Unexpected Company

What a long weekend! John and I went to Palm Beach Gardens, FL for the weekend to take part in the FCSS (Florida Council on Social Studies) conference. We left Friday morning and drove the 2 1/2 hours south stopping for lunch along the way. When we arrived, we checked in and just relaxed in the room for a couple of hours.

The room was beautiful. We had a great king size bed, nice flat screen TV, and a good size bathroom. There was a desk area set up for the laptop. The best amenity of all...a balcony! We were on the 4th floor and had a balcony! But, as is usually my luck with balconies, we had an awesome view of a wall! You know what? I didn't care...we had a balcony!

The rest of Friday and Saturday were pretty uneventful. We went to several sessions at the conference and collected some good materials and information. Sunday morning was a little more exciting.

I got up and was going to go out on the balcony to enjoy my coffee and have a cigarette. I pulled the sliding glass door open and something caught my eye. Underneath the little table and chair set on the balcony was a little black and yellow/orange bird.



This is the little bird under the chair.






I moved the chair to get a better look at the bird and I knew that something was wrong as it didn't move. I called John out and he brought it some water in one of our used creamer containers. We also happened to have a granola bar that we broke up and tried to give him, but the bird really wasn't interested in food or drink.

The bird held my attention for awhile, but then I had to get ready for conference sessions. I went back inside to get dressed and ready to go. By the time I returned to the balcony, the bird was gone.

It's always nice to have that unexpected company drop by and say hello.