Hiding

Somewhere in those Christmas trees is a very large massive bird table. New idea for this year to help protect the birds from the cats. Although we have lost two cats this year and only have two left, one of which has become 90% blind in the last few months. I do not understand though how he goes into forest & ditches and catches mice. Brings them home proudly and then tosses them around in the air to show off, but then can't find them lying dead just a metre away.

A bit of snow today but that was it. In the village on the evening walk (extra photo) they hadn't even bothered to clear it. The hill would be tremendous for tobogganing as it is in a residential 30 km/h side road. However, if it ever snowed enough, the parish employee with his massive Fendt tractor and plough would long have cleared it away. Seldom in Germany that salt is used in villages & towns nowadays, only on main roads.