Dream•sync

no, not in my office thankfully :)

So after about a week and a half , yesterday I started seeing some birds hanging around my feeder. Strange to think that was a relief - as if I did something to offend the birds...

Since I saw them out yesterday and was going shopping with my Mom, I figured I'd buy a few more treats for them. Hung them up this morning, and lo and behold, they have already found 1 of the two new suet baskets, and 1 of the two corn feeders which are supposedly to keep the squirrels occupied and away from the feeder.

Anyway, Here's the running list:

Blue Jay on the new suet basket this morning. Now I've got two of them vying for the feeder...








Red-bellied Woodpecker. Checking out the feeder... He came back later for suet.











Black-capped Chickadee. I have two of these guys flying around each other. They found the corn before the squirrels. Still working out the best settings for my camera to pick up these fast and flighty birds. One thing - it helps if you're not shooting through a dirty window and a screen. Screen is now gone, but I have yet to try to clean the outside of my office window...

Downy Woodpecker - This one's the female. And honestly a fluke that I caught it on camera at all. Saw something unusual flying from tree to tree in the wood behind the bird feeder and just barely caught it.



White-Tailed Deer - Lots of these. I see them probably 3-4 times a week. They tend to cross our driveway more than I ever realized. Though it's not often in the past that I've been here during the day to actually witness the crossing. And sometimes they just stand there in the middle for 15 minutes or so. Definitely doesn't work as a hiding spot ;)

There are the squirrels and chipmunks as well, but no pictures of them yet.



I was reminded of this passage of scripture as I was putting this post together - Matthew 6:25-34. I'll share it as a close for this entry:

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

Good things to remember :)