Daily Reminder # 333

Goldfinches! I can't tell you how thrilled I am about not
just seeing goldfinches, but seeing them close up.

Ok... I apologize. I'm going completely nuts with photos tonight, but the yard was incredibly, incredibly generous today. I mean over the top good to me. I took a trillion photos and I'm just going to share too many because I had so much fun taking them. Beyond that, just gratitude.


There were goldfinches... right up close! Goldfinches!

There was a lone flicker and a grackle or two that I didn't photograph....

The chickadee came by a few times...

And the chipmunk spent some time. He actually came right up on the porch and posed but I was too slow. Hate it when that happens.  I don't know why he seems to come out blurry all the time. Drives me crazy that I can't get a really good photo of him. Partly how dirty my back door is, but I don't think that's all. It's just as dirty for everything else.

And blue jays came in droves... at least 5 of them for multiple visits. As you can tell, my inner photographer was in hog heaven.... There are so many MORE pictures... this is me being restrained... my apologies... I just get really excited when I see birds up close... or not so close too. I find them both beautiful and awesome.  Considering what brash characters the blue jays are, they were suprisingly skittish at first. But they adjusted...

Some things I'm grateful for today:  (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an attempt to persuade the Universe that it is supposed to supply the desired items and hopefully to encourage hasty action as well.)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• Margaret
• my camera
• my back yard
• blue jays
• gold finches!!!
• chickadees
• flickers
• robins
• crows
• turkey vultures in flight
• chipmunks
• forsythia
• daffodils
• open windows
• fans (ceiling and non)
• sunshine
• my bird feeder
• my neighbor's feeder
• bagels & cream cheese
• Sam-e
• Vitamin D-3
• IP-6
• Omega-3
• Netflix
• Amazon.com
• Harry Potter
• my computer
• the internet
• a clothes dryer
• Nintendo
• a sun room on the back of the house
• zero balance on my credit card
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• winning lottery numbers
• $5,000/week for life from PCH
• a TRUCKLOAD of money
• more flowers in my back yard
• paid off mortgage
• a Bose Sound system
• my house
• my kitchen
• my friends
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• water
• indoor plumbing
• coffee and International Delight
• books
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to think
• seeing birds and critters close up
• new experiences
• my red chair
• my cane
• the ability to hobble from room to room
• Jon Stewart
• laughter
• reiki
• angels
• music
• TV
• my remote control
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• ibuprofen
• hearing
• taste
• touch
• smell
• sight
• beauty
• colors, especially
• yellow
• green
• blue
• red
• brown
• that my friend in Alabama is ok
• the possibility of a friend's visit in June
• imagination
• resilience
• hope
• life

WISHING YOU A GLORIOUS DAY!