This is just a short post to let everyone know I will be taking (or continue to take) an extended break from blogging in order to focus more fully on my health. I hope to be well enough to start writing again in the near future.  In the meantime,  I thought I'd share a few more photos from my little bedroom window.
Within the confines of these four walls, my life is at a standstill.  Outside, life goes on -- vibrant, beautiful, active and free. It is where I so desperately long to be.
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| Amaryllis Blooms | 
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| Amaryllis | 
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| Cute Bunnies | 
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| Deer at Christmas-time | 
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| More Deer | 
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| Cute Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel Strikes a Pose | 
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| Pretty Goldfinch | 
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| Lots of Finches | 
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| Quail | 
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| Phainopepla | 
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| Cooper's Hawk | 
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| Finches Waiting out the Rain | 
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| Through the Clouds... A Rainbow | 
 
So shines the setting sun on adverse skies,
and paints a rainbow on the storm.  ~Isaac Watts
Wishing everyone better health, fewer storms and brighter skies ahead.