Jeez, what's with the weather? After more than a week of freezing conditions, well, at least at night, the rain and sleet and hail started hitting us.
In comparison to last year this is quite the winter we're having!

We're nice and dry and warm and cozy and I have a bunch of things to do inside but it's not very nice for the Casita-owners group that's having it's rally here this week.
Yes, they're baaack! 



They had about 15 cancellations because of the weather but the rest are real die-hards and are making the best of it!

                                   

They're having a busy itinerary and when I walked by our neighbors the other day I was invited to come taste some food they had made during a dutch oven 'class' they were having.
I was just having a go at some real good chicken-rice dish when someone came up to me and asked if I was Bridget?
Turns out they were fellow blogger Jerry and his wife Wanda from 'Eggrollings' and they were delivering a 'hello' from Judy, the Bird-lady from Blogger-land whom they also happen to follow!

What a nice surprise! They're only the second Bloggers I've met, so far, and really nice people.



Because of the rains there's a lot of moisture in the air and some mornings start rather foggy.

Always nice for some 'moody' pictures ....

Now, if I were a bird, I would head for this hot-water pond behind the am-phi theater during this lousy weather!

 

The water comes from one of the two hot-water springs we're having on the property and is a whopping 140 degrees!

I seldom see any ducks here though, which makes me think the water might be too hot (probably around 115 or so) for any fish or for any algae or water plants to grow and therefor of no interest to the ducks.

This female Lesser Scaup had the pond to herself.

Smart girl!

          I'd think it would be a nice place to warm up my flippers too!

Talking about ducks, we had some new visitors in the (cold) pond behind the golf course again:

I was excited to see this Cinnamon Teal with his darling wife!

And these American Wigeons:

Purty, purty, purty

Despite the weather the Yuccas are now completely in bloom.
Totally odd!?

         

But pretty!

And since there's really not much else to talk about lets bore you with some pictures of our 'special' child.
He's still doing great despite his diabetes and seems stable on his two shots of insulin a day.

Because of the cold weather he's staying indoors more than usual and has a knack for finding the tightest spots available. Here's some examples:

 

Behind the (warm) computer and the (cold) window ...

..... with your head stuck under the curtain ....

Really?

Or maybe behind the TV slide-out shelf ..... must be something about those nice new curtains!