This has been a weekend of burst pipes, too much work and a bird that wants to move in with us.
It’s cold all over, I know. But in our little neck of the woods we aren’t used to it so we don’t know all of the precautions we should be taking. Oh we cover our lemon bushes when the newsman tells us to but that’s about it. The burst pipes all happened out doors, fortunately. Do pipes freeze inside too? I think they do but I’m from California so what do I know.
That’s a picture of one of my rose bushes which I have yet to prune. Doesn’t look like it will happen this weekend either, despite my good intentions. Instead I’ve been working all weekend. I have a big project coming to a head this upcoming week and I’m getting last minutes changes that I have to deal with. So I spent all of yesterday at my computer and it looks like more of the same today.
As I’m sitting at the eating area table yesterday, a bird flies into our entry area and looks like she wants to come in. She flies around, trying to figure out a way to get inside where it’s warm. She gives up and flies off and then about a minute later she back at the kitchen window trying to get in that way. The back deck is kind of sheltered with a big wooden pergola and she flies under that and flutters around the window. Now this morning I’m sitting in the living room and she’s trying to figure out how to get into the big picture window. She is a very determined young lady.
I should go check the feeders and make sure they are nice and full. And I probably should go get some suet this afternoon too.
If you look closely in pictures you can see that the daffodils are starting to come up!
Hi Andrea, thanks for leaving the tip on my blog about pruning roses. I’m going to prune them tomorrow
Sorry to hear about your broken pipes. It can happen indoors, my parents live in the Gold Country in California and they were down here in the bay area visiting and turned the heat off completly in their house so it got really cold and the pipes which run in their ceiling burst. The whole back half of their house was flooded.
I also had a bird trying to get into my house today. I guess these California birds just don’t like the cold. I’ve also seen a lot of humming birds around lately. I need to go get a new hummingbird feeder…poor little things!
It’s frigid here too, in Victorville. We haven’t had burst pipes at home but the fabric store where I work parttime (Home Fabrics) had burst sprinkler pipes in the ceiling yesterday. When the store was opened everything was fine, but about an hour later as the temperature rose the water began melting and the ceiling began leaking. Then it burst open. So many fabrics ruined! Who knows when we’ll open again, it was THAT bad. This sort of thing isn’t supposed to happen in Southern California!