Friday, July 12, 2013

Mid-summer on the Hill

Mr and Mrs Bluebird listening to my voice

Mrs Bluebird has more listening skills! 




daily haiku

stormy morning clouds
green landscape turning to brown
montana summer

We are now well into summer, and summer temperatures. 80's and 90's are the norm with a few hot ones like yesterday at 102' thrown in. A friend helped me to install my window a/c units and they are providing decent indoor temperatures for me. I get cabin fever more in the summer than in the winter and am pretty restless in the long afternoons. In the winter I can pile on more sweaters, light the fire etc, but in the summer taking off clothing is a bit dangerous!

I realize as I looked through my photos, that I have not taken too many this year so far, & I must remedy that. The wildlife is still entertaining me. Yesterday three Flickers (woodpeckers) moved into the area of the bluebird nest. I was surprised to see that despite their large size, the Bluebirds seemed not to care. I have heard no signs of babies in the nest all summer which is very odd. Usually when mother enters the nest with food there is much twittering.