Of birds and blessings...........

The feeding station continues to receive rave reviews and repeat customers.     And now we have a newcomer ...... a western tanager.    Apparently it is related to the cardinal and gets it's red head from a pigment found in it's diet of insects.    Info that I have read says nothing about enjoying grape jelly and oranges.          We raised the feeding station and have had no more nightly marauders that remove the bowl of jelly.     We did put a heavy rock in the pie dish to keep it stable in the strong winds of late.       

 Speaking of winds, we tried to play golf today and watched as our balls were puppets of the vicious winds.   We gave up after 9 holes, slightly wind and sun burned.      We always get spring winds but lately they have been up to 30 mph and ravage anything loose .....we suspect one of the outdoor decorative pillows is in Utah.     The snow in the mountains has now become an extreme menace and there are valid  concerns about flooding and more rockslides.    You may have seen pictures of the house sized boulder that come down south of Telluride, on the road we take back and forth to AZ.    More snow for the mountains tonight  and freezing temps down here.    My beautiful roses froze the other night..... the plant is fine but the flowers are gone.     This has really been a bizarre spring but at least we don't have tornadoes.

The aches and pains are all gone ..... I give all the credit to strict plant based eating.   You are what you eat !!




And now to the miracle news.....We've been holding our breaths for weeks and finally I can share a bit of our joy.         This dainty little miss joined our family as our first great grand baby.     She's still a bit shy.       Her parents have been through unimaginable stresses the past few years as they watched hopeful joy turn to indescribable grief when the birth mothers made other choices.     This little one's birth mother was very brave but is content with her decision and the initial legal hurdles are over and we are overjoyed.        Welcome little one !