While Driving Out In The Country...

... here's what I found at an antique shop today.

Isn't he darling? We don't have a real dog, so for now, he is as real as it gets around our house.

Tom and I went to one of our favorite places today, one which is nearby. It's a park on one of the Great Lakes, a park sitting next to a little town which time forgot. We had a lovely picnic and sat, read and looked out over the hazy-blue ocean-like lake.

On the way home we stopped at this cabin-in-the-woods antique shop and found this little dog waiting for me. And now here he sits on top of our library hutch. Over the years, we've found the pots and the eucalyptus valance on the curb.

We do love living here in a place where people can still find treasure along the street. 

And at home? Look what we discovered in our tree--a baby robin. Fortunately, its parents know where it is--Tom saw its mom (dad?) feed him a worm awhile ago. Poor little thing has been sitting there for hours and lets us approach him. In times like these I'm reminded how I'm always close to a prayer--I've been praying for this little guy to fly back to his home over in our neighbors' tree where his family awaits.

(Click on photos to enlarge.)

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P.S. The baby robin stayed in the tree all night long... he was there this morning and you should have seen all the robins on the telephone wires encouraging him to fly home! Finally, by the time I returned from my walk, he was gone--and I'll assume (with hope) he's safe back in the ol' family nest.


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