Home-free, Lucia!
The sunroom in the Douglas is a great place to talk on your cell phone. It has good reception, big windows, and is generally quiet. Except for last night, of course. While on the phone in the sunroom, I noticed some flapping noises coming from one of the windows. As I went to inspect, I saw that there was a small goldfinch, soon to be named Lucia, stuck between the main window pane and the storm window. Oh no, she couldn’t get out!
Since we couldn’t open the storm window without opening the main window, we were forced to let her into the sunroom. Unfortunately, that meant that we had to get her back outside. We opened all of the windows, put bird seed and water on the window sills, and tried to coax this scared little girl out of the window. She wasn’t much up for leaving however. The house was full of fun toys, people to chirp to, and was warm. She was brave, however, eventually venturing close enough to us to sit on the couch next to Christine and to actually jump around on my lap. Man. Finally, I was able to get her eating food on the sill and trap her from going back in so she left. Lucia is home free!
http://picasaweb.google.com/saroberts/20090608Lucia#5345329009017311874
On another note, one of Christine’s good friends from college, Colleen, and her hubby Mike visited for the weekend. We had all of these great plans on schedule to give them a good taste of summer in the Twin Cities. Instead, the weather was horrible the entire weekend, with Saturday being rainy the entire day with a high of 55F. Ick. However, we still managed to have a good time, visiting Will, Alison, and Maddie, the Mall of American, and attending the Brave New Workshop. Good times were had by all. And Chrisitne took a few good pictures.