A Big Bird to Begin 2012

We were gone for about six weeks, and it took a little while for birds to start returning to my feeders, and slowly the usual Titmouse, Chickadees, Nuthatches and a variety of Woodpeckers have come back. 

However, yesterday I saw something large flying through the branches of the trees in the valley behind our home, and it actually landed in a tree within my view.  I believe it is as Broad-Winged Hawk.  Please correct me if I am wrong. 

Thank you, Kelly (Red and the Peanut).  I believe you are correct that it is a Red-Tailed Hawk.  I was looking more at his head and chest and completely overlooked those red tail feathers.

 

He seemed to enjoy resting..

...and preening

and just looking around in every direction.

Perhaps he was looking for lunch.

 

Maybe he even saw me too!

I was so glad he stopped by.

Merry Christmas
and

A Blessed New Year!

 

And the angel said unto her,

Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found

favour with God.

And, behold, thou shalt concieve in they womb,

and bring forth a son,

and shalt call his name Jesus.

He shall be great,

and shall be called

the Son of the Highest:

and the Lord God shall give unto him

the throne of his father David:

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever;

and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Luke 1: 30-33

And she shall bring forth a  son,

and thou shalt call his name Jesus:

for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matt. 1:21

Red and Yellow, Black and White

They are Precious in His Sight,

Jesus loves the Little Children of the World.

Many of the early settlers in the Fort Wayne, IN area
came from Germany.  My mother's ancesters were some of the
original pioneers who located just southeast of our city.
 In more recent years
the US government has sent us many refugees,
and the faces in our community now
reflect many different nationalities.

Last week, our church, Southwest Lutheran,

from Fort Wayne, IN held an

International Vacation Bible School.

Bethlehem Lutheran, an inner city church

provided the place and many helpers.

And this group from Faith Lutheran came

all the way from New York state to provide many

group leaders and helping hands.

I have helped with this VBS for the last few years

taking pictures and just wanted to share
some of the beautiful children and young people.

Show us the Way to Go Home - We're Tired and We Want to Go to Bed

Each Spring or early Summer we have some little visitors.

Often they come in the middle of the night to raid any remaining bird food and also to empty out my flower pots just in case a seed might have dropped in one of them. They also must take a bath in the water I have set out for the birds, because the next morning it is usually the color of mud.

Last night towards dusk my husband called me upstairs--Two babies were out on their own without their mommy.

"Wow! " Look at this place. I think we hit the jackpot."

"But...but...There's something big over there watching us."

"I think we need to go UP."

"This might not be a good idea."

"I'm as far UP as I can go."

"Mom!  We need help!"

 "I'm tired....Maybe we should just take a nap till Mom comes looking for us."

"I smell something to eat."

"Just what we were looking for."

"Oh, oh.  There's that light flashing at us again."

"Maybe we can scare it off if we look like a "two-headed monster."

"How do we get out of here?"

 "Could it be this way?"

"It's scarry, but I think DOWN is the right way to go."

"Here we go."

 "Will Mom ever come to get us?

to Show us the Way to Go Home."

"We're Tired and We Want to Go to Bed."