Hello, friends. Welcome to my April newsletter, For the Noticers. I’m so glad you’re here. Read on for some thoughts about what I’m noticing as spring continues to spring around here… Spring has officially sprung here in East Boston: we’re past both the equinox and the eclipse, and the grass in Piers Park is carpeted with fallen pink cherry blossoms. I’m waking early these days, despite my love of sleeping in: my body seems to sense the morning light (and, yes, the honking carpool line around the corner) before my eyes even have a chance to open.
I’m strictly a back yard birder, and it’s the robins, the finches, the chickadees, and the Little Brown Sparrows I love and know the most. There is one LBS in particular who sits in the feeder tray every night about 5:30, all fluffed up, and watches me on the couch as I drink my glass of Chardonnay and read my book. Sometimes her little eyes close in sleep. Sometimes mine do too.
I feel like she and I are kindred spirits, little brown house sparrows just going about their domestic lives.
I feel like I’m in very good company.
Katie, this is a lovely reflection on your avian neighbors. Thank you for sharing.
Naturally, I loved this - not least because I'm working on a project with attention at its heart right now. Thank you also for the Looking North inclusion <3 xoxo
I look forward to your newsletters. Reading them, and opening the links, feels like a fun visit with an eloquent friend who enjoys things that are meaningful to me, too. Thanks, Katie!
I’m strictly a back yard birder, and it’s the robins, the finches, the chickadees, and the Little Brown Sparrows I love and know the most. There is one LBS in particular who sits in the feeder tray every night about 5:30, all fluffed up, and watches me on the couch as I drink my glass of Chardonnay and read my book. Sometimes her little eyes close in sleep. Sometimes mine do too.
I feel like she and I are kindred spirits, little brown house sparrows just going about their domestic lives.
I feel like I’m in very good company.
Katie, this is a lovely reflection on your avian neighbors. Thank you for sharing.
Naturally, I loved this - not least because I'm working on a project with attention at its heart right now. Thank you also for the Looking North inclusion <3 xoxo
Love seeing you HERE!
I look forward to your newsletters. Reading them, and opening the links, feels like a fun visit with an eloquent friend who enjoys things that are meaningful to me, too. Thanks, Katie!