{"id":394,"date":"2009-03-31T15:49:48","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T23:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.wordpress.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2009-03-31T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T23:49:48","slug":"spring-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"Spring storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring storms blew around the house all day today, interspersed with periods of sunshine,\u00a0 enough sunshine to charge the batteries fully.  I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re ever going to get tired of the magic of solar power.<\/p>\n<p>Dan went out to change the solar panels to a flatter angle, and while we were walking around on the bare spots we found our first flower for the year!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_395\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395\" title=\"buttercup\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/buttercup.jpg\" alt=\"Right next to a snowbank was not one, not two, but three Buttercups!\" width=\"460\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/buttercup.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/buttercup-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right next to a snowbank was not one, not two, but three Buttercups!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is one tough little flower.\u00a0 We were very surprised to see them gleaming in the sunshine, a bright yellow spot against all the brown grass.\u00a0 Wow! And some green leaves are also peeping though the grass.\u00a0 Spring really is coming!<\/p>\n<p>Looking back to the house, it was bathed in the cold sunshine between storms.\u00a0 Snow still surrounds the house.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_397\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397\" class=\"size-full wp-image-397\" title=\"spring-sunshine\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/spring-sunshine.jpg\" alt=\"From inside the house it still looks like winter out of the windows.\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/spring-sunshine.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/spring-sunshine-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From inside the house it looks like winter out of the windows.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Turning around and looking to the west, another storm is fast approaching.\u00a0 About 20 minutes after I took this picture, the cloud arrived and spread snowflakes all over the sky.\u00a0 It&#8217;s slightly above freezing though, so they don&#8217;t actually amount to anything other than floating around.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_398\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"size-full wp-image-398\" title=\"next-storm\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/next-storm.jpg\" alt=\"Dark clouds almost like thunderstorms roll across the sky\" width=\"460\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/next-storm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/next-storm-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dark clouds almost like thunderstorms roll across the sky<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Close at hand, one of the many chipmunks scampered across the snow, heading towards the bird feeder for some of the dropped sunflower seeds.\u00a0 These little guys spend as much time chasing each other as they do grabbing seeds.\u00a0 Pretty soon there will be baby chipmunks and then the riot truly begins.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_399\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-399\" title=\"chipmunk\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/chipmunk.jpg\" alt=\"Yes, I know he's just a rodent, but he's such a cute rodent\" width=\"460\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/chipmunk.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/chipmunk-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, I know he&#39;s just a rodent, but he&#39;s such a cute rodent<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mishkin loves watching chipmunks out of the windows, and on the porch.\u00a0 He spends a lot of time dreaming about what he would do with one if he should happen to catch one.\u00a0 Here he is sacked out on the couch on his blanket, engaged in just such a dream.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_400\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-400\" title=\"catnap\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/catnap.jpg\" alt=\"Counting chipmunks in his sleep, and catching them if all the twitching is any indication.\" width=\"460\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/catnap.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/catnap-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Counting chipmunks in his sleep, and catching them if all the twitching is any indication.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring storms blew around the house all day today, interspersed with periods of sunshine,\u00a0 enough sunshine to charge the batteries fully. 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