Tuesday's delight!

Ira and Barbara were here for a couple of days and nights and it was a wonderful visit! We shared everything from meals, games, and Bible study to treasured memories from an 18-year friendship. Meet them on today’s blog, pictured with Don.

As Ira and Barbara were leaving I was standing around the front door and noticed that there was a bird nest in the wreath on the door! Remember, I’m so easy to delight and that bird nest does it. I used to have a wreath on the door that I made with artemesia that grows in the front flowerbed. Bits of artemesia would fall onto the floor when we opened it, but I kept it because the birds loved it and I loved the birds. Little purple finches would build nests in the wreath and then they’d sit out there and sing great songs. I loved them! I found another wreath that I liked, though, so the artemesia wreath went by the wayside. I missed the birds, but I enjoyed the cleaner floor. The birds started pulling artemesia from the flowerbed and taking it across the street and building on my neighbor’s porch. She hated them and shooed them off. I just missed them and figured I’d lost them, forever. Every year I put cotton outside for the chats that build nests out back, and we enjoy watching them. Bird watching is a joy to us, and we gave up 29 different birds when we moved here from Tennessee. So, what seems like nothing to most folks is a big deal to me. Anyway, today when I saw that nest it was sooooooo cool! I went and got a stool so I could watch the nest from our front window. I also took pictures of the nest and was especially thrilled to see that they are using my cotton, too! I didn’t know they use the cotton, too. The three little eggs in the nest really warm my heart. I hope all the attention we gave to the nest today doesn’t scare off the birds! I’ll keep you posted. See the pictures of the nest and meet Tuesday’s delight!

God is so good; He blesses us so generously!