Let's Talk About Cardinals And Thrill Seekers!

 (Bird in a Cage Shoulder Bag by Antiquebasketlady)

      My blog conversation about cardinals and thrill seekers doesn't have anything to do with that beautiful bag in the header photo. :-) I just saw a bird on it, and saw that pretty color, and just had to share it! ^_^ ...

      Of course, the fact that I was thinking about my backyard cardinals this morning, and when I scrolled Etsy's activity feed, there was something with a bird on it, might've had 'something' to do with it! ^_^

      This morning there are no cardinals at the suet feeder though. I think the snow...Yep! About 6-8 inches of it!!...might've turned them away. O_O They're probably huddled up in some make-shift bird Hotel somewhere, cooing sweet nothings in each other's ears! LOL
      I guess the other little birds aren't that particular about where they spend snow storms. :-) There are quite a few little ones, all colors and shapes, going back and forth to the feeder right now...I think hunger may have been their real motivation! :-)) Yeah....hunger tops snow storms every time!!

       But yesterday?!...There were birds all here together. Including chickadees and male and female cardinals!...

      I couldn't believe it when I looked out the window!!!...
 

      There they all were, taking turns pecking away! :-) ... And then the chickadees left...and the cardinals stop pecking...and just sat and 'hung out' with me for a while! :-) ...
 

      The female cardinal just sat on the feeder facing left...
 

      While the male cardinal sat in the tree close behind her, facing right! :-) ...

      And I just sat in the room staring at them with my mouth hanging open, and my eyes trying to tear up...facing out! :-) It was a special and beautiful moment for me...

      What can I say...I'm easy to please. Just give me a window and some birds to look at, or some background noise of tennis balls being whacked back and forth across a net, or some pretty music to listen to, or a husband that plays an air guitar in his socks and long Johns, and I'm good!! LOL
      Just because there's tons of white stuff on the ground doesn't mean you have to be a 'thrill seeker'! ^_^ Who needs to be barreling down some tall mountain slope on some long skis that have been waxed within an inch of their life, or bundled up in nine layers of clothing and be dragged around the yard on a sled, or be racing through the woods on a skidoo, dodging trees and hilly mounds?!....NOT ME!!!! ^_^
      Give me a cup of hot green tea, some hot breakfast consisting of leftover pork and gravy over some grits, a female cardinal that just returned to the feeder...RIGHT NOW! :-) ... and a pair of black mittens that have just sold in my shop, and need to be wrapped to ship! :-) Yep! Happiness is!
      The only bad part of this whole scenario is that we just got a call that, because of the weather, our meeting for today has been cancelled. :-( ... Oh well, I still have cardinals, other birds, a singing hubby, and lots of white stuff!! ^_^ I'll just have to make do!...Have a good rest of the weekend, Everybody! ♥

All My Plans Unfurled

With all my plans unfurled today,
and nothing urgent pressing me,
I might crochet another scarf
or have a steeping cup of tea.

I might watch an old movie,
or take a nap, just for a minute.
Or I might take out a book to read,
or jot a few nice words down in it.

When you don't have any children,
and no job to do from home.
You can stay in your pajamas,
and have hair you don't have to comb.

Yes, with all my plans unfurled,
there could be lots that I could do.
It's always true...I could be busy,
but kinda nice I don't 'have to'!

It's Thursday!...Abstract Photos Of Birds Day!! :-]

      Hello 'White Stuff' lovers! :-) If you had been here when I opened the bedroom blinds this morning, I'm sure you would have shrieked with joy! :-] We got some of the 'white stuff' overnight. Not much!...but enough to bring a smile and a little awed sigh from 'white stuff' lovers everywhere, I'm sure. ^_^
       I have to admit...I did a little shriek of joy myself! ^_^ But not because of the blinding 'white stuff'! It was because of the vision of my suet feeder swinging and moving around with a....BIRD!...on it! :-) ...
 

      And before you yell at me for trying to pull off the above photos as actual photos of birds...Ha! Ha!...let me add a disclaimer here!...I didn't take the photos!!! ^_^ Oh No! I'm not taking credit for these!!! LOL
      These 'abstract photos'...as he calls them...were the product of an excited, not quite fully awake, no eyeglass wearing, husband!...who shall remain nameless. But I think you know who I mean!! :-))
      I have been complaining for days about the fact that we haven't gotten NOT ONE bird to the feeder since we hung it!!...and then this morning!... O_O ...it's as if someone hung a BIRDS, THIS WAY, Birdie 'Holiday Inn', sign on the suet!!! ... Every bird in the eastern seaboard is here!!!! O_O I'm not kidding!!!...If you can look through the abstraction of the photos below, you'll see what I mean!....***as more birds are dancing and flitting and flying outside the window right now as I'm typing this!!*** :-)
 

      And yes!...that 'IS' a cardinal!!! :-) ...
 

      Actually there were THREE cardinals!!!...They all showed up together!!!!! :-) Two males, and one female!...Shocking!!!!...

      Because I know it's so 'abstract' that you can't really tell...I'll tell you!...the above 'abstract photo' of a bird...is a female cardinal! :-) The males were dropping food down to the ground and she was gong up and down picking it up from there!! :-) ... My type of girl!! LOL...
 

       Other birds waited, and took turns coming, in between the cardinal's arrivals and departures. :-) ... This led to an epiphany for my husband as to why people use the expression 'pecking order' Ha! Ha!...He said it without realizing it..."WOW! It's as if they have a pecking order." O_O ...And then he got that look on his face that people get when they've reached a definite moment of clarity...Then he said: "Ohhhhhhh! That's where that expression comes from...Pecking Order!!!!!!!" ^_^
      For about the next 15 minutes, he was at one with the birds out the window. ^_^ I knew there would be no reason for me to try to talk to him about what our schedules are today, or breakfast, or the fact that he needed to put some clothes on, or nothing!! LOL...Anyway, birds have seen men standing in windows with pajama bottoms and shirtless before, right?! ^_^ ..

     It made me wonder who was more fascinated with whom...when the cardinal started checking out our window!! LOL...
 

      Oh Well, onward to Thursday, People!! ^_^ And have a good one!! :-)

All My Plans Unfurled

With all my plans unfurled today,
and nothing urgent pressing me,
I might crochet another scarf
or have a steeping cup of tea.

I might watch an old movie,
or take a nap, just for a minute.
Or I might take out a book to read,
or jot a few nice words down in it.

When you don't have any children,
and no job to do from home.
You can stay in your pajamas,
and have hair you don't have to comb.

Yes, with all my plans unfurled,
there could be lots that I could do.
It's always true...I could be busy,
but kinda nice I don't 'have to'!

Spring Is About To Fall Backwards Around Here!

 (Winter Cardinal on a Berry Tree - ACEO Original Watercolor Painting by annalee377)

       I cannot believe that 9 a.m. caught and passed me again!! Grrrr! I was determined to start today off right. You know, early in the day, early in the week. But nooooooo! Once again here it is almost 10 a.m. and my blog still isn't up yet!!

       But guess who is up?!...Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal. That's who! ^_^ They've been frolicking in the backyard all morning!...Well, they better enjoy it! Things are about to change! O_O We're due to get snow....lots of snow!...starting tonight! It could be as much as six inches!! :-( After finally being able to see the actual lawn in the backyard for a few days too!

 (Eye Contact In Snow - ACEO Original Watercolor Painting by annalee377)

      The cardinals are gonna be huddled up...and we are too!! ^_^

(Winter Pine Tree with Fresh Snow Photo by SmithsDesigns)

      Oh Well...so Spring hasn't totally SPRUNG yet! LOL In fact, you could almost say that Spring is doing a nose-dive into the pool of backwardness!! ^_^ But I'm not gonna be 'mad at it'! In fact, I'm hoping it turns out to be a good thing...for 'ME'! :-]

      "What do you mean?" you ask!...Well, my allergies are ridiculous right now!! I'm sneezing, wheezing, and dripping! My sinuses are taking turns being clear...and then stuffed....the left one...and then the right one...ALL DAY LONG!! UGH! The only time I get some relief is when I'm sleeping with the C-Pap machine on! I think the forced pressure of the air is keeping my sinuses clear...Too bad I can't have it on 24/7!! ^_^

     If I did that though, my throat would be even more sore than it is now...with the constant post nasal drip....{Isn't this a fun conversation we're having? ^_^ Oh, Joy!!}...because I'd have to be screaming at everybody, just to be heard! LOL As it is right now, I kiss hubby goodnight, put my mask on, and say: "Can I have a little more cover?!...."What?" he says. I repeat it umpteen thousand times!!

       He finally says: "okay", and turns over to go to sleep...without me getting any more cover! LOL In the morning he says: "I just got tired of asking you 'What?' and decided I'd find out in the morning." ^_^ ... So here's hoping the big snow brings the "BIG" allergy relief!!

      Between now and the end of the snow storm I'll be doing some more crocheting! I'm trying to keep my fingers limber enough to do all of the boutonniere making I need to do. (I placed a big order yesterday and I need to replace some boutonnieres.)...I'm also gonna put a couple more brooch pins in the shop for the ladies! :-] I don't wanna leave my girls out! :-)

      There's some other family stuff going on too. If I can figure out how to discuss it without being an old bitter angry crab...I'll tell you about it tomorrow...maybe. If I can't figure out how to do that...you'll never hear about it! LOL I try so hard to keep it positive, but sometimes......sometimes!!!!!! Grrrrr! Thankfully hubby lightens the mood for me...or distracts me...so I can deal with it most of the time.

      Until tomorrow! ^_^ Have a good day, Y'all! Not one of 'them' days!! :-)

You Ever Have A Day?

You ever have a day when everything you do goes wrong?
When every hour in the day seems very very long?

You ever have a day when everything you say that's right....
gets misconstrued and turned around and people wanna fight?!

You ever have a day that if you think of it again...
just makes your body quiver and you want the thought to end?

You ever wanna fix things, but you couldn't find a way...
even though you'd said that 'Things will be different today!'?

Well, that was me, and I am thankful that was yesterday!