Well at least it warded off the snow until yesterday!
I was so happy to find the "hummer of snow shovels"
just before Christmas. It was only about an inch or so
of snow but it was topped off with a layer of ice and this
baby took care of it in now time! After the wacky weather
year we have had here in Baltimore I wanted to be prepared
for whatever Mother Nature was going to dish out!
This is the view from my workroom window. As you can see the wildlife including two foxes are frequent visitors to my
back yard. Five squirrels in particular were very happy that
I put fresh seed in the feeder this morning! Last week a
beautiful hawk was sitting on top of the feeder just biding his time until "breakfast" came along. I was amazed when a squirrel chased him away! Obviously the hawk was not very
hungry but the squirrel was and wasn't about to miss his
breakfast!
As you can see the "storm" was more ice than snow and my
solar cat light doesn't look to happy about it!
This is the third Winter that I have managed to keep this plant going indoors. From what I understand that is not supposed to happen! Last Spring when I put it outside it looked barely alive but in a few short weeks little green shoots were coming up and my "miracle gerber" was back again! It bloomed many times last summer and I am just so tickled that at the end of February it is still producing it's beautiful flowers! Never try to second guess "Mother Nature". She is always full of wonderful surprises!
