Driving in to work yesterday turned out to be challenging in some areas.  There were patchy areas of fog that were so thick that it was difficult to see a car length in front of me.  It turned out that there were areas to the south of town that had zero visibility which caused a vehicular pile up of 40+ cars and trucks.  The RCMP report said that luckily the worst injury was a broken leg.  

It was foggy overnight as well.  Thick hoar frost covered the branches this morning.  The only thing missing was sunshine to make that frost sparkle.  The weather man said that areas in the northwest of the province are going to experience freezing rain today.  One just does not know what to expect from day to day.  All the snow-haters out there would probably agree that the snow would be better than zero visibility fog and freezing rain.

My furry forest friend continues to visit the backyard.  The doe has been wandering in under the cover of darkness over the past couple of days.  Last night I was awake at 1:45am.  I glanced out the back window and could see her silhouette at the feeding station that includes a tub of grain for her.  She glanced up when I turned on the outside light but that did not deter her from finishing her meal.

The night before, the doe came to the tray feeder closest to my bedroom window.  I got a front row view of her shenanigans.  The snowbank alongside the feeder has melted down and she can no longer reach the seeds when she stands on it.  She proceeded to veer up with her front legs so her hooves were in the bottom part of the tray.  Five minutes later she was done and off she went.

Since the addition of the tub of grain, my bird feeders have not been totally emptied.  When the sun comes up in the morning, they are still half full.  She's filling up on her grain treat so the birds still have food left when the sun rises. 

On the drive home yesterday, a young buck was walking on the roadside, a couple of kilometers from my yard.  I wondered if by chance the two of them will eventually meet up.  He appeared to be a lone wanderer as well. It would be a sad day should that happen.  The doe has been providing a wonderful opportunity to closely observe her habits.  She is very entertaining to watch and is leaving me a gift in return; frozen, fertilizer 'pellets'.