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Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

0 posted 2001-03-28 04:25 PM

Out in the berry patch displayed,
are silly scarecrows that I made,
with curly wigs and colored clothes
and each one in a different pose.
They are the size of you or me
and sometimes when I chance to see
a glimpse of them, when working near,
I think there is a stranger here!
Some people passing by will say,
"I saw you in your patch today.
Just standing there. What did you do?"
It makes me laugh, but catbirds too
think they are real and won't come near
when ripe, red berries do appear.
Before the scarecrows came to be,
the catbirds flocked from every tree,
to swoop in raids and eat and mew.
They only left me just a few
and so my scarecrow family
came to life most vividly.
I gave them names, they seem so real
and there are many times I feel
that they are more than cloth and hair
and they enjoy their life out there!
At corner posts, they stand on guard,
to keep the catbirds from the yard!

Betty Lou Hebert

kcsgrandma
Senior Member

since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

1 posted 2001-03-28 06:29 PM

They sound like quite a sight. I don't blame you for not wanting to share those berries with the birds. I'm glad you found an effective way to stop them.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

2 posted 2001-03-28 06:36 PM

Hi Marilyn: Thanks for commenting. The scarecrows are fun to have around. I re-dress and re-wig them every year and the neighbors come to see what they are wearing this season. Maybe they're really checking to see how the berry patch is doing! They all come and pick during the season.

Betty Lou Hebert

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2001-03-28 08:17 PM

Oh, I love this Betty. Nothing frightens starlings and robins. I could sit and wave my arms and they would still get my cherries. Love, Joyce

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

4 posted 2001-03-29 12:27 PM

Thanks Joyce. I am about to give up on the strawberry patch, because of the robins. We have tried everything and nothing stops them!
They don't pay attention to scarecrows either.

Betty Lou Hebert

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 posted 2001-03-31 11:35 PM

Nicely done here. I'm honestly thinkin you did great.

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2001-04-01 10:50 PM

Dopey_Dope: Thanks for reading and commenting.

Betty Lou Hebert

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