Yard, Gardens, Birds and Critters

The Quiet Woke Me Up By Mary J Williams © Yesterday the wind blew Blowing in the bedroom I even shut that window Before my figurines met their doom When I went to bed I opened the window just a crack Letting air into the room Then I hit the sack You could hear the wind blow Going across the yard Moving the trees and bushes It was gusting really hard It was just before three in the morning I woke up with a start Something was really different It appeared the wind, did depart The quiet woke me up It was so awfully still Funny how I’m sound asleep But missing wind, penetrated the will It was so very quiet No sound of wind was there I got up to check the temperature And see how we did fare From the Sixties during the day It was Twenty-three right then Wind chill was Eighteen Fahrenheit my friend I crawled back into bed No worries about my trees Falling on the house In the mighty breeze I should have paid attention To Lacy laying there She wasn’t concerned at all She didn’t have a care My l...

 I just wanted to share, with those that aren't on Facebook, what I have been up to. Still taking in the birdseed at night at the house, except when I forget, or not at home until late and hubby forgets to bring it in and I don't think to ask if he did it! By then it's late, I'm tired and really don't care! Well, that's not really true! I care but I am tired, so I don't think to ask if it's in! Ahh, the two way street!   Now, in the last couple of weeks, my neighbor and I have been walking. We have walked on our street, we have walked at one of the parks, we have walked downtown many times. The latest has been at Prairie Garden Trust. This is a place you can just get lost in nature. It's all around you. The owners have turned old fescue fields back into the Prairie Fields they used to be. They had help from Mervin Wallace who runs the Missouri Wildlife Nursery in Brazito, MO.  I sound like an advertisement and that wasn't the purpose of this blog...