Mjolnir's front door

The forecast is for snow tonight - potentially quite a bit.  Time to take a look around the compound to see what last minute things needed to be attended to.  Still had the extra fixin's for porch pots laying outside near the door.  I had picked up tall red stuff yesterday on my errands so used that and the rest of the evergreens.  Placed them outside the door to Mjolnir.  Seemed to me it could use something more.  Mother Nature will add the white stuff.  Maybe a bow?  Picked up the outside mat in front of Mjolnir's door.  Will put it back in place when someone is going to stay there.  I moved together the chairs on the deck.  Winter winds can be strong and I didn't want it sweeping furniture off onto the lawn.  Brought in  a solar light that I had out by Ragnarök.  Might lose it in the winds/snow - I'll find a more secure place for during the winter.

I watched an aerial fight/flight between two birds out by the feeders.  I thought it was jay giving a little goldfinch a hard time.  Then realized the aggressor was a bit too small, not blue enough, and more maneuverable than a jay.  It was a shrike ... and it wanted goldfinch for breakfast.  The bare lilac bushes weren't quite enough cover for the goldfinch but the little bird managed to make it to the nearby arrowwood bush that still held it's leaves.  The shrike poked around but finally gave up and flew off.  Must have been a ruse known to the goldfinch  'cause it stayed put in it's safe place.  A minute or so and the shrike came back, flittered around the arrowwood bush before giving up and flying off to the Gorge.

I didn't have a burning desire to go to the store for food.  The threat of winter storms usually has that effect on people.  Probably because I'd been grocery shopping just yesterday and had picked up plenty for over Thanksgiving.  I'll be doing Thanksgiving on my own so will spread it out over the rest of the week.  The soup course is today - Spicy Corn.