So I'm Cleaning up my flooded garage in Nashville....

[sybster1000]

It's dirty, the mud stinks (and may be toxic), I'm wearing a mask and rubber boots and it has to be done. So I live in an old house with the old timey garage with no doors. So I go to pick up one of my dog's old beds on a shelf and think "why are all of these leaves in here?" So I look closely and it is a wren's nest with 3 chicks in it...just hunkering down. So our priority was to not damage the nest and protect the little ones but we HAD to clean out the garage. So after the cleaning , we put it back on the same shelf, and we waited. Sure enough, Mama came back, hopped around and found them!!! Woo-Hoo!!! So these little critters survived a flood and a garage cleaning. IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS and the tender things that keep us going!!

[BlueIris]

1. Awwwww.

Glad you're alive. Good luck with the rest of your clean up.

[Kookaburra]

2. Thank you for taking care of "the least of these"

Blessings to you, Sybster. Sending you energy and light.

[Delphinus]

3. Ditto what

Kookaburra said!

Welcome to DU and this little corner of its world. :hi:

[northernlights]

4. thank you for caring for the little ones

and welcome to our own little hideout :hug:

[mysticalchick]

5. What a great little story ...

... I love that you were so careful about putting them back so the mama could find them.

I hope things get better for you each day. Clearing away the muck is hard work.

[get the red out]

6. Wonderful!!

Little wrens have nested in our hanging baskets before, precious little things. Amazing that the innocent little feathered family made it through that terrible flood.

[BanzaiBonnie]

7. That's great

Thank you for writing. This is the sort of thing that can get you through the dark days.

And I hope you and yours are doing okay through the flooding?


My husband and I had some unpleasant news a couple of weeks ago. When I was picking him up from work, two women were walking across the parking lot carrying a BIG basket full of puppies. My husband said, "As long as there are baskets full of puppies in this world we know that life is good and we'll be fine."

[sybster1000]

8. Wren update

I was getting water out of the stream in front of my house to water my plants because we have a water plant flooded here and water is precious. I felt like the 3rd world country ladies who walk to the creek for water!! Anyhow, Momma wren comes out of the garage, sits on the fence and sings away!! That little bird can make a big sound. Babies are fine. I want to take a telephoto picture and post it. Can you post pix here?