A Presidents' Day snow fall here today.  A good day for it since lots of folks have the day off.  We are in no hurry to clear our driveway since the forecast is for it to change to ice as it comes to an end tonight.

The birds are thankful I filled the feeders on Saturday.

It's interesting to note that the usual ground feeders like the junco above left and the sparrow below are going to the feeders today.  I haven't seen that before.

The mounting dove knows it just too big to do it.  As birds go I think these are on the not so bright side.  All the other birds had flown when some alarm was called but this one stayed under the feeder.  No wonder they are more likely to be hawk food.

Joining Through My Lens

Wild Bird Wednesday

Spires from the Train Window

I took the Vermonter train from Baltimore to Windsor, Vermont to visit my granddaughter for her 2nd birthday.  Lots of interesting sights from the train.  Graffiti is very evident on any vertical surface and its amazing how much junk is piled near train tracks in metropolitan areas.  

I looked for churches to capture as we quickly sped by.  I was not always successful.  It was raining on the trip north and snowing in spots on the trip home.

The train goes through 8 states: Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont.  I couldn't tell you where these churches were along the route other than they were not in Vermont.

Linking to Inspired Sunday

What's This? (13)

Love the road sign below.  We saw it just as we started our walking tour in June 2014.

The telephone booth converted to a spot for a defibrillator was in another village entirely.  Both show caring for the elderly.