Swallow Nest Revisited

First, a big THANK YOU for all your kind comments about my health. I am feeling absolutely fine. Not surprisingly, my endurance is not what it was but otherwise I feel fine. I can do anything I feel like doing. My diet is not severely restricted but I need to steer clear of things that might mechanically or chemically irritate the stomach, no fresh raw veggies (bummer), and no caffeine or wine. My blood work yesterday was quite good with my hemoglobin continuing to rise toward normal.

The entire episode seems surreal now. After six days in an ICU bed attached to IVs, automatic blood pressure monitoring, cardiac monitoring, pulse oximetry monitoring, automatic alternating pressure leggings, etc., I have never felt such comfort as when I slip into my own bed at night. Life is indeed good!

A couple of days before the "incident" I went down to check on the sparrows. They were still incubating at the time and not at all happy to see me.

Oh rats! Here she is again.


Go away lady!

Hmm guess I told her.

I can't believe she is still here.

All right. I'll give you one good pose and then you're out of here.

I hope to get down to the dock soon to see if the little ones have hatched.

I really missed our birds while I was in the hospital. We have more fledglings than I recall in a long time. Little titmice, goldfinches, chickadees, and nuthatches are fluttering all over trying to figure out the feeders. Yesterday I saw a towhee feeding his fledgling. What a treat.