I was early out in the garden today ready to be greeted by the birds and the cat. Where were they? Definitely missing. I waited for a while, did some weeding, a bird or two came for a drink in the water I put out but apart from that – zilch. And I was all ready just to sit and meditate and enjoy the unfolding of the day. It’s actually my neighbor who puts out food for the birds but I guess they ate it all yesterday. I must set up a feeding station in my yard!

Like the stamp also.

Working in my garden this morning, I spent a fair bit of time just standing still, watching and listening to the small birds coming and going in trees. I even saw a hummingbird taking a drink from a small dish, meant for the birds.

What a thrill I had this morning as I was working (slowly) in my garden, pulling up weeds. I looked up and was I ever surprised to see a Northern Flicker perched on the fence. I watched for a while – he or she hopped down and pecked around on the ground for a good while and then flew back up to perch on the fence. I turned away and thought about what a great sight – suddenly WHOOSH the Northern Flicker flew right past my ear – I flinched – and ducked!!

Earlier I was very happy to see a. Stellar Jay and of course numerous finches and even humming birds.

This was my grandparent’s home in Winchester Massachusetts. The photo is from 2017. My grandparents lived here from the late 1920’s to the early 1940’s. I am thinking of them today because one of my cousins has sent me photographs of the dinner service that my grandparents used when they lived in that house . I don’t know when that house was built but I’m guessing it might have been in the 1920’s.- a long time ago now.

My cousin is planning to pass that dinner service on to a family member of the next generation. I wonder if it will be used for dinner parties in the 2020’s and ’30’s. I wonder ……..dining is far more casual now. But there might be an occasion for more formality, who knows.

I am on a roll learning how to travel around via UBER. Helped by friends I have tried it on my own, and I succeeded!

Guess who was waiting on my front step when I went over to my house this morning.

My garden is now very overgrown but I’m making progress on clearing all the weeds. It’ is so nice to be pottering in the garden and enjoying Katerina’s company. This morning she poked around for about an hour before she left me to stalk the small birds next door. I saw a lovely small finch with a red head – I had never heard of that bird until recently when it was mentioned by another blogger.