Nesting Instinct

 Song - Two of Us by The Beatles

The other day I saw a flash of brilliant blue outside the window.  I figured it was a Blue Jay or most likely a Steller's Jay because they seem to be a deeper blue. But when I got up to look I found this little fellow on our deck gate.  

He flew over to Mr. B's birdhouse and looked inside.  Four out of the last five years Oak Titmice have made a nest in that house but this year maybe I will get some Bluebirds nesting in our yard!

Within minutes a Titmouse began building a nest inside.  I guess he or she decided that they were not ready to move quite yet! I looked down at the deck and there was a smattering of twigs beneath the birdhouse so I guess they have been working on their nest for a while (I just hadn't noticed).

I'm wondering how she is going to get that long twig in through that tiny hole but she found that by turning the twig sideways it would fit.  I was so proud of her!

Nearby there were a couple of feeders that I moved further away today so the Titmouse won't have to worry about other birds waking the kids! 

"Look closely. The beautiful may be small."   

--Emmanuel Kant

Blues

Song - Walking Blues featuring Keb' Mo' - Playing for Change - Song Around the World

Blue glass window at the Hotel California in Cabo.

Blue sky in Chinon, France

Blue eggs in a nest in our front yard

Blue Atlantic Ocean in Nantucket

Blue wildflowers near Loch Ness, Scotland

 A proud little Bluebird...

And the blue waters of Fallen Leaf Lake (foreground) and Lake Tahoe

The Bird Lady and Her Tree House

Song - Blackbird by Crosby, Stills and Nash

I have a friend and mentor who lives in a tree house.  

Or I should say a house high in the trees.

She also happens to love, care for and feed the birds.

Four little Bluebirds come to her when she calls and it is feeding time.

She has lots of bowls of fresh water for them to drink and bathe in.

And happy flowers grow everywhere!

And plenty of homes for them to live in.

 

They are happy to live in her little sanctuary.

 

 

They are content and so am I when I go to visit.

Just to sit and talk and be with nature.

 

And have nature watch us back.

They patiently wait for their daily feeding and fresh cool water.

Why hello there!

Everything thrives in her wonderful care.

That's quite a cigar mister............

.....really it's a meal worm!

This little Nuthatch loves to hang upside down.

Sit for awhile in the shade of the Oak trees and Dogwood.

Grab a cool drink or maybe two.

Ponder life and the beauty of nature up high here on the mountain.

Grab a snack if you like.

Or just puff out your chest and enjoy the warm sun.

My friend, thank you for sharing your little slice of heaven with me today!

"So this is how you swim inward. 

So this is how you flow outwards. 

So this is how you pray."

--Mary Oliver