The view out the window in my little workspace is one of the things I love best about my home. A vine maple has grown to second-story height. This is how it and its cousin maples look on after a rainy spell on an early autumn morning. This morning, a dampish late spring day, I saw raindrops lined up along the thin branches like pearls strung into necklaces. Very often, I have a very special visitor who flits and hovers and darts up and down. He's ever-so-charming and a hyper-drive of activity. But sometimes he'll kindly perch and even pose because he knows it thrills me so. And if I'm looking out at just the right time, I'll see the eagle on his way to the pond for a little fishing. 52 Photos Project