Cold and Catching

 I've been trying to keep a head cold at bay for a couple of days now, mostly successfully.  You know that fuzzy kind of feeling you get?  That;  wanting to stay settled in on the couch underneath comfy covers.  Hard to breathe, sneezy, blowing my nose to the point of drawing blood, ears stopped up--- you know the drill.

Tap still needs to be walked, of course, and on one of our outings yesterday, look what we came across:

How that feather came to rest perfectly shaft-down, I don't know.  But it sure was easy to spot and collect.