The whole world celebrates my Captain's birthday on New Year's Eve and we always celebrate Big Time. As we danced in 2016, we took this selfie as the graffiti fell all around us and we said "YES" to a New Year with all of it's unlimited possibilities...
We turned our back yard not only into a little orchard but into a sweet bird sanctuary as well. We have had a pair of cardinals for many years now and have bought a bird feeder just for them. It is weighted just for them and as they perch on it the door to the feed opens. It took a few months for them to be comfortable with it but now they feed several times a day. That is our beautiful male named Jamie below. His wife Claire is not as colorful but bold and beautiful too. (if you read the book Outlander, you will understand their names)
We also have a big feeder for all of the other song birds and a gold finch feeder as well. So we spend many a wonderful moments just sitting on the patio watching the wonder of these birds as the serenade us.
And of course, never to forget the many hummingbirds that feed on the patio...
And then we occasionally hear the call of the hawk as he lands on the fence and all of the other birds scatter and hide. He comes every so often to let us see him in all of his majesty.
We love living close to the Tucson mountains and out of the city as we have so much wildlife here to see and enjoy. The javelina come every so often and walk through our side yard. We can usually smell them before we see them as they are wild pigs and smell as such. The little guy in the third picture actually put his nose through the fence to sniff Richard's hand...
The mountains turning pink every day at sunset...
So here it is March already and with all of this desert nature, wildlife and beauty, what else is there to do but swing in the hammock, listening to the water sounds of the fountain...
and just "be"...
