Who hangs a chandelier in their garden? ...me.
I bought it at a going out of business sale..it was old looking and rusty-perfect.
It came with three candles.....I left them on. The rest of the arms are filled with birdseed. Everytime I see birds perched all over the chandelier...I run and get my camera....but poof...they're gone before I can snap one shot. This morning..that dang, you know who,(Cooper's hawk) was in my garden...AGAIN....but this time there were feathers all around....and he flew away like a vampire at daybreak.....staring me right in the eye! Poor mourning dove. But this week.......oh it's made me not so worried about the birds....they are all part of the food chain...and yes, my dear husband, I know the hawk has to eat too.
I have many errands to run today. This weekend we are going to Galena (thank God, I need those awesome valleys) Our home there is sacred to me...there is a feeling of being welcomed by the house when you are there. Everyone who goes there says the same thing..it is almost magical. But it is still a home that needs looking after...so this trip is filled with to-do things. I'll get some shopping in while I'm there,of course. They have an artist's store there, which I always support. I need some watercolor paper..why not give them my business? I was going to bring my travel paint set...but it has disappeared...actually I think my friend may have stuck it in her bag last time we were at my house for an artist's afternoon.....we made such a mess...it was glorious...we painted,collaged and just experimented with stuff. She is wonderful to be around. I'll have to call her and see if my paints jumped into her bag..because she IS the artist!
Let there be wild turkeys
woodpeckers and deer
Chickadees and titmouse
and an owl I can hear
Let there be blue skies
a glorious moon
Let my heart heal from those
gone too soon.