Mr. Cardinal

We have a new red friend who has been frequenting our Birdie Cafe. Can you see him perched in the tree?

This is the view out my front window. I can sit on my sofa and watch 'my' birds filling their bellies at the feeders. Mr. Cardinal is a handsome addition to the dreary winter background of our yard. Mrs. Cardinal, not as colorful, but just as exciting to see, joins him from time to time. Usually, she just stays home and tends to her nest keeping duties. She's busy decorating the nursery in hopes of hatching some little ones this spring.

Mr. Cardinal gets tired of watching his wife fluttering around nesting, so he comes to the Cafe to roost with his buddies. He and his friends are very respectful when they are at our Birdie Cafe. They never use fowl language around my children, and they always clean up after themselves, feather dusting the area before they go.

I hope Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal (and all their friends) continue to descend upon our Birdie Cafe. They are a bright spot in my day and make me thankful that I don't migrate south for the winter.

Spring Has Sprung!

I was out for a walk the other day enjoying nature.

I am so excited to see things growing.

Like my choke cherry tree.

and my lilac bushes.

My chives are ready to eat!

It won't be long before we're enjoying rhubarb.

After a long, dreary, colorless winter, spring with all it's new life and color is always a welcome gift from God.  

Cobwebs

I was going through my photos this morning and found a few that I wanted to share with you. I took these this fall. October 17 to be exact. We woke to this amazing view. I have never seen anything like it before.

It looked like cobwebs covering the entire ground. Could this be from spiders? Can there be so many spiders working through the night to make such a huge web blanket?

When I went out for a closer look, there was dew on all the webs. The morning was slightly overcast and foggy, yet warm.

Don't you think they look like waves on water? If anyone knows what this is called, or why it occurs, please comment. It was a magnificent sight. God never ceases to amaze me.

(By the way, I'm sure you've noticed that I haven't been posting lately. My heart has not been in it. We have been struggling with our two oldest sons and I am feeling like a complete failure as a parent. I know, I need to give it over to God and move on...but it's hard. Really hard.)