The First Spoonful of Peanut Butter From the Jar

i saw a couple of bright red cardinals standing on branches, and i wondered what they thought about the new landscape. Though i didn't see any snowy owls, i heard a few of their raspy hoots echoing from far off tree tops. I'd been coming to this little patch of wilderness for ages, and even was allowed to collect sap from the maples in the spring. Sometimes i saw deer or wild pheasantsor on a few rare occasionsa pilated woodpecker with its bright red crest of feathers in the branches. Every time i'd seen one, it had taken my breath away.