Comments on: Birds, Bees and Blogging

By: janice

janice — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:00:58 +0000

@Davina,
Glad to see you here! One of my greatest frustrations in blogging is that I visit blogs where I ‘meet’ like-minded people in the comments boxes, get to know them gradually but because of time restrictions have to fight the urge to visit everyone’s blogs. Then of course, when I do, I not only like the blog, but meet all sorts of other people I know there and wish I’d done it sooner! I really enjoyed your piece about birds; I got a surprise when I realised how often I write about them and it made me feel less like a bird obsessive when I realised how many other folk are mesmerised by them, too.

I grew up with birds. My dad was a prize budgerigar breeder and I got to handle the chicks. One of my earliest memories is of burying my bare arms right up to the elbow in the big barrel of bird seed which flowed like silky, grains of gold. I can still smell it to this day.

By: Davina

Davina — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:54:09 +0000

Hi Janice.
I’m so glad that Lori sent you over to my blog and we “met”. These pictures melt my heart. I absolutely adore birds. The most frustrating part about this adoration is that I long to hold them in my hands and pet their tiny head. But they’re too afraid to ever let that happen.

Davina´s last blog post..Heads Up — Beware of Crows!

By: janice

janice — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:37:13 +0000

@Lori,
I nipped over and read your bird story. Are blackbirds mental or what!? Or maybe they’re just good at guessing whch daft folk will adopt them and keep them safe… I loved Davina’s chalking on the pavement!

@Chania Girl,
Glad you’re blogging and commenting again and getting back into the swing of things. When will you be back on Crete so you can get back into the routines you loved and create some new ones?

@Liara,(I’ve just spotted that I’d put @Lori here and have just changed it; I’m so, so sorry. My eye must have done a blip. The following was definitely addressed to you in response to your comment.)
I’m inspired by most things and happy to be led by synchronicity, but nature really does drive its lessons home; most of my longer pieces are a bit obsessed with what we can learn from nature in our back yards and from loving the daily details of our lives.