Now, on our front door (which I painted white last fall, after being dark green), a pair of finches have built a nest (at the top of the wreath).
It is too high for me to see into the nest, so one morning when the bird flew off the nest, I reached up with the camera and snapped a picture. Three eggs!
Then a day or two later, four eggs. 
We're waiting for the eggs to hatch now. And the finches have been able to keep their nest hidden from the sparrows. Some years we have to remove large sparrow eggs, and even once, a starling egg. It's fun having nature right at our front door.
The brethren came to the site from the priesthood leadership session of stake conference, so I got to catch Kevin arriving, with Steve Oesterle. (And our Toyota Camry).
There were shovels aplenty--some silver, some gold . After a few words telling the history of the stake and the need for a new stake center, the shovels were ready. 
A strong wind came from the northwest; temperatures dropped. It stayed below freezing--way below freezing--for almost a week. My beautiful daffodils, crocuses, and hyacinths were flattened. But if the sun shown for a bit, even though it was still so cold, the flowers valiantly opened up. 
And now it is snowing. We actually have 3 more inches of snow since Elizabeth took this picture this morning. And more snow is coming.
Cars were slipping around in the heavy, wet snow. In delivering Alice to her early morning orchestra practice, we saw several places where car tires had left the road and made their own way. It will be great snowman snow!
This cedar waxwing has been hanging around, eating the berries off the juniper bushes. Today, he is just sitting in the bush--all fluffed out to keep the snow off.
Guess I'd better get the snow shovels out of the attic, again. We thought we were through with them for the year. At least school hasn't been cancelled. That would be the final straw!
