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The Hummingbird Incident

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My Hummingbird Story If you're looking for a "meaty" how-to post, you can skip this one. If you want to have a little hummingbird sunshine in your life today, by all means, READ ON! News In The Shower So, July 4th this year started as any other day. Did some studying for a blogging business course I'm doing called "Blog Mastermind". Caught up on some entrepreneurial … [Read more...] about The Hummingbird Incident

The Downy Woodpecker That Changed My Life

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Warning: Experiences Like This Are Likely To Change Your Life! It is amazing how we humans can get caught in tunnel vision. Things happen in our lives and we just use it as evidence that everything is about us. You have a challenge. Whether it's health or finances or family or everything at once; we're so quick to listen to our egoic minds and only see how it affects us. … [Read more...] about The Downy Woodpecker That Changed My Life

My Last Minutes With A House Finch

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The Day Started Like Any Other I was catching up on email and other early morning tasks. My wife was working from home and was out watering the new plants around the house. After a while, she came and and told me there was a little bird out front under the garage light that appeared to be sleeping but was standing up. From my previous experience with my back yard friends, I … [Read more...] about My Last Minutes With A House Finch

I’m Grateful for Real Reader Comments

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Since I set this blog up years ago, I've had my share of good and bad post ideas. Some that I thought would be helpful fell flat on their face. Others, like the posts about what to feed wild rabbits, have been hugely successful and constantly searched for. One of the things that can help me get more of the good stuff out to you is if you tell me about it. That's where reader … [Read more...] about I’m Grateful for Real Reader Comments

Being Grateful for My Backyard Friends

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Gratitude Is Good No matter who you are or what troubles you find yourself with, it's always good to count your blessings. Here's a quick run-down the things my backyard friends make me grateful for. Their connectedness Every time I watch siblings of any kind play and fight with each other I can't help thinking about how much we miss that as humans. Sure, we fuss and fight … [Read more...] about Being Grateful for My Backyard Friends

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