living by the water

i got up a little while ago and wandered into the kitchen to put my tea water on to boil. shuffling to the windows to adjust the top down-bottom up shades for the day, i noticed a woman out walking her little pomeranian. the woman had stopped and was earnestly looking off toward the trees above the harbor. i followed her gaze and noticed a large number of great blue herons flocking to two of the cedars. since they were only about four houses away, i could see them fairly well, but went into the library to retrieve the binoculars. a couple more herons landed and a few flew away, but at one count there were eleven perched in the tops of the two trees. if i'd been able to see the other sides, the number would have been higher. it was neat.