I didn't forget.

Thursday passed and no kind act was committed. At least not the one I have planned. It's in the works.

Lately, I have been hearing birds--singing as if they new spring was coming. Singing as if they were creating the very existence of spring. And I was thinking how joyful the sound, how beautiful they are---small and happy even in this relentless winter. I got to thinking about those little pine cone bird feeders. And about how my grandma has about 5 bird feeders around her house. Watching them makes her happy this time of year. So I decided that I'd make 5 or so of the pine cone bird feeders and hang them from people's trees (late Thursday night, lest I be seen--or caught even!).

At lunch I went to Petco, and found this Organic mix for finches. It took longer than I had expected, and I didn't have time to gather pine cones after work. There is a tree next to our building that drops the perfect kind. Only the weather turned bad, and they were blanketed in snow. So...I thought maybe a craft store might have them. But look as I may, there were no pine cones to be found.

Looks like I will have to make do with what I can find. Sweet Thursday is in the works today---just running a little behind. Will blog later about finished products :)

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Never did find the "right" kind of pine cone. But ventured out in torrential blizzard to the falls, and found these by the fish hatchery. I made 10, and used an empty egg carton as a carrying case:
Then! The fun. Saturday night, I drove around the snowy neighborhoods looking for houses that had trees in the front yard. Looking for houses that looked like people were home, but not close to the front window. I parked a few houses down, and ran across the lawns to hang these feeders from their trees. I hope that the birds found them, and they were blessed Sunday morning and in the weeks to come with song.

Cheers!