The Wordsmith's Forge

We've found a piece of robin's egg in the front yard twice, several weeks apart. I'm speculating that they've had two nests in the water oak this year. Right outside the computer room window is a large forsythia bush. Ze spouse keeps it leveled off, & it's gotten dense. The other day, I saw a male cardinal poking his head out of the middle of it--the cutest thing ever!. I like knowing some of the neighbors are nesting around; it's more sociable. We also get lots of mockingbirds. They nested in the big snowball bush near the mailbox one year; it's been known as the mockingbush ever after.