Animal Wednesday

No sex in this one, I swear.

This is my front door. Every year a purple finch builds her nest in this wreath. Earlier this year another bird also decided that this would be a good location for a nest. A short but very bitter turf war ensued and somebody's eggs were splattered all over the front porch. Mrs. Purple Finch prevailed. And she was very good about staying in the nest when I opened the door to take the dogs out at night. Only once did she leave the nest and fly into the living room. After being batted down a few times by a thankfully clawless Roy and being gently placed back into her nest atop her eggs, she went on to brood six (I think) little baby purple finches.

And in June when I replace this wreath with the geranium one and have to scrape bird dirt off of it and my door..... I won't mind. I love watching a nest full of baby birds.

And this is a picture I've been meaning to take for awhile. This is Humphrey the camel. I drive past her every day to and from work. Seeing a camel on the way to work in South Central PA puts me in a good mood. Particularly when Humphrey is taking a dust bath. How often do you get to see a camel rolling joyously around on her back in a big dust cloud? Humphrey and her companions are participants in a live nativity scene every Christmas. The rest of the year they just hang out in their pasture. I love the donkey. Some days they chase each other. Quite a site to see a donkey, a goat, two cows (the other one is a red and white spotted cow not pictured) and a camel running after each other.