Such a Pleasure

I saw this photo on social media, don't know who to attribute it to but it shows an Osprey poised to attack. Isn't nature magnificent, it is also a beautiful, well timed shot.

Last week daughter L and her fiance spent some time with us, she cleared a lot of clutter out of her bedroom and we decided to give some old childhood books to our neighbour with young children. It was such a pleasure ringing their doorbell, the young girls scrambled past their mother to greet me by name. I was fully masked with the hood of my coat over my head. They seemed to really appreciate the books. One was a large book never really used depicting the human body. It had matching stickers. The other was a simple 'learn to cook' book for little ones, with recipes for sandwiches and such. Then daughter L suggested a book on spiders with lots of pictures. The 8 year old told me she wants to be an animal scientist, that she loves animals. I didn't linger although it would have been good to chat with them awhile longer. Everyone is glad for a little company these days.