Preparing for Lift-off

I caught some of my buddies in the act of departing, thought I’d share. 

Male Downy Woodpecker

Blue Jay

Gray Squirrel

 

 

The Post That Isn’t

The winds and rain arrived Wednesday night. Let’s make that WINDS and RAIN. There, that’s more like what we had. It was a bit eerie, but quite beautiful when the sky flashed pink.

So much for what we had. What we didn’t have was an internet connection, therefore this post is a bit late. A busy day lies ahead, places to go, people to see and things to do, so I shall leave you hanging until my next post.

When is that nut, er, lady coming back with the goods?

I hope you have a great day!

 

Lesson Learned

Writing is a fairly new experience for me, aside from journaling. If anything, I have learned (the premise, at least) to show, rather than tell the story to the reader. 

Here on my blog, I still believe a picture is worth a thousand words. I could tell SHOW you that my kitchen is overflowing with the mouth-watering aroma of freshly baked muffins, plus another 987 words.

OR

I could show you this:

You decide. Which would you rather see? 

I also have  two updates:
First,  the juvenile downy woodpecker ventured out of the tree and came to the feeder. One of the parents is hidden by the pole, except for a small black-and-white segment of its tail visible just below the dish. It took a couple tries to figure out how to get where the seed is. See, I told you…looks just like me on the pull-up bars in gym class. But I wasn’t nearly that cute!

And secondly, the oak tree was granted a reprieve this past weekend, but it may be sawdust by this time tomorrow. (late-thirty)

 

And here is a link to the muffin recipe, in case you’d like to make your kitchen smell like mine.