Good Morning, each one and every one of you!
I took my 20-minute walk at 7:50, while the high schoolers were still walking to school. I said hello to several groups of them. The groups were of 5, or 4, 2, and 1 boys; girls, 2, 4 or 3. I said to most of the groups I spoke to, that I LOVED school, and kinda wish I could go again, ended with "have a wonderful day". That lifted my spirits.
I walked toward Rasco, and stood there for a couple of minutes looking at the long line of vehicles passing through and having to stop. Vehicles unloading the family kids at the school. Some parents were dropping their kids off at the small intersection of Rasco and Chesterfield. Then I turned around and walked back home.
It was a lovely morning, temp was about 54, and I was so glad that I went for a walk before all the 'possible' showers and thunderstorms would be coming. Guess what the computer forecast is?????? Day and night, possible showers and thunderstorms from today through Sunday! When it says "20 or 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms", it doesn't mean too much, but once in a while we are greatly surprised. When it says "80 or 100% chance', LOOK OUT!
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I have been mesmerized by the robins this morning. It is time for the nest to empty itself. Poor parents, they'll suffer for a few days because of the 'empty nest syndrome'. The parents are so attentive and caring. There was a young robin with "I'm LEAVING!" on his breath, somehow he got to the middle of the street, staying right there, and ohmygosh, my heart was in my throat. One car came speeding down the middle of the street, right over the young robin. Scared, I was! I could see from near ground level that the bird wasn't squashed, and he kind of rolled over and lost his balance when the wind from the car knocked him over. What an experience for a very young robin on his way to see the world. He was all right, thank goodness!
'T is a mystery to me how the young robins leave the nest. Do the parent robins draw straws indicating which one will push the young robin out? Do the young robins feel that wanderlust growing, and sort of lean over the edge of the nest to see what the ground level looks like? Do they get hungry and itch to go and find Mama or Papa to come back and give them lunch? Does Mother Nature indicate to the young heart that it is time to pack a suitcase and move?
After they are out of the nest, young robins are told somehow by their parents that they mustn't move, they must sit very still. So they usually are very still, waiting for Papa or Mama to come with their lunch. After a while, the one who was blown over by the car came, in several hops, toward the driveway next door to us. He then stayed in the gutter, waiting for his lunch bag delivery. He finally decided after 4 or 5 minutes, to get close to the bush that he saw, on that lawn.
Another young one was on the lawn across the street, and the parents would feed him after a seemingly long interludes between their finding worms. The parents are very cautious when they have been gone hunting, they want to make sure that no creeping cat would be near. It's been very moving and interesting to see all of this.
Another surprising point ~ this Robin family home is high up on the house across the street, stuck to the little round window high above the garage door. The parent robins must have gathered and plastered a lot of 'mud cement' to keep the nest stuck to the narrow ledge and to the windowpane and frame. It is hard to believe that the high winds haven't pulled it from the window. I keep looking at that nest, wondering at the ingenuity and engineering of its manufacture.
Love and hugs from Mom - Grannamae - Anna Mae.
I'll see you at the Corner Post ...
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