Far Away

It's not uncommon for me to become overwhelmed by the multiple thoughts in my head. Until it calms down, it is simply too difficult to articulate.

I will say this, however... I wonder how many people understand how to crawl inside the music. Crawl inside and pull it around you like a blanket, until you don't know, for that brief time, where you end and the music begins.

Anyway, I'll just post a song for now. This is a nice one for today.

Far Away
Dishwalla


Just the other day, I was looking for myself again
Trying to put back all the pieces, back to the way they were
Sometimes it's not so easy, when you have so many voices tell you what to do
I think I've got it now, but I can't be too sure

Far away as I shoot across the sky
Far away to the corners of my mind
Sooner or later it will slowly come back to me

If I could build a spaceship
Would you fly away with me, or would you stay?
A million miles an hour
Flying circles as we orbit round the earth
If I stuck my head out the window, do you think it'd clear my head or would it burst?
I guess it's all the same, but at least it wouldn't hurt

Far away as I shoot across the sky
Far away to the corners of my mind

And the voices in my head
I think they've finally gone away
Far away (far away)
Far away (far away)
Sooner or later they will slowly come back to me

Fledgeling Cardinals

The third post/update on our little Cardinal chicks.They are fledgelings now and I can't believe how much they have grown in just 9 days. It's amazing. I don't know how many more good pictures I'll be able to get now that they have left the nest. They'll soon be a handful for Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal and difficult to keep up with.

Cardinals still feed and tend to their young for 25-50 days after they've left the nest. Then they mate again and have a late summer brood.















At 8 days old, they have grown so much they fill up the nest.














Leaving the nest at 9 days, I can't believe I actually got this shot.













Posing for his picture.














This one looks a little more disheveled.

Happy Easter

"Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there."
- Clarence W. Hall

"Thy dead men shall live , together with my dead body shall they arise . Awake and sing , ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."
- Isaiah 26: 19


This is an old song by Carmen. A musical skit, of sorts, more than a song. It has a touch of humor but it's actually quite moving. The lyrics are included.

More Cardinals Nesting

The three babies cardinals are thriving. I'd estimate they've tripled in size, if not more. Here's a picture of Daddy Bird and the growing babies at 3 days old, then at 6 days old.













Above, a fine looking Daddy Cardinal.













Above, they are 3 days old, they are finally audibly chirping.













Above, at 6 days old, you can tell their eyes are beginning to open. The one on the far left hasn't yet swallowed the little green bug that mommy bird just poked in it's mouth.

More on the nesting habits of Cardinals HERE

Cardinals Nesting

A pair of Cardinals built a nest in a large bush outside our bathroom window. We've been watching Mrs. Cardinal lay and brood her eggs for about two weeks. Finally, this morning, the first one hatched. Then the next and, at last, the third.

I've been talking to her through the window and occasionally opening the window and talking to her through the screen. She has tolerated me more than I expected. A few times she stayed on the nest even while I pushed the screen out far enough to snap a shot. Photos aren't so clear when taken through window screen. Go figure.


Above are three speckled cardinal eggs.


Above, the mother cardinal broods her three eggs.


Above, the first hatched baby, just minutes old.


Above, we see all three eggs have finally hatched.
This is their first day of life. Weak and wobbly, and very tiny.