The human weather misery index is high but the birds are sure happy in this warm and wet weather. The yard seems filled with more than usual, which I attribute the messy garden beds and of course the seed feeder is up for the winter.
The juncos, wrens and white crowned sparrows like foraging through the rotting vegetation. I used to get carried away in the fall, cutting everything back to the ground, but have learned that leaving most clean up til spring is huge for the wintering birds and insects. All the new houses in West Seattle have industrial type landscaping (if any) and these old established gardens are slowly disappearing.
And under all the slime, the day lilies already thinking of spring.
You have probably heard about the river flooding and might wonder about our little house perched along the Methow River. If this type of atmospheric river hit in the spring and stalled on a heavy mountain snow pack, that would be bad news for the rivers on the eastern side of the state.
It's the western Washington rivers that are raging now. Snoqualmie Falls puts on quite a show and becomes a big tourist attraction.
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