This goldfinch and I had a staring contest the other day. So unusual that he did not take flight when I quietly crept outside to take his picture. You can see he still has his winter colors on... but they are beginning to turn. We have been doing our best to keep these visitors supplied with fresh food all winter.
Visitors that have been a wonderful distraction, and reminder that life goes on, no matter what. I told him to keep coming back and I will make sure Chris keeps filling the feeder.
Which also reminds me that it's time to put up the square wreaths that go on the front windows in the spring. The ones the Robin's prefer to build their nests upon.
Today it got up to 60 degrees here in Lawrence. After 13 below last week. It's crazy. Crazy wonderful to think that spring is around the corner. I am dreaming of porch sitting. Wondering if my little redbud tree will have a good flowering this year. Thinking about traveling somewhere soon. Looking forward to regular visits with my Quail friends. Imagining the days when I can get up to watch the sun rise on a morning ramble. Hoping all my favorite coffee shops in Lawrence will re-open for my kind of Sunday morning church services after a walk. Sometimes just imagining that all this might be possible in the coming weeks and months is enough.
In the face of no answers, conjuring up all the things that are good about the world seems right. Some might call it delusional, for me it's just throwing my desires out into the universe... all the better to make them happen. If you believe in that sort of thing. Which I do. Today.
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