My weekend in seven photos.

Posted on January 31, 2022 by jtyler

Let’s get in our time machine and go back to last Thursday. Remember all the hype about the snow we were going to get? Well, to prepare I brought in a ton of firewood and made a heck of a mess. (Please note that the wood in front of the stove did not stay there.)

Well, we didn’t get all that much snow. Maybe 4 inches in Winchester on Saturday. It was windy as all heck though and most of my day was spent inside.

They say a visit from a cardinal is a loved one coming to visit. Well, this guy has been at our feeder all winter!

Happy to see him too. The birders I talk to say that if a cardinal comes to your feeder often, that they have made a home nearby. They have learned to trust you, the birdseed filler, that you will be a reliable source of food. Another mouth I am responsible to feed over here!

Saturday night I sat down and watched the Barret-Jackson auction on the History Channel. Amazing how much bidders were paying for what was arguably beautiful and rare cars but still! It seemed every car was selling for over $200K in a matter of moments! If you need another example of wealth that exists in this country, just watch one of these auctions.

Someday I hope to have a collector car or something cool that I can drive on the weekends during the summer, but I assure you I will not be paying anything close to $200K!

If you listened to Bear in the Morning on Friday, Shannon from Forster’s Supermarket passed along her recipe for Roasted Red Pepper soup. I made it on Saturday night and it was excellent. You can find the recipe here .

It was freezing on Sunday. A day made for an Irish sweater! Purchased in Galway, Ireland, I only wear it when it is wicked cold. Sunday was one of those days. Connor said I looked goofy wearing it. Goofy perhaps, but warm.

Speaking of being warm, are these the best or what? I stuff these hand warmers in my gloves when I am shovel snow or using the snow blower. Makes those chores a little less miserable.