Tuesday, December 17, 2013

On the seventeenth day of December

Thanks for commiserating with me after yesterday's slip up!  I have been having a chat with myself today:
  • Be mindful.
  • Think and plan before doing! 
  • Finish one job before starting another.
I am a little stiff this morning ~ more painful when walking upstairs than on a flat surface, and my neck is tender from 'whiplash' when my skull smacked against the wall.  I find that a warm scarf wrapped around my neck is helping.

So to start my mindful day, I decided to make a chicken pie to finish up the roast chicken I cooked the other day and also bake a cranberry orange cornbread cake.  Comfort food, you might say. I stayed in the kitchen until I was done... well, I did wander off to the laundry room to do two loads of laundry, but made sure that everything was OK in the kitchen before doing so.


When I headed for a rest on the couch before heading downtown,  I noticed some visitors at the bird feeders.

These Bushtits arrive in a large group ~ swoop in, and then whoosh, gone!  Very cute little birds.  I see that their Latin name is Psaltriparus minimusFun to say out loud! ;)




Two little Black-capped Chickadees were on the sunflower seed/nut feeder ~ 


So thanks again for your kind thoughts ... I am grateful to feel a lot better!








4 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you a feeling better after the mishap! The pie looks scrumptious. I haven't had a good chicken pot pie in ages :-)

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  2. Good to see that you're okay. That pie looks, and sounds, delicious.
    The bushtits sound very similar to the long-tailed tits we get here, which are truly delightful little birds. Flighty xx

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  3. Nice to know you are taking abit more care today. Your chicken pie looks truly scrumptious - comfort food indeed! As Flighty says your bush tits are very like our long tailed tits and we too had a visit to the feeders from them today - they are one of my favourite birds, such sweeties.

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  4. I'm really pleased to hear you're on the mend, hopefully all your aches and pains will go soon. Oh WOW....loving your bushtits....what fab little birds to entertain you.xxx

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