Home again to the fields and pastures and woods of rural Missouri! Cold weather still, but I saw a flock of robins and even heard spring peepers for a couple of hours this afternoon when the sun was shining. In London the crocus and daffodils were blooming; it was very early spring in spite of the damp chill and misting rain. I have felt wistful for Springtime.
Exciting here today. . .two ornithologists came to band birds at our feeders on the deck. They strung up filmy nets with pockets and caught almost 30 birds, weighing, measuring, and putting metal and color bands on their legs. I got to hold a downy woodpecker in my hand and release him again!
These little creatures are simply exquisite when you see them up close with every feather and detail of color completely perfect. God's world is a miracle.
