Oh, that’s a nice idea. Let’s see what I can find around my house that’s blue in color.
Well, look at this, here’s a blue flower right outside my window. And here’s a Stellar’s Jay in a tree not even 15 feet from my house. The sky is blue (today anyway). I have blueberries in a package in my freezer. The lake nearby that I walk to is blue. I have a blue shirt in my closet.
There are lots of blue things around here today, but the best blues here are the blue flowers right outside my window and the blue Stellar’s Jay who is so close to the house, so let me show you those.
I wish I knew what this plant/shrub/flower is. I bet one of you readers will know and will enlighten me. 🙂 Photos of this plant were taken over a period of a few weeks.
Yes, it starts out yellow, but it sure turns into blue, just you wait and see!
Please do let me know if you know what the name of this plant/flower/shrub is. It is very pretty. The flowers are fascinating.
And now let me show you that Stellar’s Jay who was in a tree not even 15 feet from my house. I was outside doing a bit of yardwork when I heard some commotion in the tree above me. I looked up to find this Stellar’s Jay sitting on a limb about seven or eight feet above the ground, not very far up. This bird didn’t seem to give a hoot that I was so close. No pun intended since owls hoot, not Stellar’s Jays. 🙂
The Jay seemed awfully disheveled. I wondered if it was hurt. I went indoors, got my camera, and came back outside to find the bird still perched on the same tree branch.
Ah ha, another cleaning session! (Just like that Red-breasted Sapsucker Woodpecker a few weeks ago.)
Even it’s eyelid is blue!
“Oh yes, this spot right here, this spot is good.”
“Well, this spot over here needs work too.”
“Oh gosh, this spot is really hard to reach.”
“My wings certainly need attention too.”
“My goodness, this is a lot of work! And I’m not done yet!”
The Jay then hopped around on the limb, turned full circle, and was then facing me … still not caring at all that I was just a few feet away.
“There’s still something down in here … where is it?”
“Ah ha! Finally got that last offending loose feather out.”
“Now I am beautiful!”
This handsome Stellar’s Jay is now all tidied up and ready for action. It flew off shortly after I took this last photo (above).
How many things are there in your world that you too can find in the hue of blue?
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! I just realized that today, this very day, this exact day, four years ago today, the very first “Travels With Towhee” blog post was published. Happy birthday to this blog! All of you Readers have my very sincere, heartfelt, thank-you for your support and comments (including corrections to the blog, jokes, other camping ideas, etc). The number of Readers continues to grow. Friends of Towhee the Trailer (and Little Towhee too) continue to follow along on our journeys. Thank you … everyone!
Next blog post here … another camping trip!