Lesson of the Day

I have been slammed the last couple of days but am hoping to have a more content-laden post very soon now.

Just wanted to share my lesson of the day from the teens-Fahrenheit zone!

If it's 12 degrees outside, even if it's really bright and sunny, and even if you really really need to 'go'...
take an extra moment and put on a coat and boots!
Otherwise, first, it's cold in the outhouse and you'll freeze your buns... And then you come out of the outhouse and there's a great cry of 'gobblegobblegobble!'

And there are the neighbors' turkeys visiting to eat the mountain ash berries...

Now, we love the neighbors' turkeys, and their vocalized excitement when they discovered those berries was contagious indeed.

But: they are very well-fed birds, and well-fed birds this time of year are few and far between, and we like to save those berries for the wild songbirds and pheasants, who are beautiful but far too skittish to photograph (although I'm trying - watch this space)!

So, picture me, 12 degrees outside, no coat, slipper-footed, herding turkeys (which is not much easier than herding cats, especially when there are berries at stake) up the slippery, icy path...

Next time, it'll be worth stopping to put that coat on... You are allowed to laugh.