...2.14...Valentine’s Update...
...so...the Man was right...I absolutely LOVE my little Valentine's presents... 
...first up...early in the day...these flowers arrived... 
...I can't really say they were a surprise because I can't ever remember a Valentine's Day...even when we were in High School that I didn't receive flowers from the Man... 
...and they are beautiful...of course... 
...and I should have mentioned these yesterday as we got them over the weekend...one of our parishoners had given the altar flowers in honour of our servicemen...we only have two in the congregation right now...Our Airman and a nice young Marine...so each family got to take home the flowers after service...they are really pretty and they smell amazing...if you like the smell of carnations...and I do... 
...now...on to the presents...
...I used to have both a Birder's Handbook and the Audubon Bird Guide...but we had given both of those...and the one for lizards...snakes...seashells...etc...to Our Airman...and so they all got packed up in his 'stuff'...so I no longer have ready access to them even though they are still in my basement...haha...
...so the Man got me a new Bird Identification book...
...not sure why I've not mentioned this before...I do keep a Bird Journal...of sorts...
...when I started the journal...in my early married life...you can see that I chose a rather non-descript generic composition book...and although it's not the prettiest...it has definitely served me well over the years...
...it started out completely red...but now because of years of lying on the dash of a sunny car or truck...it's got this cool faded effect...
...and this is a pretty typical entry...I always write the time and place and weather conditions where I saw the bird...I keep my pencils with the notebook and do a quick sketch...and then usually when I'm home...I write up some notes from the handbook... 
...this sighting of a peregrine falcon...which used to be pretty rare...they're more common now...includes a sketch of the bird in flight as well...but usually they do not...
...and remember when we lived in North Dakota...I passed down my bird-watching trait to the next generation...
...anywhoo...I should have done a whole post about the journal before now...
***as I was reading through my blog list...I came across Beth's Blog - BLD in MT : Living a Simple Life in This Interconnected World...and believe it or not she just posted about her 200th sighting...I'm always amazed at how like-minded we are here in this little community...CONGRATULATIONS to Beth on her 200th sighting...***
...and the present that he was so sure I would LOVE...is a puzzle... 
...and a BIRD PUZZLE...so TWO things that I love...it's so pretty...
...and puzzles always kind of make me feel like I'm on vacation...as we always took a new puzzle to the beach with us...and found a place for it...to just be there at the ready...and we'd work on it here and there...throughout the week...and then leave it for the next family...
...we went through the 1000 pieces and got them roughly sorted by colour... 
...but the important initial sorting was to get all of the 'edge' pieces...do you do that?...find all the edge pieces first...or do you just dive in and start working on the most eye-catching part of the puzzle... 
...so...before bed...we had managed to get all of the edge pieces in place...
...do you like puzzles?...
~Have a lovely day!
...I used to have both a Birder's Handbook and the Audubon Bird Guide...but we had given both of those...and the one for lizards...snakes...seashells...etc...to Our Airman...and so they all got packed up in his 'stuff'...so I no longer have ready access to them even though they are still in my basement...haha...
...so the Man got me a new Bird Identification book...
...not sure why I've not mentioned this before...I do keep a Bird Journal...of sorts...
...it started out completely red...but now because of years of lying on the dash of a sunny car or truck...it's got this cool faded effect...
...and remember when we lived in North Dakota...I passed down my bird-watching trait to the next generation...
...anywhoo...I should have done a whole post about the journal before now...
***as I was reading through my blog list...I came across Beth's Blog - BLD in MT : Living a Simple Life in This Interconnected World...and believe it or not she just posted about her 200th sighting...I'm always amazed at how like-minded we are here in this little community...CONGRATULATIONS to Beth on her 200th sighting...***
...and puzzles always kind of make me feel like I'm on vacation...as we always took a new puzzle to the beach with us...and found a place for it...to just be there at the ready...and we'd work on it here and there...throughout the week...and then leave it for the next family...
...do you like puzzles?...
~Have a lovely day!