General Discussion & Chat: She's about to...57, Spring is just around the corner!, 0 by FruitOfTheVine

FruitOfTheVine wrote:
Hadn't thought about skating in years, Patti. Course in those days it was roller skating at the local bowling alley with a disco ball hanging from the ceiling. We love a toasty fire too. Hubby and a neighbor went in together last month and bought loads and loads of hardwood cheap from a guy clear cutting and making roads for a new neighborhood. We won't have to buy wood for quite a while. Since turning off our heat pump in mid-November our electric bill is about half of what it was this time last year.

Haven't tried making suet before. Ya'll tell me how. To stretch birdseed though, occasionally I've added raisins, craisins, orange slices and unsalted peanuts. My pinecones are dwarfs compared to the giant happ sent you, Susie, but have used ones from our White Pines, smushed peanut butter between the scales, and rolled them in birdseed. Thank goodness this pic is from last January.