Do Bluebirds mean something?

Every day since December 11th, at least one bluebird is showing up every day at the heated bird bath.

I am always surprised at it of course. Bluebirds don't normally spend winters in our area. There must be enough 'berries' around of some sort for them to eat. But I cannot recall seeing them often even during a good summer.

They come when I am not paying attention and hang around sometimes long enough for me to grab a shot out the window.

Every once in a while. I swear the one that sits on the right stares at me for a while through the window.
 

...and then in a blink of an eye.

It is gone, leaving me to wonder if I'd really seen it at all.

I have proof. That Bluebird is watching me.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Rich's favorite bird was the bluebird. They hung around while he was here in Hospice. 

Did he send them to keep an eye on me?

Hmmm.

I'll take it

Boots. Wet from hiking in the creek with the neighbor lady and her children.

I had a pretty full day that started with a Partner WOD. [work out of the day] My partner was amazing and IS an amazing lady. Mom of 5 who works two jobs and has a husband who is going to school. The more we visit at CrossFit, the more I am impressed!

So the boots were drying on the porch. Walking IN the creek was the obvious way to stay cool yesterday. My hike had started out strictly in the woods looking for fungi and ended up in the creek with my neighbor and her kids.

Allie takes a rest. She got stuck in that Mule Soul Sucking Mud spot that Siera refused to get near the other day. One thing about mucky mud. It keeps the bugs from biting you.

The rocking chair came from a church bizarre along with the lady's scarves. I absolutely adore rocking chairs. LOVE them. This one is small and perfect for me. The scarves served as adornment to the 'crate' table I have on the porch. I have no idea why I chose those scarves. Colors? Backdrops for still life photos? Don't know. They just said 'Take me!'.

Part of my hike yesterday was to find interesting spots of sunlight and try some Infrared shots.

My favorite one so far is the stump. I won't even say how hard of a trek it was to get here, but it was worth it.

Evening found Charlie and I on the porch where we watched the sky for colors as the sun began to go down.
We were rewarded.

This is the view from the driveway looking across to the west.

This morning I woke up at 4:11. Yes I checked it twice. I got up anyway and decided to take a very early walk.
The gnats were nasty but the scenery was worth the walk.

Mother Nature decided to paint the sky briefly just before 5am.

I'll take it.
The rest of the day still awaits....