One Real Day

Canoeing! What a beautiful way to spend a day. We went with our friends Doug and Dawn on an easy float trip down Lookout Creek in Trenton, Georgia. It's early in the season so there were a few trees down in the river. That made for some interesting bushwhacking but it was all part of the fun. The weather was perfect: sunshine and just a couple of clouds, warm enough to wear only shorts. My vitamin D count was a little low anyway. ;)

Seriously, though, this has been the first time in six months that I've been able to just get out and do a simple thing that I love, outdoors, and unencumbered with illness or treatment. It wasn't worthy of a spot on NatGeo TV maybe, but it was a helluva day for me. Pam seemed really glad to be outside and in the warm sunshine too (especially so after falling in and getting totally dunked in the chilly water!)

There's a little extra drama to the story. A wren had built her nest in the canoe, as it was hanging upside-down under the front porch. We hated to disturb her nest, especially since there were several baby chicks in it. We took down the canoe and transplanted the nest to a box that we hung in place of the canoe. Mama wren seems to have adapted to the new quarters just fine, and her babies all open up and yell "cheep cheep" whenever she comes home.

It's springtime, and there are signs of life everywhere,

Clem