Here's a slightly clearer picture of our robin acquaintance. She's putting up with us a bit more now that her eggs have hatched. Robins ignore their first egg or two for a day after they are laid. Then they lay anothe…

Does that wish sound belated to you? If so, you live in a sunnier clime than mine. We only just got rid of the snow... but on a specially built platform high on my front porch wall, a robin just laid two beautiful eggs. …