it is warming up here
20 degrees and a few inches of snow
warm enough.....relatively speaking to let the ducks out into the day pens
now on my way back to the girls pen out past the end of the garden,
i saw a flash of blue!
then another and another
looking closely from under the multiple layers AND my hood
i realized i was looking at a flock of bluebirds!!!!
bluebirds?
this time of year?
in the snow?
they were stripping berries off of the wild rose bushes out back
i was totally amazed and went to get bernie to look
but by the time i got up to the top of the driveway and got his attention
the flock was gone
i was so lucky to have that special moment
i wished bernie could have seen them as he adores wild birds
so does this mean............
spring is around the corner?
meanwhile
i am still having lack of sleep for the stoking of the stove
but
while i wait for the stove to heat and the room to heat enough to damp it down to go back to bed
i am getting a LOT of knitting done
in my half dazed state.........
now the dsl arrives the 20th
i am hoping in time to see obama's inaugural speech
as it is another historical first in my lifetime
filed right up there with
walking on the moon
civil rights
microwave ovens
computers
and what looks like a cure for breast cancer
wow
vi
Bluebirds? For real? Well, they were there for your special treat, obviously. I have NEVER seen one here, pretty far south of you. My friend over south of Annapolis sees them a lot. She puts out fruit for them (e.g., an orange cut in half, stuck on a branch, I think). But wow, what a treat.
ReplyDeleteI hope your DSL starts early on 1/20! That will be an event not to be missed. As you said.