Accidental lanterns

I was having fun with the partially frozen linings of 5-gallon buckets.  They made lanterns!  The ice cylinders looked so cool I had to put candles in them.  I got four came out of the bucket intact.

Cheeks is doing well, although all she wants to eat are sunflower seeds.  The guineas have stayed inside, and none succumbed to exposure.  There were more than 70 grosbeaks here this morning – that’s as far as I got before they went airborne – they’re very touchy.