Is very windy here today in NW La, so only took 4 photos of my mocker buddy. So I will share 2 of his portraits. At least the sky is blue and the sun is trying to shine Only 2.5 shopping days until Christmas....in case you lost count.

All gorgeous photos! Our Shooting Stars are pale, pale pinkish-lavender. I would flip if I saw one like Ron's! We have nesting pairs of pileated woodpeckers, they are fabulous birds but so noisy! When they get going, the woods rock! I've never seen them at my suet feeder, maybe my feeder is too small for them. I should nail one to something bigger so they could eat from it. Thanks for the idea, Susan!

Love all the photos.Fathi, I am with you, would love to have some of those craft pieces too. I can think of lots of people who would enjoy them,

Susan, like I tell Bigbaby, "We all do what we can." When the kids were little and I lived in the mountains of New Mexico we'd go for hikes. At times it was frustrating because I'm the kind of guy that always wants to see what's over the next hill and what's around the next bend in the river. The kids would get tired out before me. Now, we go out backpacking and they're in their prime and I'm the "old man" holding them back. When were our abilities equal?? It must have been one rainy weekend in October of 1998 and I missed it! Ron