And... We're Back In Business!

Yes, we're back without ever knowing why it was we suddenly couldn't upload an image from our computer. Then today, the little window and "browse" icon appear in the exact same place they had recently disappeared from, and... voila! Order is restored to the universe and I can go back to not posting on a semi-regular basis. As a reward for your patience please enjoy this photo of a faithful member of my breakfast club..

Oh Phooey.

So I wasn't paying attention, and all of a sudden I can't upload photos from my computer to Blogger? What is it now? What? But I can paste in a file from a URL, so here is an old photo from my Flickr account.
This must change.
 

 

 

Uh-oh. I have lost the ability to post still photos, so I can't show you the hawk that showed up this morning, but here are the indomitable blue jays who were back the minute after the big guy took off.:   

 

 

Now please excuse me while I try to figure out why I can't post files from my desktop...


 

Christmas Eve Eve

...it will be the next holiday, wait and see!

We took a quick turn around the houses of renown on Sylvan Place; if they are less dazzling than in the past, we are not in a position to complain. I mean, look:

How sweet is that? A homemade, weatherproof diorama. On the lawn. Very old school, very cool.
 

Finch Fight!!

 

It's time for another episode of Real Housefinches of Long Island...

 

Such drama. Now knock it off, there's plenty of room for two.

Chicken Bag Is Watching You

 

 

Does this handbag's steely gaze serve to disarm would-be snatchers? Regardless, it's another adorable handbag-shaped-like-an-animal, second in what is now a series here. (It doesn't take much.)
Let us see if Chicken Bag will be as popular as my most-often-stolen-and-shared photo, Golden Weiner Dog...

And Another One!

For the second day in a row, a bird I'd never seen before came to the feeders; a white-breasted nuthatch:

It was a busy day at the feeders; the woodpecker from yesterday showed up the minute I put out breakfast; this new arrival above showed up, and there are at least four of these little dudes flitting back and forth, grabbing one seed at a time and then retreating to the shrubs to bang it open. So cute:

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow, it's back to work, where the only birds I'm at all likely to see out the window are pigeons, starlings and seagulls.