A Sprinkle of Birds

Went out to move my sprinkler from where it had been sprinkling away near the lilac bush, giving the ferns, vinca and hostas a drink in this dry season - Turning it off, I went to pull it up from the ground when I became aware of a chorus of little cheeps - birds! Little wet chickadees and bush-tits, a cloud of them all hopping about in the dripping lilacs where they'd been bathing. Literally surrounded by happy little wet balls of feathers I had to just smile at all of them and then ducked as the bbbrrrrrr of the hummingbird pair that have been nesting here whirred past seeking their share of the bath party before it was over, a wonder and a treat to see them all so comfortable with me so near. The robins waited on the lawn, eyeballing me curiously but were quick to take their hopping into the 'summer rain' that I soon started on the garden beside them.

Just a moment that seemed worth writing down.