These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them: Birdfeeding Creative Jam Today's Smoothie Poem: "The Embodiment of Human Creativity" Birdfeeding Community Building Tip: Shelters Birdfeeding Poem: "That Flash of a Moment" Birdfeeding Mindfulness Coping Skills: Brainstorm Birdfeeding Tree Frog Watch "Matches" There will be a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics this week. Poetry in Microfunding: There are two open epics at present. " Rainshadow Road " belongs the Daughters of the Apocalypse series. It discusses herbalism. " A Celebration and a Consolation " belongs to Polychrome Heroics. Keira comforts her mother after the breakup. The weather has been mild here. It drizzled a bit last night. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a flock of house finches, a flock of mourning doves, a lady cardinal, and a squirrel. Currently blooming: morning glories, nasturtium, cup plant, black-eyed Susan, Queen Anne's lace, petunia, zinnias, marigolds, spiderwort, cypress vine, sedum, some yellow thing amidst the big bluestem, wild sunflowers, sunchokes.