It Felt so Good!

On Friday I got my mower gassed up and couldn’t wait any longer so I went out to my backyard and mowed the lower part of the small creek. There’s grass in between the trees, the ones I trimmed the lower branches the day before. I did about three hours of non stop work, it felt especially good because it was sunny but soothing cool for doing any kind of work. I finished the job and I didn’t feel tired at all!

For my next chorus I have in mind trim some or maybe all the tall grass that I have growing on the slope that leads to the bottom of the creek.

If you have noticed, my photos have a blurry golden background or yellowish bokeh, that color effect is created by the tall grass that is dormant now. I will eventually mow that slope once it gets green again.

I did shot a good number of pictures, included are some of a Dark-eyed Junco! I haven’t seen one in near five years. I was happy about it. That’s one thing about photographing birds, the fact that you never know what species are you going to find for shooting day.

13 thoughts on “It Felt so Good!”

susanpoozan on March 26, 2014 at 8:20 am said:

lovely birds, glad you worked on your grass.

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- avian101 on March 26, 2014 at 9:56 am said:
  
  Yes, I’m glad too, it invigorates me a great deal. Thanks Susan! 🙂
  
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M-R on March 26, 2014 at 2:58 pm said:

HJ, I notice there is a preponderance of small birds around your place – all of which are quite delightful ! – but I am interested to know if there are any larger birds, as well …?

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- avian101 on March 26, 2014 at 3:10 pm said:
  
  The largest bird I had in my backyard was a Turkey Vulture and next would be the Red-shouldered Hawk and the Cooper’s Hawks. The rest are medium size and small. 🙂
  
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  - M-R on March 26, 2014 at 3:34 pm said:
    
    I should like to know a lot more about your “backyard”: it seems as if it must be fairly large, no …?
  - avian101 on March 26, 2014 at 4:27 pm said:
    
    It’s not so large but abuts with a small creek.
tootlepedal on March 26, 2014 at 5:29 pm said:

Glad to hear a man going about a man’s proper business.

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- avian101 on March 26, 2014 at 5:49 pm said:
  
  🙂
  
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novelwriter2013 on March 26, 2014 at 8:39 pm said:

Love your bokeh! 🙂 I only know what that means thanks to Texas Tweeties! 🙂 So glad you got to do some yard work and be outside. That must have felt so good!! We are still awaiting our warm-up. Cold temps are supposed to linger through Saturday here. Hope you get to enjoy plenty of sunshine this week.

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- avian101 on March 26, 2014 at 11:03 pm said:
  
  Thanks Amy! Wait a little bit longer and you will be happy to be outdoors too! 🙂
  
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  - novelwriter2013 on March 27, 2014 at 4:12 pm said:
    
    Yes! We could reach 60 on Monday. It always is a bit amusing to me how in the fall, 40’s or 50 sounds cold but in the spring 50 sounds so warm! 🙂 In the fall I can’t wait to start wearing my hoodies and polar fleece, then come March I don’t want to even look at those things anymore!
Sharifah on March 27, 2014 at 4:38 pm said:

I’ve seen the dark-eyed junco in my backyard, but I didn’t know its name until I read this post. Thanks, HJ, for the identification!

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- avian101 on March 27, 2014 at 4:47 pm said:
  
  Sharifah, I had made a mistake, the correct name of the bird is Dark-eyed Junco (I edited your comment too) I’m sorry. I’m glad that you know the bird’s name now. 🙂
  
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