How did the Blue Jay arrive in my garden, when and from where? How can it be that I am here to see it and exclaim "Oh, a Blue Jay!" I did capitalize the B and the J in my exclaiming too. The blue jay started singing and looking to his right with his back turned to me. I followed his gaze and saw that he is looking at the Robin perched on the neighbor's white fence. The next moment, the robin flew threateningly towards the general direction of the blue jay who flew away. The robin kept looking around and advancing towards the baby spruces ligned up between my garden and the neighbors' driveway . I realize this is the robin who had nested in one of the spruces and two baby robins were waiting there. Do baby robins have a different name? Do baby wild doves have a different name? A few years ago, two baby wild doves were born on my air conditioning unit outside my bedroom window. The whole process, from preparing a nest, to laying the eggs, to birth, took a few months. Each time I looked out my window there was something new. The babies stayed there until they could fly. And fly they did one day. I still see many wild doves around the trees and wonder if they are the same ones I sweated for by not turning on the A/C in order not to scare them.
My mom relinquished the garden to me this year. She had to. Her arms hurt. I bought many flowers which I have been planting in a zen like process, slowly enjoying the outdoors, the earth and my newfound freedom in planting my own flowers. Earth, the final frontier.
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