Fluffed from the cold

Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.

—R Buckminster Fuller, philosopher

According to Wikinut: “In the coldest weather, birds can also be seen roosting while fluffing themselves up to create air spaces between their feathers to trap heat inside. “

I took this picture from my back kitchen window, when it was in the negative digits outside.  The roof line you see in the background is a large old barn that is behind the house.  I remember looking at these birds that morning and thinking, “oh boy, I better bundle up!”