This morning I watched one of the best sunrises in my life. While there have been more brilliant displays of color, this movement of the colors and clouds through the pre-dawn sky were very awe inspiring to me. The vantage point is my own stairs 25 minutes before actual sunup.

Later in the morning my youngest son took me for a drive up the shore and some birding. I found a small flock of Wilson’s Snipes foraging in Two Harbors.

I am working on the promised bird feeder review. My concentration level is still sub-par. Stay tuned.

Video: Wilson Snipe Foraging (video link for email subscribers)

Video: Hoot Hiding from Crows (video link for email subscribers)
Found this video from late August I had taken and never processed

An update on me … my body hurts and I crave sleep / rest. Food is beginning to taste good again, but I have a long recovery road ahead. My wife took this photo of me just before dinner last night holding my two fingers full glass of Chardonnay (all I am allowed). I was four days post second heart surgery when this pic was taken last night, and nine days post open heart surgery.