But have you met the little birds that surround me while I type? Oh maybe you glanced at them when we undertook the office redo, but I thought you might like to see them again.
I realize the little bluebird is blurry, but she really likes to be hidden anyway, in a mass of green and camouflaged by a butterfly finger-painting project a neighborhood girl gave to me.
A trio of gifted birds have alighted high up in the office, two on painted-white brick columns and one on a framed Marjolein Bastin artwork.
My children all love this hand-carved bird with what appears to be Japanese writing carved into the base. He was rescued from Goodwill and set to watch over the nearby birdhouse.
A ceramic pomander bird-occupied cage filled with lavender from the garden.
Another pomander ~ a white ceramic dove.
Love is…a heavy cast iron bird.
One of my favorites is the large bluejay, because the carpenter bought it for me on our last vacation to Tweetsie Railroad.
And very humbly last, but certainly not least, is this little formed-from-clay sweetheart of a bird, sitting in a string-and-glue nest, fashioned by Daniel’s little hands when he was only 6 years old. He has a chipped beak, but to say he’s not my favorite would be a travesty.
Things like collected birds are just tokens of days spent with friends and sweethearts, and of times gone by. It’s the memories these tokens elicit that are the real treasures.
We all only have today. Enjoy…
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We are a bird loving family here also. They are so much fun to watch outside our kitchen window…even in the winter.
What a neat collection you have Lynn!
Grace & Peace to you and your family,
maria
Hi Lynn,
I do love the way you write…it reminds me of Sarah Ban Breathnach…have you read any of her books? I hope you are feeling well.
And the last bird is my favorite, too. Looks like a good project to have my own kids make.
Dear Maria, thank you for your visit! I love your new blog home. Or at least it appears new to me. You know I’m a bit slow to get around the net, though! I hope you are enjoying good days.
Susan, thank you so much. I have read some of her writings and I like them. It’s been awhile, but I read Simple Abundance when it came out. As far as the bird and nest, I want to look up directions for making the nest and make one with Michaela as well. I don’t remember exactly the mixture they used way back then to harden the string!
Lynn
Dear Lynn,
What nice little birds, to keep you company and not fly away! My grandma had a shelf of birds lining two walls of her living room; someday I’ll have to continue the tradition!
Love,
Marqueta
Dear Marqueta, I bet your grandma had quite the collection! Such birds are very kind not to fly off.
Lynn