Good news!

The little bluebird I rescued this morning stayed in the bottom of the bucket I had lined with hay for a couple of hours.  I went to check on him and decided to find some safe place for him outside, since I didn't want to interfere with nature.  When I picked up the bucket, he started flapping his wings like crazy.  I held him in there as best I could because I wanted to put him in a tree where Mama Kitty wouldn't find him.  Well, I got to the Bradford pear tree out front, reached in the bucket, and he took off flying, landing on the ground up against Cliff's shop.  A half-hour or so later, I went to check on him and saw he was still there, but when I approached, he flew to one of the pine trees behind the shop.  So I feel as though I gave him a second chance, if nothing else.  I'll bet he has a headache!  (Obviously I snagged this picture off the Internet.) 
I've had a productive day:  I pitted all the cherries I picked yesterday and got three more quarts for the freezer.  I pulled the half-dead peavines and the spinach that was going to seed, tilled that area, and planted some green beans.  

Oh yes, I picked our first green beans and dug a few potatoes for green beans and new potatoes cooked with turkey kielbasa.  I did not intend to get my big ugly feet in the picture, but didn't have time or desire to retake the shot.  
While I was doing this entry, my next-door sister-in-law called and asked if I wanted the bones from a turkey she cooked today.  You bet!  I put it in the freezer for use in turkey frame soup on some cooler day.