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During a recent thunderstorm, some flying debris hit the side of our house, damaging the vent that allows heat to escape from the dryer hose.  The damage was minor, basically just bending part of the vent so that it did not close like it normally should.  It would be an easy repair, buying a new vent and replacing it, the only reason this home repair scored higher than a rating of “easy”,  is that our dryer is on the 2nd story of the house, thus requiring a very tall ladder to access that part of the house outside to replace the vent.

We had plans to repair the vent during the weekend, as we were traveling and away off and on for a couple of weeks. Upon returning home, we pulled the hose off of the dryer to make the repair and discovered that a bluebird had built a nest inside the dryer vent hose and laid four beautiful blue eggs.

While we were away, the vent had opened enough for the bluebird to come in and lay the eggs, but with more storms passing through, the vent had closed again to the point where the mother bird was not able to come back in for a couple of days to sit on her eggs.  The chances are slim at this point that the eggs will hatch, but we carefully removed them from the hose and placed them intact with their nest in a garden container and moved them into our walk up attic, which is very warm and identical to the temperature of the dryer vent hose where the mother had chosen to lay the eggs.  We’ll continue to watch the eggs and see if they will hatch, which would be a minor miracle at this point.

A visit from a bluebird laying eggs in your home does not go un-noticed in this house and I had to go research the shaman meanings of bluebirds and the reason for their visit, which include:

• A good omen, considered to bring happiness, contentment and joy
• The bluebird visits a human and reports back to the gods, similar to the phrase, “a little bird told me”.
• Prosperity, good luck and the bluebird is the only bird considered not to have a dark side.
• Symbol of changes and passages, bluebirds indicate that those who previously attempted to block our progress, will now find themselves blocked and hindered
• Bluebirds are the magical color of the East and enhance the throat chakra and creative artistic impression

There’s also the number 4 in the equation here, with four brilliant blue eggs in the nest. Four symbolizes creating balance in all aspects of life. It is calm, enduring and friendly. It represents the four directions, north, south, east and west, the four winds and the four seasons and represents the fourth dimension, in which time is an illusion.  It also stands for the four guardian angels and the four corners of the temple.

We have been blessed four times by the bluebird of happiness and we offer thanks to the Great Spirit and Mother Nature for this divine gift.

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