Would ya look at that?! A call to nature cut my Front Porch visit short and upon retreating from the facilities I noticed there was a trail of leaves behind me. Best check the stairs and landing for more wayward leaves.
I'm not done visiting yet. Me and my tea are headed out to say hello to the Porch again.
We'll be back
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Talk about wayward leaves. This one somehow managed to sneak into my slipper, WHILE I was wearing it! I thought a bug had me. No, that's not true. I thought a spider had me. Actually, that's only half true. Until all potential arachnid threats upon my body are positively identified as a gnat, a mosquito, a tiny scrap of paper, one of my own recently shed hairs, or, as in this case, a leaf, all threats are treated as BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS. My reaction is ALWAYS violent and good luck to anything in my path. Camera and Phone appear to be unscathed. They were unceremoniously abandoned in my flight for life. Thankfully they both hit carpet and not the porch, walkway, stairs or bare floor. My heart is slowly returning to a normal rhythm, as my brain tries to work out the mechanics behind the stowaway leaf. How? How does a leaf work it's way into a slipper without the slipper wearer realizing it? Tis a mystery. But only for the moment. However it is no mystery that I need a pedicure... and a new pair of slippers. I've been saying that for at least two years. But, tattered as they are, they're my buddies! And they still function very well. It would be a waste to trade them in for a newer model. I ain't doin' it! :)
The weather. Phone is showing me that the current conditions are 62°, with 96% humidity, calm winds and Fog/Mist. Yep. The mist is so heavy, all you have to do is stand outside for a few minutes to get damp from head to toe. For the safety of Phone and Camera, our second Front Porch visit was as brief as the first. But I managed to take a WIP-
And a blurry picture or four of one of our many visitors-
He/she is very hard to see in these pictures.
In the above pic, the little thing is hanging upside down, right-side middle.
In the pic below, showing off his/her undercarriage, again right-side middle.
He/she is also very hard to identify.
Right-side middle again, in the above pic, showing the backside
And finally, in the pic below, a profile, left side middle.
He/she moved constantly.
Making a clear picture impossible for an amateur photographer.
Didn't make trying any less fun tho!
My guess, Chickadees. I saw, but never got a photograph of, the little black heads.
Have a great today, my Fellow Travelers. I'm sure gonna try. No matter the mood, the weather, the agenda, there is a great day somewhere inside this day. And I plan to find it.
May Love and Happiness be yours!!
Update:
With the wonderful help from a brilliant amateur ornithologist, (Thank you S!) the lovely bird in the photo's is a... oh, hang on... I forgot already... Black Throated Green Warbler. I'm having a teeny issue with the "Green" part of that name. That might explain the quick onset memory loss. But who am I to question the name given. If I discovered a species of, well, anything, I believe it is still the discoverers right to name it and I could stick it with any moniker I like.
Thanks again, S. You rock!
