Wednesday Wanderings

Wednesday is one of those days in the middle of the week when I just feel like posting whatever I've been seeing as I wander around the yard or our walking place.  

I know we are all getting tired of "social distancing", but realize we have to keep it up until things get better.  So here are a few birds and other things that are keeping their distance:

This lovely Great Blue Heron stands alone in the pond throughout the day, fishing for his supper and generally just looking around at the lovely pond lilies while he waits for the next fish to appear.

 The Canadian Geese Couple continue to dwell here on Still Waters Pond.  This male waves off any strangers while he watches over his mate, who must be getting anxious for her babies to be born.

 Almost every day the Male escorts the Female goose up to our yard, and he watches over her while she eats bird seed under the bird feeder.

This is usually late in the afternoon, when I suppose they deem the nest is safe enough to leave for a short period of time, but at the least little noise of anything that may sound threatening to them, they take off flying back across the pond with a lot of honking and flapping of wings.

 But now, every morning and some afternoons, the male goose comes to the feeder alone and helps himself to whatever seeds are left on the ground after the squirrels have scattered them out of the feeder.  This morning I was really surprised as I went out on the deck to drink my morning glass of Metamucil (yes, that is a daily routine that I must do every day now! Doctor's orders!), and as I was standing there stirring and drinking (have to stir before every sip...) I noticed the male goose on the other side of the pond sitting where he usually spends the day in a close proximity to wherever the nest is (I suppose, because we can't see the nest from here),  and as soon as he saw me come on to the deck, he immediately flew directly across the pond and landed on our shore and started walking right up to the bird feeder, as if he knew if I was out there, there might be something good to eat. While he was still approaching the feeder, I dared to walk down the steps and go to the feeder and shake out some extra seeds on the ground, and it did not deter him one bit. I quickly went back up the steps, and he continued his walk directly to the feeder and with a look of gratitude immediately began eating the scattered bird seed on the ground.

 He did not mind my watching him at all. He even flapped his wings and fluffed his feathers for me, which must be his way of saying "Thank You."

So I reluctantly left him there alone to eat his feast as I had my own things to take care of. But it was a close encounter of a pleasant kind. He has learned to trust us, so I hope that means once the goslings are born he will bring the family over to meet us.

 Now, if any of you are my Facebook friends, (and many of you are), you've probably already seen the conversation between the two Red Shouldered Hawks that I placed on there this week. There are many more pictures than just these three, but I wanted to give you a little sample of this couple who seem to be having a bit of a disagreement during their time of "social distancing"

Hey, someone is watching us!!

 I told you to quit arguing with me...

Anyway, if you want to see more their conversation, go to my facebook page and click on the photo album "Red Shouldered Hawks practicing Social Distancing".


And from our walk one day I spied this Red Bellied Woodpecker all alone up in  a dead tree:

I've also been watching the progress of the Cactus blooms, as they are always so pretty and don't last long so you have to catch them while they are open:

Looks like this little bee is enjoying some Cactus Juice:

Isn't it amazing how something that is so prickly and unpleasant to bump into can produce such a lovely flower?   There must be a lesson in there somewhere...

How about this verse:

Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)

"30.  Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;

but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."

Okay, that's good!  Now I must get a move on...

someone is wanting his lunch, and he won't go out to the bird feeder 

and pick it off the ground. LOL.

Have a blessed and happy day, my friends. Look for the beauty and

the positive in what is around you today. 

We can always just see the negative in the world situations,

but we don't have to camp out there.

God is still alive and well...and He is not going to forsake His children!

Amen??