playing in the cold Saturday morning...

We had a bird visiting our suet feeder.

We didn't know what it was....only that it was

black and white and had red on the back of it's head.

The one book we have.....

didn't have anything that looked like our visitor.

So we wondered and watched it come to eat.

When tractor joe was over at this mom and dads, they went through a different book.

and there it was...

finally we have a name....

Downy Woodpecker!!!!!!

We had to bring the big guys truck in for repairs.

Before we left we "played" with the cold.

We tossed super hot water into the air

It would vaporize into a cloud,

very little of it ever reached the

ground.

I blew some bubbles too. They turned a frosty color and would float down....then roll along the top of the snow. That fun lasted until the wand froze up and it was time to leave with the truck.

I grabbed a picture of the thermometer in the car. dang it was cold.

My mini Carolina Christmas is getting washed and will be in the dryer shortly

so it will get that crinkly look....and hide some of my wonky machine quilting.

I know, I am surprised too .....at how quickly I finished the binding.