The Beauty Around Us

I haven’t gotten much done around the house the past few days because I have been watching the wildlife in our back yard!

Downy Woodpecker

Male Cardinal

Yesterday this squirrel was content to eat bird seed that had fallen to the ground. Today Mr. Squirrel decided he’d have better pickings, if he ate from the bird feeder!

It seems I was doing a similar thing as a fellow blogger today, sitting outside as still as could be, in the hopes of capturing photographs of wildlife. I was multitasking. As I waited for that perfect photo opportunity, I was listening to my newest audio book — Jodi Picoult’s “Salem Falls”. I listened to several chapters of that audio book before my perseverance paid off.

Two Cardinals; the male in flight

A Squirrel in our Neighbor’s Tree

My fellow blogger’s perseverance paid off as well; she captured the photograph of a blue jay.