Hello, Ohio!
Cardinals survive because they are modest and careful. They are the least demanding of all my birds. Sometimes last year, I would be outside, and hear a tiny ‘chip’; and I’d look behind me and he’d be up high on a ledge, waiting for the food - waiting for me to notice him; not flying in my face, or to my feet, like the others. Cardinals have Faith that things will come around to them in good time. And in Winter, they mask their brightness, with their reticence.
Thomas Troward, in his interpretation of the Psalms, wrote:
‘”Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth”’ —the meek, because they allow Time for Growth, and are not hurried on by passion and impatience.’
(’Meekness’ here is interpreted as self-control, self-mastery.)
I can’t believe how much time I could spend playing in the snow, when I was a kid, and I still love it now. But I’m getting hoary with age, as well; and I now love it best from inside, behind a nice picture window, with lots of prep tucked away :-)
My best to you,
JT
I really miss seeing you on the weekly recipie forum, and have enjoyed your input .
I havne’t seen any recent submission from Libertarian27 either; that the weekly recipie forum hasn’t been active since last year has been a real loss to me .
I had been lurking there for years.
Good to see you in the Gardening forum; it comes out each Friday around 3:30 PM through ‘greeneyes”.
Please keep posting !
Good to see you !
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