Good morning! It has been sleeting and raining most of the morning but the "Middle Tennessee Smoky Mountains" (the hills around Laughing Fox Farm) are just beautiful. I've never understood why people find winter not as lovely as the other three seasons, because here there is something to see all the time. The colors are muted, but beautiful, dove grays, charcoal, heathers, hunter greens, whites, wheat, silvers, russet, terracotta, cerulean, periwinkle, just spectacular. It is a little foggy, but that puts me in the mind of early mornings in Britain. Middle TN looks much like parts of the British Isles.
The birds are feeding. Titmice, Cardinals, several pairs of those, a Red Headed Woodpecker, Purple and Yellow Finches, Chickadees, Wrens, all fat and seemingly content are all hovering around the feeders. "Homer", as Andy calls him was our resident suicidal Cardinal last year. He would see his reflection in our windows and flog himself until he was exhausted. I tried pulling the curtains, placing things in the window that I thought would scare him, but he was tenacious. He has since gotten the message and the eternal/infernal flogging has stopped...or he's croaked. We also have a Great Horned Owl in the neighborhood. I saw her a couple of nights ago, and she is magnificent!! After I die, I want to come back as a hawk. We have several of those, too.
Many years ago when we did not live here, our then home burned completely. There was nothing recognizable. Once day when I was rummaging through the debris, I kicked something with my foot, and here you will find a photo of what I found. I saved it, and bring it out every Christmas holiday to remind us that we are always being watched over and blessed everyday, even through adversity.
Have a wonderful winter! Keep in touch and keep reading for more comments from Laughing Fox Farm.
