Well, I said I would rest yesterday, but I didn’t. At least, not enough. I had to tackle the poison ivy that seems to be all over the place this year. And then I had to do some other pruning.
All of which involves my dang back.
Anyway, I’m glad I did it, but my allergies are now haywire and I have to rest my back, so today IS going to be a day of rest.
It’s another lovely sunny day – so appreciated after so many rainy days.
I roamed around the property with my telephoto lens and got some nice shots, which I’ll share with you this week. The following photo, though, was done very quickly with my iPhone so as not to stress out any robins. I had to carefully ease the phone between the climbing hydrangea branches and hope against hope I got something. One chance only.
You can see a portion of the third egg at the bottom of the photo. Either a baby is pecking at that egg or there’s some schmutz on top of it.
I love the beautiful color of robins’ eggs.
Since I’m taking it easy today, mom and dad will get a break and they won’t have to stress about my comings and goings on the property.
Very exciting! Though I’m sure we’ll miss out on babies leaving the nest. It’s too far from the house and frankly, the birds around here seem to have a sixth sense about the perfect time to leave without our knowledge. Then I get sad that I missed it all.
Tomorrow morning is Don’s appointment. He cannot wait to get that bandage off. What was once carefully wrapped is now rewrapped daily by Don or me and we’re not so good at it. Right now, Don is playing his ukelele. He taught himself a Gordon Lightfoot song this week – “Steel Rail Blues.” It sounds good!
Stay safe.
Happy Sunday.
