Cold and wet

Didn't stop the titmice and chickadees. Veils of rain are blowing past, but neither the wind nor the wet is keeping birds away.  A Carolina wren is exploring the gas grill.  Cardinals are down in the mulch as well as on the feeder with the chickadees.  I've noticed that chickadees almost never land on the ground.

The first camellias  are blooming, one benefit from the cold front.  It seems strange when most trees are still green.  The dogwoods of course have been turning for weeks, and there are single twigs in the sweet gum and the oak that are yellow. 

I think the rain is over.  Wasps and bees are flying. But it is still very gray.