Birds @ MindSay

Some things don't need a reason :)
Any favourites?

It's sad, I've come to notice that birds start to chirp around 3:20am. Very loudly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snow falls on the city
White on white
It’s the color of hope
On an unforgiving night
You kissed me into ruins
Sin on sin
Now, I’ve gotta love your love letters
Written on my skin

I can’t tell the stars
From the downtown lights

If I said I was truly over you
My heart would say amen
But I give in to the cold caress of 2 AM
If I admit I can’t get use to this
Will my heart break again?
As I fall
Into the waiting arms of 2 AM

Someone’s scratchy music through the walls
Sirens weaving through the streets
I must’ve missed your call
I’m gathering up these nights
Black on black
I know your voice like it’s my own
And it makes my heart go slack

I can’t tell the stars
From the downtown lights

If I said I was truly over you
My heart would say amen
But I give in to the cold caress of 2 AM
If I admit I can’t get use to this
Will my heart break again?
As I fall
Into the waiting arms of 2 AM

Oh
If I said I was truly over you
My heart would say amen
But I give in to the cold caress of 2 AM
If I admit I can’t get use to this
Will my heart break again?
As I fall
Into the waiting arms of 2 AM

For those of you unaware of Dire Straits, they were a very good band whose music blends virtuoso blues riffs with poetic, often socially-conscious lyrics.  A number of their songs are staples on Classic Rock radio, including this one, which articulates how I feel these days...

Here I am again in this mean old town
And you're so far away from me
And where are you when the sun goes down
You're so far away from me

So far away from me
So far I just cant see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me

I'm tired of being in love and being all alone
When you're so far away from me
I'm tired of making out on the telephone
And you're so far away from me

So far away from me
So far I just cant see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me

I get so tired when I have to explain
When you're so far away from me
See you been in the sun and Ive been in the rain
And you're so far away from me

So far away from me
So far I just cant see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me

Keep on Rockin
-SAW

This is the site that greeted us as we crested over the Continental Divide, to the west side of the Rockies.  Still some snow in the high country.  And they had enough this past winter to give the low lands some good runoff to fill the lakes and reservoirs:

 

 

"My" baby Aspen has grown!

 

 

Next morning, around 6AM (OUCH!), we got to Shadow Mountain Lake and were awed by this beautiful picture (it cleared after about 10 minutes, tho):

 

 

The 1st morning I got just one bite, but L brought 4 trout to shore, and had to lament when each of them decided not to stay and swam back to their deeper waters...... He was able to catch one, tho - a 10 1/2" Rainbow.  The 2nd morning, I had NO bites, and L had just 1!!!!  The weather was ideal with a calm lake, but nothing seemed to be hungry!  Same bait, same spot....

So, I decided to catch some feathered friends.  The pelicans we love to relax and watch:

 

(if you look close, you can see one of the many swallows, that  feed off bugs on the water, flying above):

 

And the enjoyable geese:

 

 

And for any of you "bug" experts that might be out there, I spotted 2 tiny, blue butterflies/moths:

 

 

I've never seen such a creature, and thought it was quite striking, but have no idea what it is, and if it's a native of shorelines?  Anyone want to take a guess?

 

Enjoy as we did!