Friday Foto Friends ~ A Walk on the Wild Side

Greetings Friends! It's Friday already! I think I am glad for this week to come to an end. Had to get out and take a walk and enjoy some fresh air and listen to the birdies sing!

“For you shall go out with joy,

And be led out with peace;

The mountains and the hills

Shall break forth into singing before you,

And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."

Isaiah 55:12

The trees in the woods were full of Tufted Titmice and Chickadees and Woodpeckers. I could hear them before I could see them. It was as if they were sending the message all over the woods: 

"An intruder is coming near...pass the word!"

Two Tufted Titmice in the tree above.

A Downy Woodpecker looks like he is caught in a cage, but he flew quickly away before I could get another picture.

The Red Bellied Woodpecker was finding something good inside that pinecone!

There was a lot of commotion down the street with these big old ugly buzzards flying all over the place:

They really did not like me invading their space because they were all in hot competition for the remains of an unfortunate deer that had apparently been hit by a car and was laying in the bushes:

(no picture of that...trying to keep this clean)

The buzzards were all over the trees surrounding me as I walked through, impatiently waiting for me to get on by so they could get back to their dinner.

I felt like I was in the movie set for "The Birds"...not a pleasant thought, so I hurried on back to join my hubby on our walk. Never did like that movie.

But I still enjoyed my walk and seeing some real bird activity for a change.  I haven't been taking as many walks as usual because of the holidays and the cold weather, and just being too busy (or lazy). Now I need to get back in the routine and keep my body moving! 

Speaking of wildlife and holidays, my son and his sweet wife, who comprise the company of 

Ben & Rose's Country Woodshop, were busily creating some special gifts for us this Christmas.  I've been asking for some extra shelving and/or towel bars/hooks for our bathrooms, and so they heeded the call and livened up my bathroom with some "wildlife":

If you've known me very long, you know that bears have played a big part in my "former life" before moving here where it is a little more civilized than our last home in the middle of the national forest. I do miss seeing our bears so frequently, so the kids thought they'd add a little reminder to my bathroom decor where I will see them every day!  I love it! 

 (I already had that towel...just needed a place to hang it!)

In case you didn't know me back then, here's just a little sampling of some of the wildlife that we had in  our front yard at our former home. Bears were frequent visitors during the night and sometimes during the day...and the deer were always frolicking around:

This bear wanted to know why we had our house up for sale:

The deer were always congregating in our yard and road:

I do miss these beautiful animals, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do...and we are very happy where we are living now.

Likewise, they made another little towel bar/shelf  so I'd have a place to hang other guest/hand towels and also a place to put some things... No, I didn't take that framed photograph. It was a gift last year from a friend. I love it as it is typical of our surroundings where we live now.

And they didn't forget hubby's bathroom. He also got a new towel bar and some hooks:

His weren't as "wild" as mine, but they are functional and that is all that mattered to him.

Yes, we have that same "wallpaper" in all of our bathrooms. It came with the house and it would be rather costly to cover or replace, so we live with it. It's a bit busy, but it kind of grows on you after a while. LOL.

So there you have it...a little taste of "walking on the wild side" for this week.  Sure beats what's going on in the news, which we won't discuss. I nearly had a meltdown last night when I listened to what people in the media are saying, so we are not watching the news and probably won't for the next four years. I may just retreat back into the woods for a while...

10. “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,

And do not return there,

But water the earth,

And make it bring forth and bud,

That it may give seed to the sower

And bread to the eater,

11.  So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

It shall not return to Me void,

But it shall accomplish what I please,

And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:10-11

So be it, Lord. Accomplish Your will through the sharing of Your Word...

that is where I want to be...

Have a lovely weekend, my friends. Might be a good time to get outside and enjoy God's beautiful world around us and stay away from the news for a while!