They grow up so fast!

Mine won't be leaving the nest for another year and four years respectively, but I already know I'll miss them! Imagine this mamma, having hers grown and gone within a month...

Bluebirds

As I looked up from rinsing my coffee cup this morning, I saw a flash of blue outside my kitchen window. I took a closer look through the binoculars, and it was a bluebird -- not a blue jay -- sitting in my shrub. Then, much to my surprise, there was a flurry of blue, and at least five bluebirds flew across my back yard. Some people can go a lifetime without seeing a bluebird up close ... for me, I've only seen them in the Spring or in the South (they nest in my mother-in-law's yard, and she hand feeds them).

Seeing the bluebirds instantly brightened my mood. It got me thinking of the other way we use this word -- a bluebird is an unexpected and pleasant surprise. So, happy Friday, and may the bluebirds come your way.

P.S. If you enjoy birds, please check out my friend Monette's watercolors! And, don't forget to keep your feeders full this winter.

Don't let the turkeys get you down

If you're having one of those days when you're not in sync with the universe, or maybe the universe isn't in sync with you, just remember to hold your own, keep moving forward, and don't worry too much about the other people. Turkeys are, after all, quite silly.

So, does anyone know why the turkeys crossed the road?

...to get to the other side, of course!

Don't you wish your name was Lily?

Better Baby Pictures

Haley took some more pictures when the "twins" visited the side yard. We're a little worried that their mom might be missing. Does anyone have any advice if that's the case?

We have twins!

OK, so I know they're not really twins, but in my pre-menapausal-living-with-teenagers-missing-my-babies state of mind, I'm thrilled to have two fawns living in our backyard, not one as we had suspected. Here's a picture Haley took through the kitchen window: