The Syllable counter on my computer seems to think that legged is one syllable, yet an on-line dictionary shows it as two syllables. If we want to make legged two syllables, then the first line could read
A Rough-legged Hawk
It is a county first for me. These guys only show up in this area in the wintertime since they breed and raise their young in the Arctic.
We’ve had a series of storms recently. This was the first one on Wednesday. We had another on Thursday and there is more in the forecast into the beginning of the week. The temperatures were warm (right around 32 degrees) and the snow was like cement. It was impossible to use the snowthrower after a while. Then I shoveled. I was out there for over four hours. Thankfully a neighbor plowed me out on Thursday, but I still needed to shovel. With all of that heavy exertion I felt extremely justified in eating holiday sweets that friends had given to me.
A friend gave me this idea to invert a tomato cage ……the kind that is used to support tomato plants in the summer….. and wrap it with garlands and lights.
When I woke up this morning there was no power. Fortunately, I keep a portable generator in the house and not out in the cold shop so I was able to get it running after a few attempts. I put it outside away from the house so no fumes would get in and ran an electrical cord through a window and into the house. Even with the generator running on eco-mode, I was able to get power to the fridge and a space heater. Eventually, after about 5 hours the power came back on.
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