The Things of the Day are Sunshine, Blue Skies and No Snow.

Chris, Terri, Kaz, Max, Zach and Nini were with us this weekend. Lego was popular (Kaz and Max), working to get the last bit of yogurt out of the container was a challenge (Zach), and just being pretty was easy (Nini). All (except Terri and Jim) had a nice walk. The weather was in a changing mood -- 60 degrees Sunday, 34 degrees Monday morning.

Now we're hitting the road -- actually the air -- we're flying to California Thursday and will return on March 9. Much love to all.

There is no thing of the day. Sorry! Couldn't come up with one. Next time?

The digging out has begun. We've been out in the car twice -- yesterday to shop and today to the Post Office. Roads are fine but there is a lot of snow piled around. Tomorrow we're going to KC to John Price's mother's funeral. We want to be there for Cyndy's kids.

The pictures are pretty self-explanatory. I dug the path on the deck so we could get to the bird feeders. I'll probably slowly push more of the deck snow over the side. On the picture looking up Council Trail, a car is buried on the left -- you can't see it -- you'll just have to believe me.

I don't know why I keep putting up pictures of the Canada Goose. They are certainly a nuisance, but their numbers make them fascinating.

The Snow of the Day was the Blizzard of 2011. We will be talking about it for years. Kansas City reported 21 inches for Warrensburg. I ventured out yesterday morning to get the paper and haven't been out since and probably won't go out today. As of now the street hasn't been plowed.

Besides the snow, our ongoing show has been the birds. There were a lot of Cardinals, Juncos, White-throated Sparrows and Goldfinch joined by Tufted Titmice, Blue Jays, Nuthatches, Chickadees and Red Bellied and Downy Woodpeckers.

This morning we woke to sunshine, much beautiful snow and 10 degrees -- we'll read the paper on line.

We hope all of you came through O.K. Chicago took a big hit and also St. Louis. I think Jackson and Sewanee were on the fringes. John and Terri, you were left out.