Two cardinals, male and female, are at the feeder outside the kitchen window this morning. All summer the cardinals have been dressed in motley, but now the male is splendid in brilliant red and black, the female lovely in rust and rose. Juncos patrol the deck beneath the feeder; sparrows and titmice and chickadees fly in and out. The nuthatch is back.
Color has faded from the mountains, the trees are bare and the sun is slow to warm this morning. but the birds promise that even through the short, dark days of winter, small everyday miracles will wait outside my kitchen window, morning after morning.
Beautifully written Edd. I find I love your words as much as your pics!
ReplyDeleteThanks Terri--writing is much more difficult for me than taking pictures.
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