Travels with Howie

December 10,2013  11pm cst   43 chilly degrees

There are a bazillion of these ordinary house sparrows at Neil's bird feeder but he just loves them. 

We did go search for a rare bird that is supposed to be  in the area............. the Amazon Kingfisher...guess he took a wrong turn somewhere..... and met these nice folks from Missouri who were ready for our weather. He said he has thermal underwear, lined boots and wool socks .  His wife, not shown here, has a fir hat and down coat and also thermal undies.  The temperature was around 40 degrees.  We didn't see the kingfisher, by the way.

It has been cold for this area this week, but we still went to Pendleton Park to feed the ducks.  

These little ducklings were just running around not too worried about my camera.  Cute little yellow and black ducklings will grow up to look................................

like this.  They are muscovy ducklings.

These are the Christmas decorations

at  the local Jack In The Box hamburger restaurant.  A mite sparse.  Maybe Jack in The Box is owned by the Amish...Just guessing.   At least it wasn't crowded as you can see.

Here's a good idea..if you want to text on your way to work, take the bus.

Texas knows