Water Tag With a Wren

I have a little garden devoted to the Virgin Mary in my yard. It's just a small garden that doesn't need much care. There are Hostas, Star Gazer Lilies, and Clematis blooming right now. It's a sweet little garden....very quiet and a place to sit and meditate or just enjoy the everyday things going on in the yard with some wildlife.

A birdhouse hangs in the River Birch..in this little garden. It's made out of clay and has no way of cleaning it out at the end of the year. A little perch, stuck in the clay, has come off. This little house is always the favorite spot for a Wren.

I know that I said that I wasn't going to water this year, but I'm a Mom...a nurturer...I just can't see things wither and suffer in this dreadful heat...when I could stand there with a hose for a few minutes. So, at 5:30 am I was out, to beat the heat, and gave everything a drink of water. I was watering this favorite spot of mine, when out the door of the birdhouse, came a little Wren.

She scolded me no end. I gave her a little shower of water. She stopped scolding and sang her little song. Then back to the scolding. She must have babies inside...because she went in to check on something. Hopped right out and scolded again. I sometimes talk to birds :) "This is my garden, Mrs. Wren, but I will share it with you...now behave." Then gave her another shower of water. She flitted up and down and all around. Chattering as only a Wren can do. Bossy little things! She was acting so sassy, so I gave her another shower. This time she went up to the branch above her house and preened her feathers. Shaking her little body till I thought she would fall to the ground.

We "played" like that for a long time. By now, I was sitting on my green chair and still watering the little garden. I had my camera with me this time...so in between holding the hose and taking pictures I was really enjoying myself. It wasn't hot yet...actually very pleasant out...with no mosquitoes.

I showered the tree branches, where she was hiding. She kept going in and out of her house. I wonder if she was giving her babies a drink of water off her feathers? This is the way I enjoy watering...giving my flowers a drink and giving the critters a little shower...be it a Toad, Chipmunk, or my little friend the Wren.

Balisha