Is there any season that doesn't make me think of you? Fall is coming fast now, a lot of leaves already turned vivid colors, many already on the ground. The flickers started coming around more last week. Was having a particularly rough morning when one hit the window quite hard. He was unconscious when I found him, but after holding him off and on for more than three hours he recovered well enough to fly to a nearby pine tree. His three companions who were with him, took off shortly after his accident because a large hawk began circling the yard. I kept the injured bird close to the house and under a bush when I wasn't holding him for protection. The next afternoon I was doing some raking and he dropped by briefly, and peaked at me from around a tree trunk. Odd how he showed up just when I needed distraction from my own worries.
We have lots of other migrators showing up, mobs of purple finches and warblers right now and hearing the geese fly overhead mornings and evenings is always nice.
I am dreading the winter something terrible this year, probably because the last one was so hard. I try to stay busy with work and reading and not to spend so much time worrying but that is easier said than done.
Whenever I learn something new and interesting, I miss you most, I so miss sharing those things with you....
I love and miss you so much...
