I love mornings in the Summer more than any other time of the year. I've spent this perfect morning in the garden. My patience is severely lacking this morning. Having seen Humming Birds twice on Monday, I've upped the game and put out more feeders. Nothing. They say red will draw them and I certainly have enough of that.
Last night at work I got into a conversation with a couple who come in a few times a week. The woman rolled her eyes when her husband started talking about his garden, and as I swapped a few stories back and forth with him, she asked me if I'd been separated at birth from her husband. It's good to be back at work and connecting with guests, but it's still a very different world in my line of work. I guess all I can do is hope that all this uncertainty doesn't take a turn for the worse. It's hard for anyone and everyone in the service industry right now and there's no telling how long it will stay that way. The pandemic is my least favorite part about this Summer, so I've said enough about that.
No matter how I cut back on bird food, I can't seem to get rid of the starlings. What I'd originally thought was a young Red Bellied Woodpecker hitting my feeders, turns out to be a starling. Several times this morning, the whole group of them crowed my feeders. Like a bunch of rubes walking into a Walmart. Fuckers.
The photo opportunities so far have been rare - and missed. As I sit here typing this, I'm watching a male Downy Woodpecker and some Goldfinches. I took the camera back inside, so I snapped a picture with my phone. I take quite a few photos with my phone, but I really like getting good pictures with a camera. I really need to get off my are and get a few things done today, so I'm not likely to get 1000 words in or even close to that really.
I did get inspired by my buddy, Niles Hughes posting some incredible pictures that he took of a bird splashing around in his bird bath. He did an awesome job of capturing the bird splashing in the water and that inspired me to put a bird bath in the middle of my garden. Until this morning, it wasn't getting any use that I saw. Earlier a Chickadee took a few drinks from it while I was about a foot away - didn't seem the least bit worried that I was there either.
All of this stuff is distracting me away from getting back to the gym and out on the bike, not to mention a ton of other things that need done today, so to hell with the word count, I'm outta here. Peace, good people - enjoy this perfect Summer day. 484 words will have to do.
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