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Time in the Garden It’s been yet another wonderful day in the gardens. The garden is my place to find to find freedom from the world, freedom from the angst, and most of all, freedom from myself. My mind seems to focus on the project at hand and less on the trials and tribulations of life. I’m allowed to absorb my surroundings and actually enjoy some of the simplest pleasures that we all take for granted. This past week, I’ve been visited by the family of Blue Jays; mother, father, and three youngsters still learning how to conquer gravity. They don’t seem to mind sharing the yard with me as they ramble about the yard hopping from limb to limb with an occasional crash landing into one of the garden beds. The youngsters are easy to spot as they have ruffles of soft fluff around the neck in a pale gray. I sat and watched two of the youngsters do their “I’m the hungriest” dance with a frantic flutter of their wings and an open mouth eager for food from the Papa Jay. The adult flew in and with the precision of a watchmaker, he readily darted his large pointy beak into the mouths of the waiting young and shared his bounty before flying off to find more. This morning, I’ve been watching one of the youngsters sit outside my office perched on a tree limb, seemingly alone and abandoned. He has been crying all morning and performing his chants for food with no answer. A mother cardinal flew near and he instinctually fluffed up, spread his wings and started his chant for food, but it was futile as the cardinal flew away; the youngster went silent. I thought perhaps this might be the time that the parents cut the apron strings for him to survive on his own, so I greased the limbs of the tree with suet and hand packed the suet with bird seed to give the little guy a helping hand. While I was leaving the yard from my humanitarian mission, I saw the adults fly in to scope out the scene. I can hear the cardinals as I sit and write this, they have a very distinct chirp as do most birds. The most common birds that I attract in the yard are Blue Jays, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, hummingbirds, mocking birds, finches, quaker parrots, doves, and Ibis. I also recently found a family of Screech owls on the back 40……… (back 40 feet of yard). Hunting down plans to build a screech owl nesting box was added to the ever expanding “to do” list that I keep posted on the fridge. My morning routine generally consists of sipping my coffee as I walk along the perimeter of the yard inspecting the approximately 300ft of garden beds. I take a few steps and sip as I look for freshly sprouted weeds trying to break the surface of the mulch. Recently, I started finding corn stalks growing and realized that the squirrels were burying the kernels from the wild feed mix that I’ve been offering. I’ve stopped giving the corn, and to my delight, the weeding has lessened.  |
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6/9/2006 7:31 pm |
I like reading your blogs. I would like very much for you to teach me all the things that you know about the birdies. As I myself like watching the birds outside my back window. I have no idea what most of them are and would like to learn. Well take care and hope to hear from you soon. Huggies and kissies Baby,Sarah
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Smiles, thank you Sir for the walk in your garden. Alas, I do not have a garden at this point in my life and I look forward to visiting yours here. An amazing transformation has taken place outside my trailer. The bare grey trunk, like Aaron's staff, has transformed into lush greenery covered in birds. Smiles, I lie in my bed, inches from the whir and chirp, viewing it all from the wide window. The fluffed importance of a wren. The sweet thunder of the songbirds. And once, a woodpecker skating across the trunk. I put a feeder out for them and it's a daily battle between myself and the squirrels, but the cats and I love watching and seeing who comes to feed. Looks in your garden for an empty patch of dirt and steps in it wriggling her toes. Nose crinkle.
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6/10/2006 10:30 pm |
danged ol' squirrels! lol But they sure are fun to watch. Your garden looks so inviting & the grass is just waiting for bare feet to wander through. Thanks for the peek.
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