Tuesday 4 - It's for the Birds

 

It's For the Birds

 

From Annie, "Hey there Tuesday 4 fans.  It's so good to have you back.  I hope your week went well and if it didn't then I hope the coming week is stellar for you.

Can we talk about the birds today? Did you know that birds sing all day long but particularly 3 times a day which correspond to the prayers of Daniel the Prophet. His 3 prayer daily corresponded to the 3 daily services in the temple at Jerusalem.."  

1. Do you have a favorite bird?  I love an eagle and I love a cardinal.  But then I like to see all kinds of birds.  This is my favorite picture of a cardinal I took a few years ago.

2. Do you find singing birds comforting or annoying? Mostly I enjoy hearing the birds singing.

3. Can you recognize the songs of particular birds or is it all the same to you?  I really don't know one from another.

4. Every year many birds die from being fed too much sugar.  Grape jelly glues shut the beaks of birds and honey , corn syrup or other substitutes to white sugar does the same to humming birds. We are warned to use only white refined sugar for humming birds.             (Always use refined white sugar (regular table sugar). Never use honey, corn syrup or raw, unprocessed sugars. Powdered sugar (also called confectioners' sugar) often contains additional ingredients, such as cornstarch. Therefore, it is not recommended for use in creating hummingbird food)  Do you feed the birds or provide water or shelter for them?  Earlier this summer I was feeding hummingbirds, but I was having trouble keeping up and changing their water often, so I ended up taking the feeders down.  In the winter when it snows, I enjoy putting out seed for them.  I have 2 bird houses hanging in a tree and I know birds have built nests at least twice in one of them.

Thanks for visiting and if you'd like to link up with Annie, you can do that here.

Thankful Thursday and Friday Photos

 

Good Morning:

I think it's a very good thing to think on the good things I am thankful for this week.  God is so good and I want to remember to give Him thanks and praise for the grace He shows me every day of my life.  

I'm so thankful to be out walking again these last several weeks.  Here are some photos from my neighborhood walk this morning which was a little over a mile.  And then hubby had a doctor's appointment this morning and there is a small pond and trail behind the facility and I took a walk around that while waiting on him.

Sunrise skies from the end of the street I live on.

Another photo not zoomed in so you can see the surrounding farmland and
 the beautiful church over there.

The moon was still out and if you look below the moon and to the left, you can see a big jet.
I love watching the skies for jets and other flying objects.

Little Miss Lucy out walking with me.

Love this beautiful hawk watching us.

This is the path heading back to the pond behind the doctor's.

I love the beautiful reflections in the water.

Bullrushes

A cute little family of mushrooms

Little Robin

Beautiful Bunny watching me.

Thank you God for all your little critters and beautiful sunrises.  Thank you for visiting here today.  I would love to hear about something you are thankful for today.

Cathy

Friday Photos

 

I haven't been taking a lot of photos recently.  I have a few from this week. Actually most are from Thursday.

Hubby and I spent some time in a nearby park yesterday.  I took a short walk and saw the 2 squirrels in these pictures along with many more that I didn't get pictures of.  It was much colder than I thought and I didn't put my coat on, so I didn't last too long out there,

  

He did not move very much at all.

One last picture of this guy,.

This guy was almost acting like he was posing for me.

Especially in this photo when he turned and looked right at me.  I took his picture
and told him thanks for posing and we both walked on in different directions.

It was warmer in the afternoon and Lucy and I took a walk.

Look at that tongue sticking out...I don't think she likes her photo taken.  lol

Linking up with Saturday Critters.

Well, that's it for now.  Thanks for visiting.

Cathy