Bittersweet

Bittersweet
Crawford County

My wife comes from a line of women who aren't afraid to clean out paths through overgrown blackberry patches or search the ditch along the fields for this plant, bittersweet. She harvests enough for few craft projects and leaves the rest. She lets it sit out for the longest while on some evergreens or just on a chair. At this time of year she gives the crafts away along with homemade grape jelly from our grapes as Christmas presents.
This morning I'm watching the feeders, last nights dusting of snow and this mornings sun have created some good photo opportunities. I need to figure out a better set up because a screen between my camera and the birds presents a problem. Birds visting the feeders this morning include chickadees, goldfinches, cardinals, house finches and a few juncos on the ground.