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A moment of enjoyment
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A moment of enjoyment |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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Two upon the highest bough remained in enjoyment of each other and the air until one had a thought to leave and forage more in the dirt of mother earth. So off it flew and left the one to wait and hope and pray until it too had a thought to go the other way. One came back and I don’t know whether first or last to leave and I stood back a watcher in deepest empathy. Just a time but how it seemed an eternity before that bough stood empty and lonesome in desertion of what was beautiful. The bough flourishes and dies according to the times in the sure knowledge that the love birds will return and enjoy its offerings be they soft and comfortable or stark and hard to bear. The birds and I have left but I still mourn the passing of an extraordinary and amazing moment of enjoyment! Helen / 16 November 2009 [This message has been edited by Honeybunch (11-16-2009 07:06 AM).] |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Helen, I really like this. It reminded me of watching the Osprey nest this last summer and fall. I am lonely now that they have gone. Alison |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks, Alison. Here's a link to the Grey Lourie commonly now called The Go-away bird which are the ones I was watching. Read, if you can, the "poem" on the left of the page. It's beautiful. They seldom come near a home but just lately they have been ... coming to me - well, at least in close proximity to where I have been sitting. I wish I could understand their language but perhaps they are protecting me from predators. I'd like to think so anyway.  http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/b24.goaway.bird.htm Helen |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Sorry Alison. That didn't come over as intended. I meant "read if you have the time" and not "if you can". A senior moment no doubt. Helen |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Helen, Thank you so much for sharing - the poem is beautiful -- as is the bird. Alison |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
liked it |
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marcel Senior Member
since 2003-03-02
Posts 660az, usa |
beautifully penned! |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I always enjoy your thoughts, Helen. This was worded beautifully. M |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Dear Helen that was a real delight to read, A beautiful picture in words, much enjoyed. Love and a big hug. Lindsay |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks everyone. It's a pity that in life generally there are so many moments of enjoyment that pass without being acknowledged and valued. Helen |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
You are so spot on! For it is the mini spots in life that give us grace for the day and write memories that makes us smile and wile for a lifetime. We had a chicadee camp on a beam of our front porch one winter. He came back the next winter for two nights. I think he must have found his lady love (guessing it was a "he") because he didn't stay, then, just came to remind us how important it is to sing and maybe ruffle a few feathers! I missed him, too, but was happy to know he was not alone any more.  Karen |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks Karen. On the other hand he might have been visiting his old haunts looking for his lost love. That is too sad to contemplate so, like you, I choose to think otherwise. My domestic worker once broke down a birds nest under the eaves thinking she was cleaning and I cried. The next day I found two dead on the lawn. Ignorance sometimes has dire consequences. Helen |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
We have a battle with swallows each spring, keeping them out of the eves, but we don't harm them, just prevent them from building nests there. Since we have a large grassy backyard, the birds have a heyday there. The crows line up like druids on the phone lines, and I often see their hooded profiles through the gray morning mists. They are such a crafty bird, but every now and then a less common bird will put in an appearance, and I enjoy watching them. Last summer I watched a pair of hummingbirds raise their two young ones among the leaves of the holly tree. I can't get over the thimble-sized nests and their awesomely fierce protective natures! |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Hi Karen - reminds me of my brother's attempt to save baby Egyptian Geese. They live opposite a golf course and the geeese regularly crossed the road to get to the water holes. Year after year the babies end up resting in the middle of the road and year after year they don't survive. He was out there re-directing traffic for as long as he could but in the morning they were dead. So sad. Here's a link. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/NDG/BRKEgyptian.html Helen |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Oh, dear Helen, what a wonderful thread! As you can imagine I feel like you and enjoy the bird watching when possible. Just recently, while on the balcony I stopped in mid-movement to not frighten away a young blackbird who was having a feather-cleaning session at two meter's distance. I almost had a cramp, but I so deeply enjoyed him and I whistled softly to him, wanting him to know that I was a friend ... Wonderful sites too. Enjoyed both the poem and pictures of the "go-away" birds and the Egyptian geese! What a noble intervention by your brother! Thank you for this deep enjoyment, dear Helen. Love, Margherita |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
So glad you had such a special moment, Margherita. My brother is a rogue but he does show his true colours every now and again - and I notice them. Thank you for always commenting on my rambles. Love Helen |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Enjoyed all. The poems and the pictures. Thank you. latearrival |
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