As I watch the birds around our feeder, I am amazed at the Northern Juncos.
One minute, they are hopping around our deck.
The next minute, they are jumping off the deck to get at the seed below.
Our deck is about twenty feet off the ground,
so it is a big jump for the tiny juncos.
They remind me of my skiing days.
For six winters, I lived in Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe.
I became a really, really good skier, which happens when you live there all winter.
I used to stand at the top of the double black diamond runs,
lean over
and JUMP!
The juncos remind me of how I used to ski!
One minute, they are hopping around our deck.
The next minute, they are jumping off the deck to get at the seed below.
Our deck is about twenty feet off the ground,
so it is a big jump for the tiny juncos.
They remind me of my skiing days.
For six winters, I lived in Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe.
I became a really, really good skier, which happens when you live there all winter.
I used to stand at the top of the double black diamond runs,
lean over
and JUMP!
The juncos remind me of how I used to ski!
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