A Change is in the making.

Dear Readers and Followers. 

I have decided to continue my postings under a new blog address.

The reason: 

"Dinner for two" was misleading people 

to think that it might be a food blog only. 

It is true, as it started out as one.

"Dinner For Two" changed from food related postings 

to postings about this and that.  

Confusing.

As a result, changes are unavoidable.

Therefore: both topics will from now on 

be divided.

I will continue here 

when I have something to write about food,

and 

I will continue my postings about 

everything else 

on a different page. 

Check it out! 

The new page is called:

SIDEWALK and can be found here.

or at the top under "pages"

Feel free to follow me on SIDEWALK, 

and make sure to register your email under the new page.

See you there!

It started out like this...

I wasn't supposed to write about birds again.
It started out like this:

I was about to go through some photos that I shot the other day, 

and selecting what I could use for a fresh posting.

Towards the East, a gorgeous sunrise 

in shades of orange and yellow.

Towards the West, a gazebo in the early morning light.
Al lavender and pink.

Or, this bicycle leaning against a tree.

Abandoned, in the grip of winter. 

Waiting for spring and summer to come.

Sitting in front of my laptop, I had just started out on this posting,
when I suddenly,

 out of the corner of my eye,
something in motion!

And here we go again - BIRDS!

 Weren't these elusive chickens just
walking by, 

RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE ?!!

Up I jumped.

Arghhh - where is that camera?

Change lenses ..... Hurry up!
Be quick!

Though I was hampered with a dirty window,

This time I got a closer view at them, compared to last time. 

The birds did NOT wait for me to get ready.
They had moved on to the next group of trees.

They must be grouse. "Sharp tailed grouse", because

they show a white/grey underbelly and 

(not barred as with prairie chickens). 

But it's just me guessing.

 Amazing how perfect their grey, brown and rusty colouring 

blends in with the bark of the tree!

Well, that's the way it ended. 

As I said the other day:

Easily distracted!

Contemplating drops of water

What does one do when one has a day off?

  

It is cold outside and you are bound to stay inside? 

Clean, cook, read, or what?

Gaze out the window.

Watch the water droplets 

make their way down the window pane.

It is actually interesting

if you look closer, 

turn it upside down, 

you will see that the droplets are

 reflecing the outside: blue sky,snow, trees.

they are chasing each other,

 melting into another
on their way down the glass.

Clear like diamonds.

Time ticked away

and I realized something else!

The sun set has moved towards the north!

I used to set right behind that 5-wheel,

now it is to the right of it.

January 10
We are definitely going towards SPING! YEEAAA!
Molly thought that all was:
a case of ZZZZZZZ.

My guess is: You probably think the same.

I had this "problem" already as a child, in school.

Nature would capture my attention and

keep me from the paying attention.

That got me some remarks like:

"Beatrix is easily distracted, 

she is watching the clouds!"

Maybe it was the teacher's fault?

Didn't make the lesson captive enough.

OR?

Grouse or what?

I have seen the signs in the snow.

Small foot prints or wing marks. 

They seem to walk all around the campground

 and forage around the shrubs and trees where

the snow cover is thinner and seeds/berries are 

to be found.

 One of these days I scared a whole bunch 

of them out of their hiding place from under a dwarf pine, 

when I approached the bathrooms early in the morning. 

Frrrrrrr, frrrrrr sounded their wings when they took off.

I guessed that it must be some kind of chickens.

Today, when I walked Molly, I suddenly saw them.

A flock of chicken like birds on the ground 

about 40 m (43 yards) away. 

Of course, no real camera handy.

But, I remembered my cellphone.

So, I got some photos of them, but the

built-in camera is just a joke for long distance shoots.

I guess they were some kind of prairie grouse.

They took off before I could get a closer look. 

I would have run too, because that approaching "monster" 

looked pretty scary! Laugh!

-18 C (WC -34C )