Midweek Slump

Today really felt like Hump Day. I couldn't seem to dredge up much enthusiasm for any of the amusements available to me. I spent a few hours rereading Spies Don't Retire, getting halfway through the manuscript and making a few vocabulary and punctuation changes. Ho hum.

 

First thing I drew yesterday's gratitude journal page which seemed to consume all of the oomph I had for the day. The things I drew and put on the page made me smile and it made today seem grayer than it was by comparison.

 

Then the Red-bellied Woodpecker female showed up and posed. You can tell she's a female because the red on her head doesn't go all the way forward down to her beak.

 

After she left two different woodpeckers landed on the suet cakes but didn't stay long enough for pictures. First was a male with a red swipe behind his head. It was a lot bigger than a Downy but not as big as the Red-bellied. Then a female landed for a nanosecond, then flew up to land on the top of the fence where I managed this not-too-blurry photo. It might be a Hairy but it looked too sleek for one. I don't know. Here's a picture of an unknown Woodpecker on the fence.

 

I picked this... creature out of Seuss-isms to draw. It's from The Foot Book. I don't know what it is supposed to be. It kind of looks like a person but not really. Plus it's all one color except for its feet. I don't know what it is but I drew it.

 

 In the afternoon I put on my fleece vest and leather work gloves and went out to fill the birdfeeders. The snow on the patio was squishy and wet so it was a good thing I put on boots too. As soon as I came in a pair of Sparrows landed on the ground under the feeders but didn't venture up to them to discover the new seed. I'm sure a whole flock of them will show up tomorrow to start emptying the round feeder as fast as they can manage. And the squirrels will sniff out the refilled suet nuggets and do their very best to gobble them up.

--Barbara