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Article: Join me as I spy on my wild critters; Notice how that blue jay is like a Frenchman selecting fruit in a market.(THE HOME FORUM)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 7, 2003
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Byline: Jane Rinck
I live just inside from a live scene that delights me every morning as I sip my cup of coffee and look out from a window seat. I invite you to join me:
It is early morning. You are looking out on deck that jets out from the side of a Vermont mountain all covered with snow. On one side you see tall pines, fattened with snow, their branches curved downward as if bowing to an invisible king. At their feet, wild raspberry bushes and tall goldenrod stems in the meadow bow down, too.
Before you came, while it was still dark, I shoveled a path along the deck, scraped off the wide railing, restocked the suet basket, and sprinkled ...