Good Morning Everyone!! Oh what a wonderful surprise we had yesterday!! Dear Aunt Debbi and my Identical Cousin Tracie, I wish you could come see these beautiful bluebirds that were visiting our bluebird house yesterday!!
I was SO excited to see Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird both sitting there so pretty on our bluebird house!
Mommie said they are checking it out to see if it would be suitable for them to live in and raise their family!
They sure stayed a long time and looked it over really good. And then they talked about it a lot.
Mr. Bluebird flew over to a tree branch and looked around a bit. I think he was looking to see what kind of neighborhood this might be...
I think he liked the pine tree that was nearby just fine. It would give him a nice place to perch while he watches the neighbors and also looks for food.
He came back and told Mrs. Bluebird that he thought this was a fine place to settle down and start their family.
So then Mrs. Bluebird asked Mr. Bluebird to go inside and check it out really good...
I think they were looking around to see if anyone was watching them...
"What do you see in there, Mr. Bluebird?" she asked...
"Let me take a closer look, Mrs. Bluebird"...
"Maybe I better come in and take a look too. I want to be sure it's big enough to raise our babies!"
"I really like it just fine! It's going to be perfect!! When can we move in?"
"Well maybe we'd better take it before some other Bluebird family comes along and wants it."
"Here, I've got something to start our nest right now!"
"Oh, how wonderful, Mr. Bluebird! I can't wait start building our nest!"
"Oh, Mr. Bluebird! I am SO happy we found this lovely home right here beside the water! This is a wonderful place! I wonder what they call it?"
"I think I heard that lady up in the big house call it "Still Waters Pond". "She said something about The Lord being her Shepherd...and that He led her here beside the still waters so that she could rest and be restored. I think this is a peaceful and happy place to live. Oh, I also heard her say something about "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever"....So this must be a very happy and safe place to live."
"Oh, I do hope you are right, Mr. Bluebird. I do so love to be happy, and to spread our happiness wherever we go."
Mommie found these pretty postcards on the computer that have pictures of Bluebirds on them, and they all talk about how the Bluebird brings happiness wherever he goes!
And then she looked in her special Curio Cabinet and remembered that she had some pretty "Bluebirds of Happiness" figurines that were given to her many years ago by her Grandmother and her mother.
They came with this little poem:
Apparently Bluebirds have been a sign of happiness for many years!
Mommie even has this little "Willow Tree" Angel of "Happiness", with the bluebirds on her outstretched arms!
Mommie said these little vintage postcards (found on the internet) would even make pretty Valentines to send to people this week...so these are kind of our special Bluebird of Happiness Valentines!
While we were writing this this morning, Mommie was drinking from her special bluebird mug, but then she looked at it and thought it looked more like a Baby Blue Jay, but either way, it made us both smile!
Another happy vintage postcard:
(found on the internet)
Then Mommie remembered she had this other real china teacup and saucer that has bluebirds on it:
A special friend gave it to her a long time ago and it really made her happy...
I told Mommie these bluebirds are bringing a lot of happiness to everyone today!!
And that makes ME happy too!
And then, as if we couldn't be happy enough already, we had gone away for awhile this morning because Daddy had to go have some "lab work" done, and after that they were hungry so they went to a place called C.P. Deli to have some pancakes and eggs and bacon:
And all the way home Mommie and I were saying we hoped we could see the bluebirds again when we got back home. At first they weren't out there, but then when Mommie sat down at her computer to start writing this again, she looked out her window in her "Room with a View", and saw Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird fly back to the birdhouse! So up we jumped and ran to the bigger window so she could take some good pictures of them!! We were so excited to see them come back!!
It looks like they are definitely setting up housekeeping in there!
Mr. Bluebird is standing watch while Mrs. Bluebird goes in and tidies things up a bit:
She comes back again with another something to build the nest...
"Is everything okay in there?" He asks. "Yes, Mr. Bluebird. I think this is going to be a very fine house indeed!"
Mommie said they look very very happy, and that makes us all happy too!
Mommie said she probably won't be getting much done around here these days because she wants to watch the bluebirds at their house all day long! I want to watch them too. This is a brand new adventure for us to enjoy!
We hope this little Bluebird of Happiness story has made YOU happy too!!
Love,
Lily Grace
xoxo
