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A FLAKY “Aha!” MOMENT

January 4, 2018

New York, as well as other east coast regions, are currently getting slammed with well more than a coating of snowy white. Here, on eastern Long Island, it began in the wee hours of the morning, and continues to fall fast and furious! I’d normally wait until the snowfall ceases to begin the dig out, but my backyard feathered friends are out and about demanding lunch!

Well, a flake of brilliance is “bliss”-ard!

©Linda Nelson 2018

Hanging next to my winter work jacket was my rain slicker, which I neglected to stow away at the end of the summer. I simply wore it over my winter coat, and it made shaking off the snow before coming back inside the house so ridiculously easy! Try it!

©Linda Nelson 2018

I took these photographs through my office storm door, as I just didn’t want to chance it with getting my camera wet!

Remember Highlights Magazine’s hidden pictures page? Well, the photo below is sort of like that. Can you spot the two blue jays?

©Linda Nelson 2018

Here’s to a flaky day!

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BUNNY TAILS AND BIRD SEED

Here’s a bird friendly alternative to the children’s classic Easter egg hunt. In lieu of candy, fill the eggs with bird seed, pure cotton balls (bunny tails) and excelsior or natural raffia. Have the children create little nests, fill them up, then place them about the yard as an offering to our feathered friends. The birds will eat the seeds and use the rest to build nests. Kids will enjoy constructing the nests and strategically tucking them about in trees and shrubs.