Lunch can wait....

I went outside to ask the

resident

jack of all trades

house painter

window frame putter upper

painter of said frames

if he would like some lunch

I got a nod

but

I heard a hawk

a falcon

a buzzard

bird of prey

but not an eagle

a bird of some sort

screeching high up in the trees

...

you know what I did

I got

blue out and went to see what we could see

we saw....

these two characters

remember I only have a digital

no big zoom lenses

to go up up up

80 odd feet

but can you see that

Robin

 up there with the

hawk falcon buzzard but not an eagle

sitting up higher

than the highest on the food chain

he looks chuffed

this one screeched the whole time I was under him

lens pointing up

trying to catch this noisy so and so

I took many more but they aren't so good

not that these are

:p

and then he was gone

:) :) :) :)

 I was suddenly aware of the quieter

more stately members of the

outside bunch

the ones that flit hither and yon

among the

milk weed

and of course the breeze started to blow

I love this stuff

it is just gorgeous and I've always wanted it in the garden

but there is a patch across the street now

so I will leave it there to live as it should

unless they start to clear the woods

which they might

stupid

expletive deleteds

first there was one

then two

then

three

look carefully on the right and you will see

I heart you

flutterbys

so ...

back to making lunch

back to doing what I should be doing and not

snapping every damn thing I see

but

wait a minute

what's that over there

why 'tis the heron

come to see what's for his lunch

so sneak down the freshly sealed steps

that aren't all the way dry

but don't tell "him" or I'll be in trouble!!!

 I hide behind the bush

then the first tree

then the second tree

knowing full well that

he sees me

and is trying not to laugh

as I sneak up

on him

this creature is too

regal and noble

to put up with this human fool

but he waits

for one more second

before lifting off

and flying

where he will be able to eat in peace

 

the end

the oven just beeped

.......

catch you later

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:)