In the middle of the morning, the power went out. I took bird pictures, many of which were blurry, but it was raining really hard and besides, I can’t see very well.
It’s absolutely amazing that these little bright Goldfinches can fly in the middle of drenching rain with hurricane-level winds. But they do it. Maybe they find their way between the wind … a quiet place.
These birds are so bright and yellow you can see them all over the woods. I really love those bright birds. Because this was a rather grim day with no water, no heat, no computers. Good thing we have oil lamps and books, eh?
Sketchy Goldfinches
More sketchy Goldfinches
More bright yellow birds
Despite are weather, this is actually what we call spring. It’s why we don’t talk about lovely spring weather in New England. We don’t have lovely spring weather. Actually, the weather around here is pretty bad most of the year. It used to be bitterly cold in the winter, but it wasn’t this winter. It’s steamy and buggy all summer. Autumn, typically the only season we can applaud, has been getting shorter and shorter.
I hope we solve our planetary issues pretty soon. Living around here was bad enough before, but it’s a lot worse now.
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Categories: birds, Marilyn Armstrong, New England
I think we had the same wind storm….
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Love your pictures.
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Monday — The day into evening without power was like insult added to injury. Kept worrying about throne room crises amid the powerful wind gusts and pelting rain.
But it became a day for reading by candlelight and oil lamps until I couldn’t see the words. Very interesting, like living in another world. Didn’t miss the news or usual TV fare.
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The hidden blessings of being out of power. No news!!!
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