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Backyard Birding

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The other day my mother and I were hiking in the woods and we just so happened to meet up with my father at our cabin.  While sitting on the benches, we were wowed by the number of feathered friends we had before us.  Naturally, I wanted to run back to the house to grab […]

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Warm Winter Worries

I’m not sure how many of you have been following the weather for those of us living in Western New York, but, if you haven’t, let me tell you, it’s been a really weird winter.  One day, the temperature will drop into the single digits and the next, it’ll be sunny and in the upper 40s.  It might snow one day and the next day it’ll rain.  It’s all over the place!  It’s almost like Mother Nature doesn’t know what she wants to do.  Not that I’m complaining….

I hate to admit this, but I do like the lack of snow.  I would usually be one to argue that snow’s amazing.  But, since I’m attending college this term and I have to walk to classes, I can’t complain about a lack of cold, white stuff (AKA: snow).

In case you were wondering, outside my bedroom window there is green grass.  No snow in sight on January 23, 2012.  Pretty amazing.  Today, I didn’t even have to wear my winter jacket!  It was so nice out.  I feel like it’ll be bathing suit season any week now.  Okay, so that’s pushing it.

But, I am a bit concerned with this mildly warm weather this winter.  I’m worried winter will come into “play” when I would rather it not.  We’ve never had snow in July and I would like to keep it that way.  But why worry about something like that?  Well, I blame the bees.

So, let me step back some and explain why I’m a bit worried about a massive amount of snow potentially dropping.

Back in the fall, I was hiking around my family’s land when I stumbled upon a beehive.  One of those ones that’s high up on a tree branch.  The kind of hive you would see Pooh Bear going after.  Anyway, I saw one ridiculously high up.  According to old tales, the higher off the ground the hive is, the worse the winter.  In other words, the deeper the snow.

When I saw this, I thought we would be in for a really harsh winter.  Wouldn’t you agree?

It's rumored that the higher off the ground a bee's hive, the harsher and deeper the winter.

Maybe the old tales are just stories used to scare kids.  But I can’t dismiss them just yet.  I’m still a bit worried that the bees might know something we don’t.  So, if you’re from Western New York, keep your shovels handy.  Snow might be around the corner.

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It was December 9, 2011 and I wasn’t about to get up early on my day off.  You see, I have Fridays off this quarter and it was my one day to sleep in as late as I wanted.  Granted, it wasn’t that late.

Needless to say, I awoke to the rays of sunlight peeking through my blinds around 9:37AM.  Now, being a bit too cozy in my bed, I decided to reach for my iPad and perform my morning routine — check my e-mail and, of course, visit Facebook.

When I first landed on Facebook, my eyes widened with pure joy and excitement.  “It is finally here,” I said sitting up, talking to no one but my iPad.  With great leaps and bounds, I flew over to my window and pressed my nose up against the cold glass to peer our at… grass.

GRASS!  Freaking green grass.  That was what my eyes had landed on.  It’s everywhere.  But, being an optimistic, I figured that Mother Nature forgot to dump snow around my apartment.  With that state of mind in place, I decided it was time to gear up for my trek to the other side of campus in search of this snow that everyone was talking about.

I cracked out my winter boots, gloves, scarf, and hat with kitty ears.  I even wore layers so I would be set for this true-winter experience.

Heading out the door, I drew in a deep breath and awaited the cold that would brush against my face and turn my cheeks a rosy red.  However, that sensation never came.  Not only was I bummed about missing the snow, but I was also upset that it was warm outside!   It was sunny, which meant all my snow had melted.  I was also dressed way too warm, so I spent the rest of my day stuffing articles of clothing into my backpack in a last-ditch effort to cool myself down (and to not look like a fool).

Anyway, I missed the first snow of the season.  It was a huge bummer.  Maybe next time I won’t sleep through it!

Since I missed the snow, I decided to show off one of my decorations, as I figured you wouldn't want to see grass.

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Breaking the Ice

A photograph of some of my Christmas decorations for the holiday season.

Christmas decorations.

Hello and welcome to my blog!  For those of you that don’t recognize this username, I’m the artist Wavikz (wah-vics) from deviantART.  As I’ve listed on my dA (the abbreviation for deviantART) account, I’m a double major student at the Rochester Institute of Technology.  In case you were wondering, art is not one of my majors.  I’m actually working on a technology degree as well as a communications degree.

Now, before you make any assumptions, let me explain what I’m doing here.  This blog is part of a class assignment, but, at the same time, I hope to continue with it after the class wraps up this February.  Why?  I think it would do me some good.  I know many fellow artists are always connecting with their followers and I think this might help enhance me not only as an artist, but as an art-lover, too.

For the purpose of this ten-week class, I was told I needed to pick a “topic” that my blog posts needed to revolve around.  Being a country girl and having a winter birthday, I decided that I’ll be posting on the winter season, which can include winters in New York, Mother Nature’s frozen beauty (assuming it ever snows), holiday celebrations and traditions, and so much more!  I look forward to spreading my winter season cheer with you.  Feel free to comment on my posts and share your thoughts.  If I get enough chatter about a topic, I might just dedicate a post to said topic.  So, don’t be shy.  We’re all friends here.  :]