
I set my alarm for 5:30 this morning for a paddle, since I have been missing all the early morning atmosphere. There was a lot of chilly mist, and bird song ( hermit thrush, oven bird, chickadees, white-throated sparrows, blue jays, woodpeckers, robins and about a zillion starlings) but otherwise a very commonplace paddle until a heron landed right beside me and a trio of otters appeared right in front of the kayak, and all at the same instant! I am still smiling!
