It snowed this weekend. It was beautiful. I started a fire in the fireplace, positioned my chair beside it, and I wrote. The crackle and pop of the logs was the only sound and I made progress writing my story.
In the rooms quiet, I heard a tapping at my window. My good friend Tufts the squirrel had ventured into the snow, looking for a tasty peanut. Luckily, there is a bag next to the door with her name on it. I tossed a handful to her. She nabbed a peanut, scampered to the maple tree, and perched on a low branch affording a great view of her snack table.
The neighborhood squirrels have developed finely tuned hearing. They know the sound of peanuts hitting the deck. Gordo, Little Guy, and Newbie arrived, chasing and vying with Tufts for a prize peanut. The joke was on them. Two blue jays swooped in, claiming the prize peanut. The squirrels watched the jays fly, peanuts clamped in their beaks and surveyed the bare ground. I swear they smiled as they donned their pitiful beggar faces, and in unison, turned to stare at the peanut dispenser in the window.
Who are your writing companions?
_________________________________________
Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
You are working in an idyllic situation. Love the picture!
LikeLiked by 1 person
It is idyllic because, as a writer, I have the ability to edit the mundane. 😉 Glad you liked the graphic, I complied it myself. 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Your writing place sounds wonderful! I can just see the squirrels sad eyes when those blue jays got the nut before him! Glad you remedied the situation. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
LOL they are wonderful writing companions. 🐤
LikeLike
Love the critters! It is very quiet where I live and is my husband is not home I am accompanied by utter silence save the sporatic ping of incoming messages or the chink of the furnace.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Those moments are wonderful. Especially welcome with the busy season. Enjoy. 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love your graphic! My writing area is by a window where there is a lot of bird activity. Also, there are a lot of trees, which I can enjoy their changes with the seasons.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh that sounds lovely. I love the change of seasons. Hope you have a wonderful day. 😊
LikeLike
How beautiful. I can’t see the pucture due to being blind, but it sounds wonderful. My companions are coal tits, a robin, rooks, squirrels, cats, dogs, a badge and any other critter that happens to be hanging about!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I do try to include alt-text with the image, I hope that helps in reading the page. Your companions sound like quite a group, I have a hawk who frequents the yard with the sparrow, nuthatch, chickadees, robins, cardinals and of course the jays. I have also been visited by groundhogs and fox. You just never know who might be outside the window. Thanks for reading and commenting. 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow! What a lot of beautiful creatures. We don’t have some of those in the U.K. i live in a built up area but tbere are woods behind us so we do get some creatures. Thankyou so much
LikeLiked by 1 person
I live in the suburbs of Chicago. It is amazing how the wildlife have adapted to urban living.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh wow. You have some wonderful parks tbere don’t you?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes we have some magnificent spaces. 😊
LikeLike
i felt in the room with you, the cold, the fireplace, the tiny visitors. These are the small things that inspire and give birth to something really deep and satisfying for a writer. I like being alone when i write, my thoughts are my best writing companion.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Being alone is wonderful. But you never know when visitors will knock on the door. 😊
LikeLike