Spring is for the Birds

Recently I have noticed numerous blog posts about birds building nests near the house. On porches, decks, garages, lampposts and so on.

For instance :
Golden Days Ginnie had this to say about her most recent bird nest find on her front porch:

"a bunch of leaves seemed to have blown together on top of a 3-tier wrought iron piece where I usually put fresh flowers in season.Imagine my surprise when I tried to move it and a startled little Carolina Wren flew out. She had been protecting her eggs and I quickly realized it was her nest."


This made me recall one of the most unusual spots birds have chosen near my home for their nest.

Once some years back my husband had left one of his golf caps on a baker's rack in the open garage. A bird built a nest in it and that tickled us. And hubby lost his golf hat for the duration.

Then another time prior to that I had gotten one of those KiaPet things as a joke gift for hubby. It was of a bald head with seed on top. I watered the KiaPet and the {hair) seed came in green and plentiful.We left it outside on the same rack. After the grass dried out another enterprising bird kept picking the dry grass from the Kia head to use for a nest.

And believe it or not we kept seeing a little bird flying in and out of a small hole in our gas grill on the patio. Yes. It was building a nest in the grill. And of course we couldn't grill until the wee ones hatched. Then we cleaned out the nest and covered the hole. We did not want grilled bird eggs for dinner.:(

Do you remember any unusual or fun places birds have nested near your home?

moirologist

This week's theme for the email "Word A Day" is, "There's a word for it".

I never thought about "hired mourners" but yes,
they do exist, and there is a word for it:





"A.Word.A.Day
moirologist
PRONUNCIATION:(moy-ROL-uh-jist)
MEANING:noun: A hired mourner.

NOTES:There are some things in life money can't buy, for everything else, there's Mastercard. With the right credit card you could even hire mourners for your funeral or find the right sentiment. While researching this word, I came across websites that offer "eulogy packs". One such site lists a "Mother's Eulogy pack" that includes "9 speeches, 3 poems, 3 free bonus". Only $25.95 -- have your credit card ready. Fathers go cheaper: $19.97.

. Professional mourners are not a new thing either -- there's a long tradition going back to ancient Greece and beyond. As late as 1908 a New York Times article reported on a professional mourners' strike in Paris."
------

What do you think? Sounds like an easy job and there would NOT be age discrimination so even I might qualify at age 79. And then I could attend the reception afterwards and enjoy the company and the food?

Or perhaps "wedding crasher" might be a more upbeat hobby? Just drop by the country club or hotel and find a wedding reception in progress and blend in for the food, wine, dancing and mingle either as "distant relative of bride or groom"

Life is dull around here ;)

FAST FORWARD

FAST FORWARD

I am all the ages I have ever been:


The little girl
with the buster brown haircut
who
adored her big brother.
He came
in the house
whistling and calling her
pet nicknames.


I am the teacher's pet
in grammar school
who loved poems
and
stories
and daydreamed
about movie stars
whose films
she saw
at the Palace Theater.
in Athens,Georgia
.
I am the
sister who
waited
for three brothers
to come home
from the war.


I am the distraught
young girl
whose pet dog
was run over
and killed
when he followed her
to town on
an ordinary Saturday.


I am the young woman who
went to work
at age
seventeen
at Southern Bell.
in Atlanta,
starting as an
operator
and progressing
to service representative
in four years.


I am the 21 year old
who met
the love of her life
on September 13
and married
him
on November 22,1951


I am the young mother
of a daughter born
in 1956
another daughter
in 1964
and
a son
in 1965.


I am the mom who
drove carpools
baked cookies
attended school plays
helped with
homework


I am the wife
who traveled
with her
successful businessman
husband
all over
the world

I am the daughter
who cared
for her own
mother
as she aged
and died
at ninety one

.
I am the grandmother
of six
who are
the light of her life


I am the 79 year old
woman
who loves
her husband
of fifty seven years
and wonders
how
in the
heck
did
she
get
so

OLD

and how
did
the
time
go.
whizzing by
So

DARN FAST

I am all the ages I have ever been.

The Free Spirit

Brownies for breakfast,
Her mom told her to eat brownies
for breakfast.

WOW

What a neat
mom.
Most practical moms would say:

"Of course not!!!


You certainly may NOT
eat
Brownies
for
BREAKFAST.
eggs,
cereal,
toast,
oatmeal,
orange juice,
but NOT
BROWNIES!"

But her mom said
eat brownies
for breakfast
cause you may be
too full
later in
the day
for dessert

(chancy)