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Flown the Nest

June 9, 2009 by madsen4

This morning I decided to take my life back under some semblance of control, since it feels that it has been running wildly out of it for weeks and counting. Admittedly, it was a rough start to a day for being one where I’ve declared it’s back in control (since I was slow to get out of bed and slow to get out the door and slow to start my work day) but sometimes isn’t the start of it just thinking it and then feeling it? By lunch I was walking around with a bit of bounce and sense of accomplishment and I’m happy to say that it has just continued to build as the day has progressed. And it has allowed me to be focused and gotten a lot done. Now, I’m already slipping, since I told myself to target 10:00 for shutting off the day and curling up in bed with a book, but I’m still awarding myself points for sitting down to do this post (which is something I keep delaying and delaying). I finally faced why I was delaying – so many things to catch up on and my blogs get too lengthy as it is and the time I have to invest is too much. So, I’ve decided to make a list of the things I’m delinquent on and then I’ll just sprinkle pictures and details here and there in short spurts. We’ll see how this new tactic goes.

And so here is a list: a trip to Oregon, Easter, Asher’s glasses, inaugural Game Night, our new dog Macey, Sister’s Day, Montana’s pre-K school, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Brian’s wedding, Summer fun, and on and on and on. And with that said, lest you think my post titled infers a “one flew over the cuckoos nest” theme, I’ll continue with the story behind it – an annual spring event that’s culmination concluded this past week.

Growing upward outside of our kitchen window is a plum tree that brings a special gift with each season, especially if you are bird lover (I guess if you’re not then you may view this as a gift-giving tree in only one season when the juicy, sweet treats ripen in the late summer). During nearly each of the 7 springs we have lived here, a pair of robins have built their nest and raised their young right outside of our window. We have a front row view of the pair scouting a site, building and shaping the nest, patiently and intently waiting, feeding their babies with increasing appetites requiring double-duty and endless foraging for food, cleaning the nest and overseeing the launch into the world outside of the nest. Here are pictures from this year’s clutch – at least four blue eggs were laid (we saw three live babies being raised and Montana found one cracked egg with yolk in the grass). It is a delight and privellge to watch them grow so quickly and rhythmically year after year and a reminder of the treasured gifts that were created in nature by a divine hand.