Happy Sunday & Guess who came to visit us this morning?

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Happy Sunday to You Sweet Friends,

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This morning I was up early and visiting your blogs

and I heard all this loud bird noises,  and I knew 

what it was, cause I have heard it before,  so I

ran to the window to see if I could see these amazingly

big birds,  they are called "Sand hill Cranes",  if you

are not familiar with them.

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I was in my jamies and it was about 8:15, so no one 

seemed to be around, so I grabbed my camera and

went out to see if I could get some decent pictures

of these visitors, the Lord sent to us.  He knows

how much I just love this kind of stuff!

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These pics were taken with the zoom on cause they were

directly across the street at my neighbors house, do you

see him looking my way...........

He really was,  and as soon as he saw me he started coming

towards me.

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He was coming so quickly I couldn't take another pic 

quick enough and he had already crossed the street

and was now in our yard.

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the zoom is now off, and he is coming towards

me still.

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He sorta stopped and looked around for a few mins.

Probably looking at what a beautiful lawn we have!! lol

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Then his bud decided to join him I guess.  I had been so busy

taking pictures and keeping my eye on him that I never noticed

the other one coming.

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Now he is really headed in my direction and he is probably

about half way across our yard.  Our house sits back off

the street more than the neighbors.  I am standing over on

the sidewalk

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Can you tell he is getting closer all the time.  By now I am

talking to him and saying good morning and he is loving it.

Very curious!

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Here he is eating bread! 

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 Does it seem like I skipped a step,

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well, as he got real close, I was excited to share it with someone,

and then they started making their noise, which is undescribable

really  and Loud,  and did I say LOUD!!

Now I was getting a lil worried too. These birds are big, almost as

 big as me, so the thought ran thru my mind what if he isn't quite

 as friendly as he seems and what if they decided to attack me or 

something!!  I had visions of my eyes being pecked out!! lol

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Guess I should have never seen that Alfred Hitchcock movie

"The Birds" when I was a kid.

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Anyway, I ran and woke Jimmy up to come and see them,

He is such a good sport,  course, he likes stuff like this too,

maybe not as much as me,  but he has learned........

one of those, if you can't beat this crazy woman,  just join her,

Know what I mean???

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So I yelled into the bedroom come quick and he woke with

a start (sometimes I forget this man has heart problems) and

asked why, and I said there are sand hill cranes in our yard

 and they came right up to me and I ran back ouside.

  Guess the start made his adrenalin flow, and I ran back in

 to get some bread but  he had his wits about him enough

 to get some bread, so  he brought it out and began to

 feed them.

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Wish I would have thought and taken a shot of him!

Duh........I was so busy watching the birds.

I am such a one track person,  it is pathetic!

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He is quite enjoying his lil snack.

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Can you see the lil lump on the left side of his

throat,  that was bread going down his esophagus,

we could watch it go all the way to his stomach.

How funny is that!!

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Well, what can I say they are "user friendly birds",

once they got what they wanted it was time to go!!

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After all,  it was a pefect Florida day.

70 degrees, blue sunny skies,  hey,  they had places

to go and people to see!

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Going......................

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Going.........................

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Now there he is waving and saying Good bye!!

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I only wish you could have seen what he did when he

was half way across the yard and I had already put

the camera up.  He grabbed a leaf  then flung it and

started flapping his wings and jumping up and down

like he was playing,  you can see a lil bit of it here,

but he put on quite a show for us, so I grabbed

the camera and ran outside hoping he would do

it again, but this was as good as it got!

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I was wondering if it was like a mating dance

or something,  really pretty neat!!

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He told me his name was Jack and his friend

was Jill,  also told me I should leave you with 

this verse for today. lol

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It is from Matthew 6:25-27

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"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,

what you will eat or drink; or about your body,

what you will wear.  Is not life more important

than clothes?

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Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow

or reap or store away in barns, and yet your

heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much

more valuable than they?

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Who of you by worrying can add a single hour

to his life?"

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Jack and Jill said to tell you those verses

are true....you just saw how

 the Heavenly Father fed them.

(and by the way,  those big Cranes do fly)

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Have a  Wonderfully Blessed Sunday

My Friends,

and Remember,  don't worry about tomorrow!

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Love, hugs, and Blessings,

Nellie