🐣 My latest simple pleasure 🐦
I hope you've been able to rediscover some simple pleasures during the pandemic. Here’s mine:
Last Friday, a very nice day, I spent a lot of time outside doing little clean-up chores in my backyard - raking, picking up twigs and branches that had come down from the neighbor's tree over the winter, etc. I cleaned a few twigs off a shelf I attached to the wood fence to hold my radio that I use when I'm outside.
On Saturday, another nice day, I discovered that a bird had built a nest on that shelf - in one day! Okay, maybe Mr. Bird helped, but whatever. Obviously, the twigs I'd cleared away the day before were just the beginnings of that nest.
At first I didn't know what kind of bird it was, but naturally I kept an eye on things. Yesterday I found out that it's a robin. Later that day I discovered one egg in the nest (Mama Robin was elsewhere when I looked). I didn't check today since we finally had a much-needed wet, rainy day.
What amazes me most is that this shelf-based nest is only about three feet off the ground. I’d have thought she’d have chosen something higher. Needless to say, I’ve been very careful when entering and exiting my fenced backyard and taking extra care to shut the gate quietly, as well as giving Mrs. Robin a wide berth as I head to the patio area. The really fun part has been sharing my new lodger with my grandchildren via text and photos.
And hey, we're in for several nice days coming up the rest of this week! 🌞