Birds In Flight

May 2, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

( For Bird Weekly challenge: birds in flight.)

Oh, Baby!

April 20, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Haven’t seen any chicks yet, so had to sift through the archives. Featured, the goslings are trying to keep up. Freshly hatched chicks. Not quite newborns, but young Ibis. (For Bird Weekly Challenge: baby birds)

Recent Encounters Of The Bird Kind

April 10, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A robin building her nest, an osprey with his dinner, a goldfinch and a red-bellied woodpecker guarding the nest. For Bird Weekly challenge: birds seen in the past two weeks.

E-birds

March 6, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Birds that start with the letter ‘E’ for Bird Weekly Challenge. Featured is an Eastern Kingbird – a summer resident here. The Bald Eagles are regulars, and the odd Great Egret wanders through from time to time.

Love in Lockdown

February 14, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Everything about a cardinal brings such joy to my day. Chickadees remind me of childhood. These happy visitors love to sing along with me when I call their name. My newest love are the Common Redpolls. So delightful. (There are few birds I don’t love, so when Lisa challenged us to showcase our favourites I […]

‘D’ Bird

February 6, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Downy Woodpecker, Morning Doves, Mallard Ducks. Bird Weekly challenge: birds that start with letter d.

Butt End

January 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A Dark-eyed junco and a Downy woodpecker for Bird Weekly’s challenge.

Wing Envy

January 1, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Bird Weekly challenge is to post photos of birds with long wingspans. Our larger birds have flown south for the winter, but the birds of prey remain, and of course, the Canada geese.

Hey Red!

December 11, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Bird Weekly challenge, sponsored by Our Eyes Open

B… B… B… Birds

December 4, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Barn swallows, Blue Jay, and Bald Eagle for Bird Weekly challenge: Birds that start with the letter B

This Life A Road

This life a road –the way preparedsigns to guide me,and still, I get lost. Construction, distraction,disobedience – throw me off –tendency to choose tougher routes,broken down and been sidelined And yet, the road still beckons,invites progression, thrills.A rolling stone gathers no moss,my father liked to say, and so… I push ahead, keep motoring,trust the obstacles […]

Wings

(Written during my bedbound years with ME/CFS)

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis awareness month. Also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, this disease is characterized by exhaustion after exertion. The exertion can be physical -taking a shower; emotional – worrying or obsessing; or mental- filling out forms. The best source of information about ME/cfs, as we call it, is the Bateman Horne Center. They […]