They've Fledged!

Our nest....empty.

Enjoying a rare sleep-late-until-the-sun-really-wakes-me-up this morning, I was certain I was hearing baby robin cheeping.  Multiple trips to the window to peer out at the yard yielded no sightings.  After trekking out to the tree and capturing this shot of the empty nest we decided to keep an eye on the momma robin.  She kept flitting around the yard, with her beak full of food.

Our quiet observation finally found the baby sitting in our tri-color beech (and yes the beech is really that lovely pink color).  It nestled there on the branch near the trunk for a couple hours.  Too cute.

Right in the center, with the sun on it's beak.

I was also informed of the nest in the cedar in the front yard.  Way too high off the ground for us to see much - but we have watched the momma taking food to the babies there.  What fun it has been to witness this small miracle.

Our son was riding his bike to work this morning.  An ignored stop sign proved to be nearly disastrous for him.  The stop-sign-ignorer hit his bike a glancing blow.  Those behemoth SUV's can cause some damage. Had he been riding the bike a bit faster he'd have been tossed sky-high.  As it is, he's still around and healthy enough to be angry at all that transpired.  The scofflaw:  she works for the police department as a dispatcher.  She should be ashamed.

The day was full.  The Husband has worked in the yard, worked in his office, worked at relaxing a bit at the movie and worked to help me in my endeavors.  He's definitely one of the good guys. (Although I teased him as we walked into Home Depot:  "most people take a list."  He took the actual items  - the spark plug from the John Deere, the oil filter package from the John Deere, the floodlight bulb...he must think it's way more fun than a list.)

Today I'm grateful for those angels that protected our son.  For the unexpected gift of some lovely fresh flowers, for an impromptu visit by a friend, for fresh warm popcorn and for clean sheets on our bed.  It has been a pretty decent day.