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I love pink, and I love gerbera daisies! I picked out three shades of pink gerberas and planted them right in front of the house so I can see them first thing every day. As is pretty standard in my life, I notice things tend to have the shape of a heart in them. Can you see the heart shape in this photograph?

I’m hoping to get around to all of the 13’ers who visited me yesterday, so if I haven’t seen you yet – I’ll see you soon!

House Finch

Blue Jay #2, Waiting for more peanuts

Red Bellied Woodpecker #2, eating plain old variety bird seed

How passionate am I about our birds? Well, I was so excited to see the Red Bellied Woodpecker come back that I think I started to pee my pants. I didn’t want to put my camera down to go to the bathroom! Seriously. He is one impressive bird. Look at that beak! (Yes, I know, the better to peck holes with, m’dear!)

We also did some landscaping today, baby steps through the summer to get the house ready for market. Yardwork did wonders for my anxiety level today.

I’ll plant a few more things tomorrow morning and get back to work on building that harp.

Our sunrise was going to wake me up whether I liked it or not- blaring through our curtains, it still stung my eyes at 6AM. The full sized image is very cool, the gradient of color embedded in a curtain pattern until the blinding light looks like it’s burned a hole right through.