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U.S. Janet B. · **Dinner tomorrow (1/3/2018)**

On Wed, 03 Jan 2018 07:46:00 -0400, wrote:

>On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 03:25:56 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>>On Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 8:03:04 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>> Mince and mashed.
>>>
>>> It's below freezing cold here on the coast and we're even expecting a
>>> bit of snow and icy roads tomorrow. This is weird, weird, weird.
>>>
>>> The good news is I still have a crazy little hummingbird coming to my
>>> feeder. I hope she survives the night. (She's a female ruby throat.)
>>> I had to use an ice scraper to get the ice off the bird bath this
>>> morning. The minute I filled it all kinds of birds were right there.
>>
>>Good work. We've got a heated bird bath. It's 2 F here. The readout
>>on my freezer indicates 5 F. We're expecting a low of -10 F (IIRC)
>>on Saturday. I'm sure Graham is "enjoying" colder temps than that.
>>
>>I saw a cat drinking from the bird bath a couple of mornings ago.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
>They were showing some pics on local tv of the last storm and there
>was one of a ruby throat sitting on an icy branch, I was surprised,
>thought they always went south, seemed happy though.
>
>Graham will miss our next storm coming tomorrow, said to be worse than
>the Xmas Day one so they are warning people to better prepare
>themselves this time for power outages. I haven't gone out to clear
>the plastic from the tree, temperature has never come above -10C with
>wind chill factor, maybe tomorrows storm will do the job.

there's a doozie of a winter storm coming in off the Atlantic that is
going to hit you guys on the coast by mid-morning tomorrow.. Buckle
up!
Janet US