I am not entirely sure what to write this morning. I am still dealing with the lingering after effects of a migraine last night. It was really irritating to have that migraine because I thought I had a few days before it happened. Things like wild changes in the weather trigger my migraines and this week it's going to go up and down in temperature drastically. My eldest son is looking forward to the possibility of riding his bike for the first time in months. Despite his hopes, I am fairly sure that the day it will be warmest is going to be full of rain.
We've arrived at the beginning of meterological spring. I think the birds got the memo early because they started showing up in the middle of February. Each morning, I can hear them out there making a racket. I am pretty sure that they're driving the cats bananas with it all. Beloved has started talking about putting up feeders again for the season. Basically as soon as he heard bird song, he started plotting how to vary his seed mix and get as many birds in our yard as possible.
He proudly calls himself a 'bird nerd' and it's delightful to watch him enjoy this hobby. He doesn't have many hobbies that he can indulge in so this is a good thing. The fun part is that the kids get in on the 'bird nerding' as well. It's kinda become a family affair, to be honest. And it all started with me getting a cheap feeder and a bag of seed so I could watch them out the window.
Fast forward about 8 years and we've had a war with squirrels, chased many of the neighborhood cats, and laughed at the antics of a rotund goldfinch we named Tennis. I have declared the birds to be his outdoor pets and he laughs. He puts just as much care and love into feeding the birds as I do into caring for my fish. Therefore, they must be his pets, right?
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