This and That from June...

In Spring and summer, there are certain things that create emotion.

I don't know what makes us so melancholy in the Spring and summer.

It just happens.

For instance, THIS fellow makes me both smile and get angry at the same time.

(He eats up all my bird seed, ALL DAY LONG!!):

And this little fluffy chipping sparrow twittering on the branches

just makes me happy:

The eloquence of a Columbine, makes me wonder about the miracles of Nature:

This was one of the farm dogs at the Alpaca farm I recently visited.

His sad, loyal eyes makes me want a dog again. Longing.

Really bad.

But I can't....I just can't:

A goldfinch in flight

just takes my breath away:

And seeing bright yellow in the trees after a barren, cold winter lifts my spirits up

more than I can describe:

And?

If he is FLUFFY??....

Well, it makes me darn right GIDDY:

The bright greens of hosta leaves and the delicate blue forget-me-nots

make me smile in wonder:

Finding a garden moose for my garden at a rummage sale for $4.00??

Practically DRUNK with joy!:

And spying a hummingbird aiming for spring blossoms?

Thankful to the angels in heaven:

May your day be full of this season's emotions....

and gratefulness to Mother Nature

for the joy the seasons brings us.

Goldinches!

One of the cutest little birds

to visit our feeders in the winter

are the

little

Goldfinches.

Read more about them HERE.
(When you go to the site, look at the non-breeding pictures of them which most resembles these).

So today's post is for you to enjoy some shots of them

that I have taken of them over the last few weeks.

They love the small seeds of our birdfeed and also the sunflower seeds:

They remind me of little fluffy chicks:

Sometimes about twenty all fly in at once and hop and kick about the seeds on

the dish, making a mess and making little chirps:

She is saying:

"Stick your head under all that snow and let me know

what there is to eat, will ya'?":

"Ah, Dang...leftovers AGAIN!":

"If that dang Chickadee lands hard ONE more time, I'm gonna be bounced right off this thing!":

Just LOOK at the stinkeye

the bird in the back

is giving the one that

is eating:

The early goldfinch

gets the sunflower seeds!:

"Watch, Gertrude!!...I can balance snow on my beak!":

A chipping Sparrow stopped by,

and the Goldfinch left...

"Yummm...Sunflower and Seed Icee's...my favorite!":

When you are bored some winter day,

just listen for bird sounds

and watch.

The season is amazingly full of life, even in the cold of winter.