Birds Theme: Pic #4

This golden rooster perches atop a church just outside the walls of Jerusalem. The building, called The Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu (cock's crow), commemorates the biblical Peter's triple denial of Jesus, his repentance, and his reconciliation with Christ after the Resurrection. This place is also believed to be the location of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas. It was another site we visited while on our Israel Tour that helped to make the Bible stories come alive. 

Birds Theme: Pic #3

This protective mama nests in approximately the same area every spring. Last year, soon after I took this photo of her on her nest, giving me the wary eyeball, something tragic happened to the clutch of eggs. It appeared to me that some wild creature had helped itself to dinner one night. I hope to see the bird parent pair back at our pond in a few months, attempting to raise another brood. And here's to their success!

Birds Theme: Pic #2

This little sparrow sitting on an orchard post and singing in the rain last summer reminds me of a fun song I learned in school as a 5th-grader. "If I were a little bird, happy would I be...tee-mee eye tee-mee um-a-tum, tee-mee um-a-tee...I'd be a merry bird - say, wouldn't you?"

Week #46 Theme: Birds

Mourning Doves are a common sight around here this time of year. Sometimes, if they sit in one spot too long, they get a light dusting of snow - like this bird. I shiver when I think of being in his feathers. Then again, I guess it wouldn't matter, if I had myself a built-in downy parka like that to fluff up around me.

Snow Theme: Pic #7

I have heard of a hole in the heart, but I have to conclude that this a heart in the hole instead. Could one also describe this phenomenon, a natural snow formation on our deck railing in recent days, as (w)hole-hearted decoration? 

Snow Theme: Pic #6

Last year during Christmas baking season, the weather was just right for making a whole community of cheerful snowmen. They hung out in their natural habitat - the freezer - until time to join the cookie plate smorgasbord and ultimately meet their end as meringue-y goodness melting in our mouths.

Snow Theme: Pic #5

Pull up a chair and sit down a spell. (It snow joke!)