Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Blue gift


The neighbors went away on vacation last week. So did their neighbors, and the neighbors in the corner house. We sat in our garden and marveled at the silence, broken only by the frequent blurring of wings as numerous sparrows, house finches, cardinals, robins, one dull yellow-and-brown striped mystery bird (possibly a warbler?) and a trio of sleek gray compatriots busied themselves at the thistle feeder and birdbath. I thought the gray ones were catbirds but they lack the dark Mohawk-style cap. I don't know what they are.

The Kellys left a red vase of flowers on our patio table. I couldn't stop photographing the delphiniums. So blue.

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