A bird in the hand...

Happy February, everyone!
I can hardly believe January is already behind us.
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So I told you there would be more birdie stories, didn't I?
Any of you who are facebook friends with me may have seen these photos.
Feel free to just click right on by :)
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This happened a week ago, this past Sunday morning.

Church had been cancelled due to the sneet...y'all know what that is, right?

Okay, so I made it up...it's my definition of a snow/sleet combo.

So anyway, there I was, still in my nightgown watching "I Love Lucy" and then...

BAMMM!!

It sounded like someone had shot out my kitchen window.

Of course, I knew immediately what had happened but I was afraid to look.

The sun had finally come out after about three days

and I'm sure the kitchen window looked just like an extension of the sky...
(even as dirty as it was)
 

Other times when this has happened, the outcome was not good.

Like I said, I was afraid to look...but I knew I needed to.

So I went out on the deck and peeked on the ground beneath the window and there she sat...

...looking surprisingly perky...but she wasn't going anywhere.

I approach with a gloved hand and she didn't even put up a fuss when I picked her up.



She looked perfect even after leaving all of those feathers on the glass.

She could flap one wing but the other one stayed put.

Having worked in a physical therapy setting for the past 30 years,

 I was inclined to check her out her range of motion, and it seemed to be fine.

What a cool thing it was to be holding her in my hand...

...but all I wanted for her was to be okay.



I brought her up to the deck and offered her some seed.
 

She wasn't interested.
I'm pretty sure she had flying on her mind, not food.

I had my point-n-shoot and awkwardly snapped photos with my gloves on,
some of them with my left hand.
 

I'd say we were close friends for about 15 minutes or so...



...and then off she flew from my hand to the tree branch above!

It was a bittersweet moment.

Having a bird in the hand might be better than having two in the bush, as that old saying goes,
but it surely isn't better than having one back in the tree where she belonged.

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His eye really is on the sparrow...and the cardinal...
...and every other living, breathing creature He created.

And I know He watches me....and you!

And that makes me happy :)



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