I'm beginning to get it !
Ah, the button top-right says Create a new Blog, which actually means to me I can create (add, post)a new post on my existing blog ! OK. Got it !
This is really so funny---I am meandering around, similar to what I did when I first joined WA. First thing is, I wanted to figure out when OEP got started. Most entries seem to lack a date. But I finally got it----sometime around now, April 2012. Hooray !
So, I'll catch my friends up on Big Island life now It is nesting season for birds just about everywhere in the northern hemisphere, I guess. Here, too.
I spend most of the day on my lanai (Hawaiian word for porch), which for me is a really large outdoor room with areas for cooking, dining with friends, reading/computer/talkstory/sitting area, sleeping,.
There's lots of places around the lanai for birds to nest. One annual favorite is less than two feet over my head from where I sit now at my computer. Several days ago it started. A sweet pair of little finches grabbed the spot, and in two or three days the nest was fully built. They are fast !
Then they were not sure about me. Was I a threat sitting here??? They stared. Stared some more. And some more. And then decided (do birds decide?) I am ok, because they now fly in and out of the new nest all day long. I love the sound of whirring wings right over my head. And when the two of them fly together, it's double-whirrrrrr.
We're getting along fine, the birds and I. Just waiting for that egg . I'll keep you posted.
And gosh, it is sure good to be back ! WA. OEP, whatever. Love it !
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Actually, the finches left this nest and built another one, laid the egg there. But they do visit this one they made over my head, at least a few times a day. Like a beloved summer home. Other pairs of small birds visit it too. It's a busy place, yet no one lays eggs there. Funny, cuz this is the third year this pattern has happened. And the first two years, my chair (and I) were not anywhere nearby.
If you go to the training menu item the second entry will give you a brief intro to the OEP system and some really good tricks to make your life easier.
Welcome back. Not sure exactly where you are in the islands but we have a new member from your neck of the woods. Seikle I believe is his handle. Perhaps you can share with each other. Hope the lanai doesn't get too dangerous when those eggs hatch.
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Hello again, Diane,
Wow...I so love your post, it has brought me right into your lovely island home to enjoy the sounds of the birds just two feet above your head. What a glorious time it must be for you to be sitting at your computer, reading, writing, and learning while enjoying such splendor at your doorstep.
I hope your day is filled with many joyful moments.
Linda
Mahalo Linda! Yes, this is indeed a place of great beauty and aloha. It's fun here on WA when we discover posts written a couple years ago by someone and they are evergreen. Last nesting season, a pair of finches had two sweet babies in the nest right over my head. After those little ones had flown, a different pair of finches came in and they had one baby! Busy place.