Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Bluebirds in the morning

My house must be appealing to bluebirds. Real bluebirds, which you hardly ever see, not bluejays. The males are brilliant blue, and the females (I think I have this right) have reddish underbellies. They stop by my house to eat purple berries off a bush. This morning, at about 8:30 a.m. with the soft light of the morning, there were a flock (probably 8-12) bluebirds flying around the front of my house, with snow as a backdrop. Truly breathtaking. I never seem to have my camera handy when they're there. But I'm so grateful to see them, there's something so incredibly hopeful about them.

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