Much to my surprise (and dismay) I totally missed Sandie's 5 in 5 meme in January. And, to be truthful, when her post popped up in Feedly yesterday, I was surprised to realize it was already the fifth of February. Not to worry, though, she kindly gives us until the 25th to post five photos taken in five minutes. Although the month has barely begun, I'm already struggling to keep my intention of a photo every day. Thank goodness we have some lovely flowering house plants! But I was determined to get five photos today, and stepped out onto the patio to see what I could find. About three inches of new snow fell last night, and although it warmed up enough today to rain part of the afternoon, there's still snow on the ground. According to the meteorologist, we can count on up to another foot of snow by this time tomorrow night! I'm not a fan. But here's what I found in my five minutes on the patio.
Right off, I saw the deer tracks going across the patio. If you look closely you'll see the deer walked to the right of the fire pit and off to the right. Sunday night when we pulled out of the driveway, four deer (one with a large rack) were walking out of our yard into our neighbor's yard. We live in a pretty urban area, and many people are surprised to hear we regularly have deer and fox in the neighborhood.
Normally, this pretty ornament would be sitting among some plants and flowers. Today there's a totally white background.
The chairs for the patio table never made it to the shed in the fall. Our first heavy snow was early in November and the leaves hadn't even fallen off the linden tree. Everything got off schedule.
The bird house Tracy purchased as a decoration has actually housed a few birds over the years. It's going to need to be straightened up come spring.
And finally, the metal bird on the new fence. By tomorrow, it will likely be totally obscured.
I gave some thought to waiting until next weekend when the George Eastman House will open the Dutch Collection exhibit. The mansion will be filled with beautiful spring flowers, but I've used that in the past for the February 5 in 5, and frankly, these photos are the reality here in February, not the Dutch bulbs.
