First of all, thanks to those of you that tried to help me identify those birds at my feeders last week.  The large, blue/purple/black one was a Boat-tailed Grackle and the others were red-wing blackbirds.  And now.....look who I found out there last evening............

This one I can identify........it's an Indigo Blue.  When  first moved here three years ago, one week in March I opened the blinds to see about 20 of these on the ground below my bird feeders.  At first I thought they were parakeets, but when I got out my bird book I discovered they're Indigo Blues.  Apparently, they stop here while migrating further north this time of year.  Last year I'm not sure if they just didn't come to the island or I missed them, but I didn't see any.  And last evening I saw this guy at the feeder all alone.  Isn't he gorgeous?  Such a vibrant and vivid blue.  I'm not sure if any more will come, but I'm glad this guy stopped for a bite to eat.

My fish arrived last Tuesday and they all seem to have settled in very well.  I'm enjoying them so much!  It took a few days but when I now go out to feed them, they all come swimming down the pond to the sound of my voice.....and food.  Here's a few of them here that I caught with my camera last night.  That big fellow on the right......I've named him Hemingway.  He's the largest of all of them and when I was acclimating them, he got out of the bag too soon and proceeded to swim around the pond having a jolly good time.  A bit feisty and adventuresome.  Being an author, I thought Hemingway was appropriate for him.

It's Arts Festival here on the island this weekend, but this year I haven't ventured downtown at all.  I had to run down to the PO Friday about 5:00 and already the downtown area was packed with people.  Cars, golf carts, bicycles and people strolling everywhere.  I decided not to do the crowds this year.

Plus, I've had a busy and different kind of week.  Ray got sick Monday night.......started off with intense abdominal pains and progressed from there.  When he was no better by Friday I called the dr. and drove him there on Friday morning.  The dr. seems to think it started off as a GI viral infection but turned into a bacterial infection.  So he's on an antibiotic and they did blood work.  We won't have the results till tomorrow or Tuesday.  I'll be glad when we get that and then know for sure what's going on.  In the meantime, he's beginning to feel a little better and is at least now eating.

Ray and I share chores around here and I've been doing double duty all week, so I've been kept pretty busy.  Another reason why I decided to stay put this weekend and just relax.  Watching my birds and fish helps me to do that and it's nice to have that right in my back yard.

Oh, for those of you that mentioned the larger birds coming to eat my fish.  I don't think that'll happen.  I suppose it could, as anything is possible, but........in the three years we've lived here we've never had one heron or ibis touch down in our yard.  The birds that do come all want the bird seed and the fountain to splash in or drink the water.  They're not fish eating birds.  So I think we're okay with the fish surviving.  But my motto has always been.......never say never.  So I do keep an eye on that fish pond.

Hope your week has been good and I'll see you here next time..................