We got a new visitor today! And no matter what she says, I wasn't scared. Not for a minute! I flew off to... uh... I dunno, but I wasn't scared, honest.
After the excitment calmed down, and we ran out of cookies, I started to beg Mel to take me down the block. I could see through the window that the neighbor's tree was full of flowers! I wanted to go see! Mel, let's go see!
So she took her camera to get some artsy photos too, since she likes photography, and she took me along! I invited vanilla to come too, because I wanted to talk to her alone...
The tree was so so pretty! mel says it is a saucer magnolia. Mel knows a lot of tree's names.
I tried to climb as high as I could.
I talked vanilla into climbing up too, so we could chat. She can't fly like me, but bears are good climbers! I learned that!
I asked her a lot of questions about travelling. I didn't want anything else to know, but... I'm a little more nervous about it than I want to say! I am a big brave bluejay, but new things canbe scary too!
Vanilla says that it can be a bit scary, but it helps when everyone is so nice when you get there. She convinced me that seeing new things will be totally worth it! I think so!
Mel finished her pictures, so we started to walk back home. But there were even more beautiful trees blooming along the road! I just had to stop and see them too!
This one is a weeping cherry. It smelled lovely! Who needs to go to Japan or Washington to see cherry flowers? (ME! I wanna go! Vanilla says she does too.)
This one is a different type of cherry - Mel says she knows it best as a Sand Cherry. it goes here wild in the sand dunes along the lake. I wanna go see that too!
Then we walked the rest of the way home. Vanilla was getting tired, from all the excitment. I stopped at the birdfeeder. Then we went in to take naps while Mel got ready for work. Being a toy can be a good life!