Closing the Book on 2007

Here it is, Christmas Eve and 2007 is drawing to a close. This year has been very different for me. I haven't done many of the things that I normally do - I haven't birded very much - I haven't even worked much (Ok, that's a trick as I retired in June!).

Most of 2007 has been spent working on the cabin that will soon become my home and studio as a naturalist. One lesson that I've learned in 2007 is that building a cabin is hard work especially in that I'm usually not very handy, but I do enjoy hard work.



As I've thought about all that I've done this past year, I realize that to get the things that I want, I have to work at it - to stretch myself inorder to reach my goals. And so I'm closing 2007 with this recent photo from my feeders as a reminder to me that one needs to stretch to reach their goals .