Warm weather and birds

No photographs this week. Was abnormally

warm for the 1st of March. The sort of

weather that puts you in a little panic about planting your

garden - so much to do and nothing is ready yet. Then

you realize that if you were planting everything this past

weekend we'd probably have snow next week, so it can wait.

My favorite part of the first warm weather days is sleeping with

my bedroom window open. You never know what sort of wildlife

things you will hear. And I love waking up to the birds in the wee

hours. I awoke about 5:30 on Sunday morning and listened and then

I think I woke up Bill and said "Where are all the birds?"

From childhood on there were sooo many birds making noise in

the morning that you didn't have to wake up to hear them - they woke you

up. This year there were a few but not the usual cacophony that

I'm used to hearing. I am deeply saddened by the state of my

little piece of earth. I am sad that people don't have any idea of what

is going away. I'm blessed to have such a quiet retreat in the hills away from

the traffic and people but it appears to be sneaking its way into every

little thing. Sad, sad, sad and I really miss the birds.