Dark eyed...

... Junco, slate colored subspecies.  And I am going to tag this for my Yardbirds list for the year.  I took this through the window, but am very happy with the sharpness of the feathers and the snowy foreground.  

We got 3-4 inches of snow last night followed by freezing rain which is the worst possible combo as everything was wet and slippery.  Hubs and SIL worked on clearing snow while I entertained the dog.  Temps are dropping again now so everything is going to be a sheet of ice - yuck.  

I am going to use the rest of my space today to share something I saw on Facebook yesterday that really touched me.  Here goes...

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.

"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.[/i]

"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."

Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."

Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.

Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."

"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.

Because Pooh and Piglet were There.
No more; no less.

A.A. Milne creator of Pooh, E.H. Shepard the original artist.
Story from the Facebook page


Have some dark chocolate and be a Pooh and Piglet for someone.

xo
Debbi