I was reading Reinventing Fabulous, no wait, it was Jenny Crusie. I was reading away, sitting on my bed, facing the window and I happened to look up – and there, looking right at me was a blue jay. It occurs to me I should have asked him what he was trying to tell me. But I didn’t.
I love having the feeders outside my window, as I think I’ve said ad infitium. I REALLY like birds. Not in an I-identify-with-them way, but in a they-make-me-smile kind of way. One silly jay ran into the window the other day, he was trying to chase off a second jay and kind of lost sight of where he was in the air. Luckily he didn’t daze himself.
The feeders are very quiet today. It’s cold and grey and windy. I’m under my covers even though it’s only 3:00 in the afternoon. Old farmhouses don’t necessarily heat well. Still there’s lively music in the house and the kids are laughing in the kitchen. They are supposed to be doing homework, but at least they aren’t fighting. I like hearing them laugh.
If you’re lucky I’ll post pictures of my winter desk this week. Or maybe I’ll tell you what happened when I went looking for a car. Stay tuned for the excitement. We’ll get started on that just as soon as I have a nap. And make dinner. Oh and it’s back to work this week. But stay tuned. It’s bound to be fabulous.
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Birds to watch and happy kids, sounds like a nice morning.
I think I probably change my name each time I comment, can never remember which one I usually use.
I love birds too, they never fail to make me smile, I especially get a kick out of watching them ‘walk’
Looking forward to hearing about all your other excitement.
Another one of my favorite sounds (now that my kids don’t actually LIVE here anymore) is hearing their footsteps in the house. I adore it, wallow in it, and simply can’t get enough of it. (Okay, now I just made my ridiculous self elf sad.)
On to distractions! New car? Desk photos? Back to work? I’m tuned – I’m tuned – I’m tuned!
Don’t be sad, Julie. They come to see you bunches, and when they aren’t there they are planning when to come back again. You’re kids are way tuned into you.
There’s laughing and then there’s laughing that you know is about to turn into screaming and crying. Really love the first, the second makes me cringe.
We had a cardinal that just about beat himself to death on our living room window fighting with his reflection. When we put a screen over it, he just started in on the side view windows on my car. Birdbrain!
That Cardinal must have been in a bad mood. Just looking for someone to pick on! Yeah, I love the kid laughter thing, and luckily with the three older ones it’s not very likely to turn into screaming and crying!
Hearing the kids laughing is a wonderful sound. Kind of like listening to the birds sing. : )
Love when the kids laugh.
Birds singing, kids laughing, favorite music, silence – all really fabulous when you’re in the mood for them…