The One Hour Vacation

I finished the ruffled collar necklace and wanted to share a photo of the finished piece. Now I can mail it to the person it was made for. Finishing projects is MAJOR for me.

Well tonight I took another One Hour Vacation. Every now and again I do this....designate a small bit of time and energy to escape the ordinary. I drove to a beach in La Jolla and sat on a bench to listen to the sounds of the ocean. Below where I sat were harbor seals sleeping for the night. It was like being a tourist.

Tonight I took the remaining three baby birds out of the nest box to hand feed (here on). The youngest two are much smaller than I like to hand feed, but one had a big injury on his tummy that may have been caused by the mommy and daddy birds. If this happens it is best to take over the parenting for the bird....because even birds get overwhelmed as parents. An overwhelmed parent bird has potential to harm or even kill the chicks. This I know from tragic experience. I am grateful I have these six healthy babies this year and relatively few losses bird-wise.

I am grateful for my one hour vacation to the beach tonight.
I am grateful for my bird babies.
I am grateful I finally washed my car today.
I am grateful my new car has air conditioning.
I am grateful for my phone chat with my friend tonight.
I am grateful for plans to visit a new restaurant tomorrow with another friend.
I am grateful the weather cooled down a bit.
I am grateful for pay-as-you-go telephones.
I am grateful for big ideas, little ideas, and all ideas in between.

GratefulJoy