tryin' to hide...

...in a stick tree

barren of leaves - or blossoms - of any kind...

although if you look - really, really closely - you can just barely see - the very beginnings of new growth - but it's not enough for this little one to get lost in - not yet...

i'd heard them singing - in great chorus outside my window - they gather somewhere unknown to me - i can't see them but am always on the lookout - sometimes i'll hear fluttering - but it still remains a mystery as to where exactly they're located - they have to be somewhere - these birds that sing to me - for i don't see them flocking about in the skies overhead...

then suddenly - a landing took place - this one perched upon the branch - ever so quickly, the camera went up - snap, snap - i got only 2 shots off before he took notice of me and in a flurry of feathers was gone - just like that - boo! to where again - who knows -

and though this may not be the most highly detailed of photos - or the clearest of the bunch i've ever gotten - most certainly not the prettiest - it's representative of my day... waiting - looking - stalking - for a glimmer of spring again - for a hope of things to come - the wonder of what will be - the glory of what is - right in front of me - which always makes for...

a

happy day.....