DAILY DOINGS 



humming bird above the trumpet flower; the warning 

 note of the hairy woodpecker and the low rumble of 

 passing thunder. Very agreeable it is to lie in this 

 cozy shelter out in the sweet-scented rain and listen to 

 the morning melodies. 



August 2. It is impossible to get lonely in the coun- 

 try, for one has ideal company always diverting and 

 never a care. Today when within the screened porch 

 I leisurely ate my melon fresh from its cunning ham- 

 mock in the glasshouse, the hungry bees and wasps 

 buzzed their displeasure outside; a pert young cat- 

 bird alighted on her own table within a foot of mine 

 and hastily grabbed the cocoanut with many a suspi- 

 cious glance at me; a yellow warbler shook the shining 

 drops from his wings as he reached the protecting bush 

 over the bird-bath, and a redstart darted down to the 

 tub for his turn. 



August 10. We have seen the woodcock again. 

 Seven of them have been counted wandering over the 

 place, and at twilight this evening they came out boldly 



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