Bluebird Family

  This afternoon, there were six bluebirds flitting around and lighting on the clothesline poles. I can usually tell if they are bluebirds by the way they act. They sort of swoop up to land and then they drop down into the grass with wings open before flying up again. I presume they are picking up bugs. Blubirds are big insect eaters.

So I tried to catch a couple of pictures. Never can seem to capture them fussing in the grass. But here's one sitting on the pole crossbar. I wondered for a minute about the spots above the red breast. But then I looked at a picture of another one facing away from me. Spots all over! These are teenagers. I wasn't surprised to see a small flock of bluebirds at this time of year, but I wonder if this is all one family. And you can thank the bluebirds that you didn't get another fern today.

I haven't been too productive since I got home. Cleaned the bathroom (it was bad), did two loads of laundry, sorted 5 weeks worth of mail, puttered at putting some things away, wrote two chapters, and did a few little tasks that were on my lists. I need to up the motivation level soon. Tomorrow and Saturday I'm doing a small vendor event with a few friends. We'll see if any buyers show up.

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