{"id":1715,"date":"2013-12-10T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2013-12-10T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T17:16:58","slug":"creatures-in-the-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/10\/creatures-in-the-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatures in the cold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Image<\/a>Ah ha!<\/p>\n

This morning my youngest and I had to venture down a white-ish driveway to get to the car parked at the bottom. \u00a0We were concentrating so hard that I didn’t spot these tracks until the trip back up. \u00a0I didn’t know we had raccoons coming around. \u00a0Winter gives up some secrets.<\/p>\n

The other day I was in nearby Horseshoe Bay. \u00a0We are in such a cold snap that I was wondering where the Horseshoe Bay crows were hanging out. \u00a0They’re such a feisty, sassy bunch. \u00a0Sassy even for crows.<\/p>\n

\"Image<\/p>\n

You know, I think you could probably use the word rollicking to describe them.<\/p>\n

I think maybe the word rollicking was invented for the Horseshoe Bay crows.<\/p>\n

In warmer weather as I walk along the street there they find a spot above to land and tell me what they think of my outfit, my hair, and me, but they do it with such charm and teasing that I somehow feel flattered, like I’ve gotten attention from the cool boy. \u00a0Not like I’ve just had the mugging I’ve in fact had. \u00a0I have such a sweet spot for my Horseshoe Bay crows.<\/p>\n

\"Image<\/a>So the other day as I wondered where the sassy things were — eventually spotted them playing tag in the tops of a tree — I also wondered where the heck the hummingbirds would go in such a cold streak. \u00a0One variety stays here through the winter. I always doubt this can be true since they are such teensy little scraps and what can they possibly live on? But I was proved wrong a few times lately when first I saw one at the local store and then a crowd whooping it up around a friend’s feeder. \u00a0Not rollicking, but definitely whooping it up and feisty. Still, what do they do when it stays below freezing for days like it’s done here lately? \u00a0Snuggle?<\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/p>\n

Ouch. What about those beaks?<\/p>\n

Inside, creatures unhappy with the cold stick a little closer and enjoy the fire but mostly just look sort of grumpy and uncomfortable. \u00a0Like her polish won’t dry. \u00a0Not so sassy.\"Image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah ha! This morning my youngest and I had to venture down a white-ish driveway to get to the car parked at the bottom. \u00a0We …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88890,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,39],"tags":[34,7,24,23,25],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats-and-dogs","category-inspiration","tag-coast","tag-colours","tag-critters","tag-just-having-fun","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}