This is something I wrote years ago about a home I once lived across the street from. I loved it so much. It remained empty for many years. It was a beautiful, huge, old, white Victorian home with a wrap around porch and sat on several acres. The story behind the house dated it back to the Civil War days and was used by soldiers. It looked like a post card especially with each new change of season. One day, as a blanket of snow covered the ground and the earth seemed so silent, I sat and w
Building Among Thorns
By-Crickettt
I saw the most interesting event take place a week ago. A female Cardinal was building a nest inside a rose bush outside my window. I stood there in amazement when I first saw her flying quickly in and out. As she wove together her little nest, I thought about how odd to build a nest among the thorns. After all, the rose bush has sharp thorns that could hurt her as she flew back and forth gathering her sticks, straw and leaves. And what about her babies onc
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