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Can you see the eagle's nest in the pix below?  A pair of Eagles have taken up residence high in the trees above this little lake in Salem, Oregon.  They don't seem to mind the people who play in the park, the traffic whizzing past on the freeway or the other accouterments of human habitation.

While taking a walk on this winter's day, I found a variety of birds:  Ducks, geese, jay's, robins, gulls, etc.  As you can see by the sky, the clouds were beautiful, the sun was out and spring couldn't be far behind.  But spring can wait.  This is winter in all it's glory.  We have had snow, rain, wind and today the sun is shinning, all part of the winter deal.  The naked trees reflect on the lake in stark contrast to the fluffy clouds passing overhead, a sight only caught in winter.

Were this summer time, we would all be whining about the coolness of the day.  But since it's not summer the 45 degree day feels like a gift.  It's all relative.  We think of home-sweet-home as warm and cozy.  The eagles, on the other hand, would probably find "warm and cozy" a startling idea as they settle into a stick nest far above the Terra Firma.  Nestled up in the tree limbs they lay and hatch their eggs, raise their young and I will bet they wonder how we survive down here on the ground.  Perspective, that's what we all need to survive and enjoy winter.

So enjoy these wet, cold, crisp days ahead and be happy you can have toast for breakfast.  Those inhabitants of the tree tops are having mice as an entree and are satisfied with that.  Yummm!