If it felt as good outside this morning as it looks, —- we’d be out there in short sleeve shirts firing up the grill. But despite the beautiful sunshine and not a cloud in the sky, — it is six degrees. And the steam us rising off of the bird bath; which I will have to fill again this morning.

Good morning! Happy Saturday. I hope your day has started out well and continues for the remainder of the day. My day almost always starts out as a good day because I determine that it will. I think that is the key to a happy life; simply determining that you are happy. I saw a thing on Facebook yesterday about a teacher that told her students that they were having a “pop quiz”. She gave them each a piece of paper and there were no questions on it, —- just a black dot in the middle of the paper. She asked them to describe what they saw. When they were finished she told them there was no grade for the test but then she went on to read what they had said. Every student had gone into great detail describing that black dot and not a single student said anything at all about the complete field of white that surrounded it. Her point was that the dot is like the small things that we focus on in life and we completely miss everything else that is going on around us. It is a good life lesson to learn.

We went to Wild Birds Unlimited yesterday and they had a sale going on. It still cost me $100.00 to restock my supply. I find that amazing because if anyone would have told me that I would be spending $100.00 on food for the birds I would have called them silly. But it happens every couple of months these days and oh by the way, I still need to go pick up sunflower seed. At least it is relatively cheap @ $18.00 for a 40# bag. And it gives me something to grumble about. If I didn’t love feeding and watching my birds I wouldn’t be doing it.

I’m sitting here in the sunporch with a light lap blanket over my legs, writing, and Ms. Kate just came out and brought me a coffee refill and a warm cranberry muffin. I have Andre Reiu playing on the Bose: —- I may be here for awhile. God is good, life is great and Ms. Kate is the love of my life; what else could a fellow ask for.  After awhile I will put my coat on and go top off feeders again and put more water in the bird bath. That is about as complicated as my life gets.

Tomorrow is my day of worship so I’m hoping the pending snow/winter mix will hold off until tomorrow evening. I don’t want to have to drive on slick roads. There was a day when that would not have bothered me at all but those days have gone by the wayside. I like to think that maybe I’m a bit smarter than I used to be. Until our next meeting, have a most glorious, love filled weekend. Peace.