I planned to work quite a bit on my site today, but am not making a whole lot of progress. I’ve been working on this one enhancement (bloggers call it a plugin) since last night. As a matter of fact, I went to the support forum about an hour ago to get some help. So far, I have no replies, so I am sorta stuck.

I’m making it sound as if I’ve been sitting at the computer all day, and I have been here quite a bit.

But, everytime I’m ready to pull my hair out or gouge out my eye due to the kind of day I’m having, I go out to the sunroom for a smoke and I watch the birds in the back yard.

What a crazy bird day it is today. There are just hundreds of birds hanging around the feeders, zooming back and forth between the trees, chasing one another, chirping and vying for the top feeder spots. Cardinals, blue jays, mourning doves, purple finches, gold finches, chipping sparrows, orchard orioles…

AND, while all that activity is going on, the wild chickens that live in the neighborhood have been hanging out in my backyard today. There are about a dozen hens and a beautiful rooster, too. We call the rooster “Junior” because he looks just like his daddy, Floyd (short for P.B. Floyd [aka PRETTY Boy Floyd], because he was so beautiful).  My camera just doesn’t do him justice.

AND, if that’s not enough, the neighborhood cats are acting a little crazy today. I can see Chaser on top of our neighbors bird bath, just waiting for a bird to come by.  And, Frankie saw a cardinal in one of my feeders and dashed up the pole, only to be disappointed that the bird flew away.

So, the day hasn’t been a total bust.

At 5 o’clock I’m cracking open a beer.