Back Again
A few days ago I happened to get a very special treat from Mother Nature. I was at my daughter's place, sitting outside and enjoying what I now realize was probably summer's last hurrah, because it was the day before the snow. Not that we got what Calgary got, though it seemed that different regions got different amounts. Downtown Edmonton, where my apartment is, the lawns stayed green. The snow melted as it hit the ground but at my daughter's place in the north end of the city the snow covered the ground for a shot while to make the lawn white. Still, it was too early for snow!!! Anywhere!!!
Anyway, as I sat there, I got the thrill of my life when a flock of about fifteen to twenty robins arrived in the yard. They landed in the apricot tree just over the bird bath and took turns taking a bath!!! It was as if they came especially for that specific purpose --- to wash up before their trip south! I have never seen robins flocking together in large numbers like that, though I used to have many of them come in for a bath at my birdbath when I lived in Manitoba. This was an unusual treat for me to see them come in like this, as if they just came to bid me farewell. The next day, we got that early snow!
Were they trying to tell me something????
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