I did some research last night, and figured out that our new friends are not actually sparrows, but house finches. This is what they look like (from Wikipedia):
Also, we ended up with five little eggies. I probably won’t be able to resist blogging about them growing up, so, i apologize to anyone who’s bored already.
In other news: I’m selling my car. Nathan’s workplace has kicked us out of their parking garage, so it’s time for me to get rid of my vehicle since i don’t really use it anymore anyway. If my boss moves me to an office i might have a problem on my hands, but for now this is my best option.
I’ve been having a good time celebrating Michael Jackson’s life by listening to his hits and watching the videos. I didn’t fully realize how much i like and remember his work until now. Figures, eh? I remember scaring my friends at slumber parties by telling them that Michael Jackson was outside the window, coming to get us. One of them contacted me about it yesterday, which made me laugh. 
Nobody can deny that he got pretty weird and a little frightening-looking over the decades, but i’ve always generally liked him and i’m grateful for what he gave to the world.
Jamie is in town right now, and Nina will be here later this week! Yippee!
Update: There are now three eggs in the nest! And the lettuce is drooping from the heat, with one leaf laying right across poor Beatrice’s back.
We’ve named the little sparrows Beatrice and Feather Butt. Well, Nathan pretty much named them. Yesterday morning we saw Beatrice starting to pay more attention than normal to the nest, so we went out and took a look. Sure enough, two little eggs had appeared!
So now she’s spending these ninety-plus-degree days sitting on her little eggies, poor thing. She looks hot today. 
I had to take this shot from pretty far away indoors yesterday, since she flies away if we get too close. Feather Butt used to sit up on the fire station watching over her, but he seems content that everything is going alright now and doesn’t seem to be around most of the time. Slowly but surely, i think they’re getting used to the fact that they’ve built their abode very close to ours.
Two little sparrows decided to build their home in our garden box yesterday! I just can’t evict them, i think it’s so cute how they’re using our lettuce as a roof and everything. I even gave them some hair from my hairbrush and they used it in the nest!
That’s my pathetic little parsley plant next to it, by the way. I don’t actually have a green thumb, it’s all just a front.
This is the first real fruit from our little window box garden, although we’ve already taken a few leaves from the lettuce and basil plants for various meals. We’re pretty proud—we call the plants our babies.
Cherry tomatoes, romaine lettuce, thyme, parsley, oregano and basil.
Nathan built the window box and i chose the paint color. We planted the babies together and water them on days that nature doesn’t do so for us. We don’t have a proper watering can, so we use our cups instead.
I noticed today that our basil plant is blossoming. So pretty.