jennifergeck

I awoke this morning to loud chirping. At first I thought I was dreaming, but then realized I wasn’t. By the time I got up, the excitement had ended. Apparently a female cardinal flew into our window. Not once, but twice. It obviously was slightly delirious after that and just sat on the bench on the back deck. Since we have three cats that were excited by the thought of an easy meal, Dad brought it in the house until it could come around. He sat with it in the chair and pet it. He went and got it some water, which it drank, and then sat back down with it. It must have gotten its senses back and realized what was going on because it suddenly took off around the house. First it tried to leave through the skylight and then perched itself on the ceiling fan. Dad turned the fan on low to encourage the bird to get down. It apparently was quite funny watching the bird spin around backwards! Once down the bird headed for the top of the kitchen cabinet and after a few minutes of chasing it around and getting a stool Dad was able to catch the bird and release it outside where it happily flew off.

This evening my friend, Theresa, brought me a homemade ice cream cake for my birthday; mint ice cream with layers of crushed Oreos. Mmm! It was SO good! She also gave me some of those super soft spa socks and some lotion from Bath & Body. She brought Abigail with her. She’s so cute!