Cold wet weather finds me sitting at my desk writing, watching the birds and one squirrel dine at our new bird feeder.
One of the unintended consequences of the type of feeder we purchased is
that the smaller birds are dinning dry and protected from the prevailing wind.
We placed a plastic tray under the feeder and it is from here the
larger birds and squirrels have been feeding.
During a break in the rain we went out and found the tray ½ filled
with water.
To fix this we thought we
would drill drainage holes and on further consideration we will be emptying
the water daily and in the summer fill it each morning with fresh water for the birds as small animals to drink from.
We also discovered that aside from the Robin we do not know the names
of the birds who dropped by today, so to remedy this we will purchase a bird identification
book.
Can someone point us towards a
good one?
The air over the past few days has been filled with bird song
and yesterday I was captivated by the concept of depicting bird song in a
photograph.
What does bird song feel or
look like?
How would you represent bird
song in a photograph?
Some of the images that I thought of were;
children blowing
bubbles that are floating on the wind currents,
dandelion seed floating on the
wind
and rain drops falling softly on a leaf.
Today I started setting up for my next knitting project a
doggy coat for Toaster and I had the opportunity to pull out my yarn book.
About 2 years ago I made two floor pillows and
stuffed them with yarn, a great storage idea.
Knowing that out of sight out of mind I would forget what yarn the pillow held, I cut a small piece of each colour
and type of yarn in the pillows and placed them in a small book which I promptly misplaced.
I found the little booklet in my marathon cleaning of the craft room the other day and I was able to find
two skeins of the right type of yarn today.
Now I intent to add all of the yarns in my craft closet to my book and this time make
sure I do not misplace it!
Lupper was fish and rice one of our favourite meals.
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| Making Oatmeal Chocolate Chip and Raisin Click to be directed to the post with recipe |
And finally being Monday night our granddaughter is over and
helping us make cookies for the coming week.
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2 comments:
You have bird seed out you will have lotsa birds and squirrels as well they will keep you bust and entertained. I just enjoy the birds, no names. red, blue, yellow, grey, black they are all pretty to watch. Then you have red squirrels, brown , black and grey as well. Enjoy the wildlife.
I have "A Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies" by Roger Tory Peterson. I recommend https://ebird.org/explore as on online resource. They also have apps for mobile phones.
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