So, this morning I woke up a little late shall we say and drew open the curtains to peer out the blinds into the back yard, where a male cardinal was splashing around in the cement birdbath my sister gave me quite some time ago. (One of these days, I’ve got to try and level it again so it will hold more water. My last attempt merely repeated the lean on a different side.) The back of the yard is filled with a ten foot tall hedge of mock orange, which is all in white flowers at the moment.