May 10, 2004
Mother's Day
Strange as it seems, there is a red-headed woodpecker in my neighborhood that reminds me of my mother. Every once in a while, very early in the morning, that woodpecker lands right above my bedroom window and, for a few seconds, pecks loudly waking me up. Why does that remind me of my Mom? Maybe because she woke us up in the mornings to go to school, or on the weekends to clean house. Maybe because this particular bird has coincidentally caused me to be conscious when I was unconsciously thinking of my mother. Whatever, on the rare times this bird makes it's presence known to me, I am reminded of Mom, I laugh and say "Alright, I'll get out of bed now".
Yesterday I was a little sad and thinking about my Mom. Then at 11:30 AM as I was about to get in my car to drive to work to play at a "Mother's Day Brunch", I heard a loud short burst of pecking right above me. I looked up and on my front porch roof was a (the?) red-headed woodpecker. Wow! That made me smile. Was it a coincidence? Maybe, but it sure was perfect timing!
New Digital Camera: After 4+ years of faithful service from our old 1 mega-pixel first-generation digital camera, bev and I went shopping and purchased a nice little Fuji A340 4 mega-pixel digital camera ($250). Bev took a photo of her Mother's Day flowers and I snapped a shot of the clan on the back porch.
