On January 24th the Whittier Congregational Church held its annual meeting in the vestry following the morning service with moderator Phil Faulkner leading the meeting.
All reports were discussed and voted on, and following the meeting a very good potluck dinner was served which included roast pork, assorted casseroles, baked beans, homemade wheat rolls and plenty of desserts.
It seems that the recent cold snap has kept everyone close at home where they are all warm and comfortable.
I have had a hard time of it to keep the birds well supplied with sunflower seeds and, of course, the peanut butter and lard mixture I mix for them. I have had to dash out at least twice a day with this mixture because it gets eaten up so fast. The woodpeckers and blue jays get quite a bit of it before the little birds have a chance at it, and before you know it, it is all gone.
Even the cardinals get a chance now and then to get some of this mixture. I saw the female at it the other day, and when she was finished she very carefully wiped her beak on the cedar bough then flew off quick as a wink.
I still have the four deer arriving in the late afternoon and lately they have been sort of lingering in the woods nearby, waiting for me to arrive with the bread and apples, so I have to make sure I get there around 4:30 or so.
I haven’t heard whether Merlyn and Pit still have deer coming to their house, and at last count, they had about eight deer.
