Greetings ..... Sleepless nights lead to beautiful sunrises I can see out of my bedroom window. It is quite amazing to hear the world outside the window before the birds wake up to make their first searches for food. It is also a time that the three dogs we have, Cooper, Malvin and Marvin , start to plan their attack on the bird feeders we have added to the deck. As they say "Build it and they will come", well that can also be said for the birds. Within minutes of adding 3 bird feeders to the deck the attack of all different species of birds started, It is almost as fun watching birds as it was to sit with Andrew when he was young and watch our fish in the large tank we had in the formal living-room of our home in Ft Collins, Colo. We could watch those fish for hours if he was tired other wise it was just a matter of minutes, but I think you get my drift.
Well here in La Crosse it is Great Grandma who gets the most enjoyment out of the birds although by the time she wakes up in the morning Cooper and Marvin have had a field day chasing some of the hundreds of birds that come to eat early in the morning.
So the early morning hours I share with my daughter in law Heathyr (pictured above) who lives in Grand Rapids and who just recently blessed me with a new grandson, Ashyr. These are special times as I always check to see what inspiration comment she will add to face book during these early hours. Some are real thought provoking and some are rants.
Although i t does make it a long day so I do take an afternoon nap, which bugged me at first, but I am getting real used to them and do enjoy the refreshing naps even though the dogs try to take over my bed as the catch an afternoon nap too.
The 4 hours of sleep I get now is more from the habit of getting up early and heading into work at the catering company but seems to work out fine as I have time to blog, read the newspaper and ennjoy the early mornings before the rest of the household gets moving here on French Island. Until later .... later.
