June 27th, 2012

My youngest brother, Ben, has day camp three days a week, and mom has convinced Nick and I to go for a half-hour walk with her in the mornings while he's gone. We've been going to a local forest preserve, walking the trails for several weeks now. Today we went again. Sometimes, we see a great deal of wildlife (on Monday, mom found a wee baby turtle!), but today was looking pretty quiet. On our way back, however, we spotted a bluebird, which Nick tells me is rather rare around here, as they eat fruit. Therefore, they can be hard to find around suburbia, where fruit-bearing bushes are rare. How wonderful, to see those turquoise feathers!