Bitter? Me?

Two green herons just perched on the snag in the backyard. I grabbed my camera, only to find that I'd left it turned on last time and the battery was dead. Of course, by the time I raced to get a charged battery, the critters had moved on.

Just seeing them was fun, but it would have been a great picture.

I'm sitting on the deck with laptop and camera, in case they come back. There's a doe grazing in the far field, the barn swallows are swooping over head, and there's a fair representation of blackbirds, doves, robins, bluebirds, grackles, starlings, and sparrows. Swallows always seem particularly joyous, and today they are chattering quite energetically as they swoop.

I love it here. I've never felt this strongly about a place, but I just love it.