Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 7:02 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … it’s freezing outside … but they’re staying warm on self-heating thermal mat …
Thursday, April 14, 2022, 1:19 pm … Teeny … Monday’s masses of snow have disappeared … time for yawning on a warm window kitty sill …
Monday, April 11, 2022, 5:30 am — Teeny Tuxedo … Whoa! … Snow! … from sunny, over 70º four days earlier … to four inches of quiet whiteness this morning … “first time in 82 years of record-keeping that measurable snow has fallen at Portland International Airport this late in the year.” – opb.org … Airport is 18 miles south, across the Columbia River, in Oregon …
… 6:50 am … HEAVY snow weighing down shrub … east side of deck …
… 7:41 am … Teeny Tuxedo … two hours later … STILL snowing …
… 9:30 am … Gently falling snow flakes … A spot of red at the black oil sunflower seed bird feeder … either a male purple finch or house finch …
Below, video … Big, fluffy flakes … 7:50 am … first significant snow this late, April 11, in over 80 years … stopped by afternoon … Fluffy, but heavy … listen for “pops” of tree branches breaking, especially at 1 minute …
Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 3:04 pm — Still life on a cold day … snow’s still here … vintage 1995 blue bottle of Arizona Iced Tea … cousin D’s drink … from Hockinson Co-Op … on the way to walking back up the hill to Grandma and Grandpa Ahola’s old farm … Hockinson, Washington … (Grandma’s sewing basket on coffee table) …
Inside close-up … see the blue bottle outside in the snow at My Photo A Day Adventure …
Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 12:03 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … enjoys the snowy view … and glad she’s on the warm side of the window …
Monday, December 27, 2021, 2:32 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … camera flash catches a mighty yawn …
… no flash … afternoon catnap … floral sheets … Portuguese flannel from Vermont Country Store several years ago …
… 3:10 pm … Teeny’s missing the after-Christmas afternoon … snow … blue sky … 2 birds flying in for a landing …
… close-up of da two boids …
Saturday, December 18, 2021, 3:11 pm — Chickadee casts a wary eye on the new guy … a Thompson’s warbler! … a lone stranger …
… and awaaay li’l chickadee flies … 4 years ago, a different brand of yellow-splashed warbler paid a visit, New Birds in Town!, April 26, 2017 …
… after midnight … birds are sleeping … snow is here! … for a bit …
Friday, February 19, 2021, 5:03 am — Perkins … after a month of testing, Perk has decided the original bowl on 3 stacked saucers is better than the elevated, tilted bowl … See also, Elevated Eating Cats, Dec. 16, 2020, first experiment with the stacked saucers …
… 11:58 am … midday tunnel time …
... 1:50 pm … snow world window watching … not much left after a week …
… 7 days earlier … with Teeny Tuxedo … Snow Birds Cats, Feb. 12, 2021 …
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 5:46 am — While Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo were nestled all snug in their bed …
… 12:24 pm … the snow was melting … (neighbor’s flag) …
… 2 days earlier … a pristine world of fluffy white … Valentine Surprise, Feb. 14, 2021 …
Monday, February 15, 2021, 11:37 am — Teeny Tuxedo … what happened to the butterfly bush?? … branches are bent down to the ground! …
… ice! … enlarge for closer look …
24 hours earlier … the butterfly bush in all its sprightly vigor … Snow World Cat, Day 3, Feb. 14, 2021 …
Sunday, February 14, 2021, 4:50 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … keeps her tootsies as white as the snow …
Sunday, February 14, 2021, 9:27 am — Perkins … watching the the snowy Valentine’s Day bird show …
Sunday, February 14, 2021, 8:30 am — Teeny Tuxedo … just another snowy day in the neighborhood … over a foot of the white stuff … it’s reached the very top of the large planter out front … (neighbor’s flag) …
… but, WAIT! … something’s weirdly off-kilter out there! … it’s a pink … it’s a pink …
… a pink flamingo! … stranger in a strange, snowy land … Happy Valentine’s Day! …
…now back to window snow patrol business …
See Teeny Tuxedo’s “twin” in the same pose as above, Arty Twin Cat, Feb. 9, 2020
Sunday, February 14, 2021, 1:25 am — Teeny Tuxedo … catching some ZZZ’s … before her next busy day of snow world window watching …
… 8:14 am … butterfly bush … bundled in toppings of snow …
Saturday, February 13, 2021, 9:31 am — Spotted towhee … butterfly bush … puffed up to stay warm … enlarge photo to see its long claws … and how color of its eye matches its rusty red feathers …
… Teeny Tuxedo … on spotted towhee alert … where’d he go? …
Despite Their Name, the Spotted Towhee’s Eyes Make Them Unique, Jack Gedney, Marin Independent Journal, May 10, 2020
Saturday, February 13, 2021, 7:47 am — Day two … over a foot of snow … kept umbrella out to protect birds’ dining table … no reservations required …
… 9:28 am … Teeny Tuxedo …
Friday, February 12, 2021, 10:34 am — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … snow keeps falling … active, zippy birds in the butterfly bush … perfect spot for two curious cats …
… 12 years ago … 1.5-year-old Teenster … same window … Snow Cat Past, Dec. 23, 2008 …
Friday, February 12, 2021, 7:59 am — First winter for the hummingbird feeder … and, boy, is this hummer glad … protected under the eaves … a chance for grooming, resting … at least a foot of snow predicted …
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 12:20 pm — Perkins … looking out at the deck …
… east of the deck … 24x zoom … snowman … yesterday’s surprise snow survivor …
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 12:20 pm — Perkins … warm wonderful sunshine … after yesterday’s Snow Surprise …
… still some snow on the trees in the shade …
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 11:59 am –– Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow keep squirrelio away from his appointed sunflower seed munching …
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 8:22 am … before St. Patrick’s Day …
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 11:53 am — Teeny Tuxedo … snow started falling again … two days before St. Patrick’s Day …
… dusting the pink spring blossoms …
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 9:21 am — Teeny Tuxedo … what the what!? …
… to the deck … changing places with Perkins …
… 9:32 am … Perkins … what the what!? … snow out here, too! …
… look fast! … bird flies from butterfly bush … falling snow …
Friday, February 14, 2020, 7:57 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … birds (and squirrels) in the snow … still her favorite gift, whatever the holiday …
Below – The latest version … The Traveling Bird Feeder 2 – Relax with Birds & Squirrels … complete video …
Sunday, January 26, 2020, 3:21 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … who’s that funny sounding white bird with the BIG red eyebrows?? … It’s Rieko! … on the Suomen Linnut … Finnish Birds … Facebook page …
“Kovasti oli riekolla asiaa. Ei vaan löytynyt yhteistä kieltä. … Rieko wanted to talk to you a lot. Just couldn’t find a common language.” … take a listen! …
Wednesday, December 25, 2019, 2:48 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … loves her Christmas present … a birds in the snow video … as soon as she heard it, she jumped up close to watch …
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 