The light is from the west and everything is intensified. Raking, it creates more form and yet it dramatizes and blares out some of the subtleties of color. The Purple Finch isn’t purple at all but he is a year-round resident and always a visual eye-opener. His mate is equally impressive though Eileen Fisher subtle and together they are effecting for their difference. Note the beauty of his eye. We live among marvels.