Sometimes You Just Have To Start Over...From Scratch!

I know you're probably wondering what in the world this is?!!...Well, I told you that the Robins have taken over the tree where the hummingbird feeder is hanging, and that the Robins have been swooping all over the backyard gathering building supplies for the nest....
Well, when they were off on one of their excavations hubby took the camera out to see if he could get a little look see! The nest is kinda up in the tree a ways, so hubby had to try to take some shots of it without actually being able to look down into it...*Our tree-climbing days are over....OVER!! LOL*

These shots were kinda funny to me...so I thought I'd show them to you anyway! LOL "Woot! Woot! for your always working hard at it, Baby, no matter what I ask you to do!" :-)
Speaking of working hard, WOW! Just wait until I show you the beautiful shot hubby finally did get!! Those Robins are amazing! Last year, in the early Spring, they built a nest in this tree. A beautiful nest! And they even laid at least one egg in it...but the swirling winds...or some cat prowling around the backyard (That's what Hubby thinks might have happened)...whipped that egg out of the nest and landed it on our patio.
The nest got terribly damaged and fell completely out of the tree. :-( All that hard work...GONE! And even though we saw them swooping all over the backyard, and gathering materials for another nest....they didn't rebuild in this tree.
Now, this year, I guess they decided they would try it again...Give it another Go....Begin again....Start over from scratch....YAY! for you Robins!! Because sometimes...even as humans have come to realize...you just have to try it again, and start over from scratch! :-] You just can't let swirling winds...or life...undo all of your hard work, all of your sweat and tears! You just have to put your work boots on, get right back in there, and stomp around until you get the nest back to a familiar, comfy place, again!...Good lessons to learn from watching those Robins, huh?! :-) They're always teaching me something!!
Okay, I've stalled long enough. Here you go...hubby's great Robin nest shot!!

Isn't it beautiful!! "You Go Mr. and Mrs. Robin....with a son?" LOL
And speaking of going...I've got to get going myself!! I still have to finish my talk. I have to deliver it to the public on Thursday!!...`(':')`
AND I'm working on a custom order for some hats too! :-) Remember this one?...

My customer loves it, but brown is not her color, she says. So she wants me to make two hats that ARE in her colors! :-) And me, being the excited crocheter that I am, decided to do both hats simultaneously!...So here are my hats, where I've started them...from scratch! *See! I learned Mr. an Mrs. Robin...with a son!*....

...One in black...

And one in Red!...Autumn red to be exact...

I'm already having a good time with them! Going back and forth from one to the other...a couple of rows in black, and then a couple of rows in red. :-] This would probably drive some people a little bit batty, but me.....Nah! I like starting over! New colors....new project...new energy!
Oh, What a beautiful morning it's going to be!! :-) Please have a good one!!


Rebuilding The Nest

The winds, they did their damage.
Blew the nest twigs all apart.
But it couldn't stop their building
with a firm determined heart.

Oh yes, there was connecting
and rebuilding to be done.
And though doing so was work,
it also brought them lots of fun.

The nest, no longer empty,
and no longer windy and cold,
was a joy to snuggle into,
and a sight for eyes to behold.

Whether nests of birds or people,
whether wanting to or willed,
when the winds have caused it damage,
you must gather and rebuild.