An Unplanned Bird In The Hand

A day or so after I

got home from Florida

I found a sweet little

protective envelope

waiting for me

in my mailbox.

My heart always beats

a tad faster when I

get ANYTHING personal

in the mail

(and I am not talking all

those advertising and sale

catalogs with my name on them).

That's not what this was.

No! Indeedy!

I opened it to find the

sweetest little bird painting

ever.

~A precious little watercolor~

Laurie at

When The Bough Breaks

painted it

FOR ME.

She knows I love little birds

and this is

JUST FOR ME!

Before I show you though I want

to encourage you to go visit

Laurie if you don't know her.

She is one of the most courageous

women I have ever met...

suffering a brain injury that

is robbing her of her sight.

She talks about it freely and

is still

accepting and dealing with

every gift life has given her.

She is all embarrassed reading this

now but I want her to know

how much she is loved.

So...that being said,

Look at this!

I'm sorry but my photos

don't do it justice!

I started playing around with

the little table in the front hall.

Like the lamp...

The shade covered with leaf images.

a nice tie in to the bird theme.

Like the picture next to the lamp

BUT..

the birdcage is TOO BIG.

Okay...

Let's try this~petite birdhouse

And a sweet little bird....

Ah...much better..and...

let's add a little leather covered

Audubon Bird Book

Looking pretty cute

if I do say so myself.

Now, do you see the

little bird here?

He is hiding in the other room

next to the newly

PAINTED TV.

Why is he hiding you ask?

Well, because

SweetCheeks has dropped him

so many times that he is

wingless on one side

and can no longer fly away

when she approaches.

And all this time

SweetCheeks

thought he liked her

for giving him rides.

Poor baby!