Sunday's visitor

Last couple of days were so busy, I barely had time to check my email, let alone blog something. But, I was faithful to my commitment to keep the diary, and jotted down notes for my next entry. In life as uneventful as mine, every bit counts.

We had a very colorful visitor on Sunday morning. It perched on our tree of unknown kind and its yellow “outfit” went in sync with the tree’s new green leaves and red buds. Here’s the photo—meet our friendly neighborhood goldfinch.

It spent quite some time on the branch to Maggie’s delight. She confessed it’s her favorite bird. As for the tree, we found it just before the first snows last winter, planted by the builder (we bought a new house recently). No one ever mentioned that we were supposed to get a tree, so it was quite a surprise to see it in the middle of our tiny backyard. Our surprise turned into anger; how dare they plant the tree without notifying us at all, not to mention not asking for permission. But, when we gave it more thought, we liked the idea of getting a tree for free. Now, if only we could figure out what kind it is…