Yesterday I went for a swim in our community pool.  It was a beautiful morning.  There were many birds in the nearby area.  I was watching two red headed wood peckers in the cabbage palms making their way in and out of the tree's spikey trunk and talking a way to each other in soft chirpy sounds.  They have different sounds they make, it seems maybe all birds do.  Interesting and beautiful language.

My sister in Ohio called me to talk.  She was also watching birds from her back porch, in particular hummingbirds and finches.  She mentioned the hummingbirds were fighting for food.  Apparently, they get ready to leave the wintery areas for warmer weather.  She is lucky to have the beautiful little creatures in her yard.  She said there was a "katydid" on the porch and that meant no frost for six weeks.  Frost!!! I will be swimming through October here in Florida and have no worries of frost here.
What was most amazing is that my sister and I were almost doing the exact same thing at the same time in far away places.  We like many of the same things.  I love that!