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Joyce Johnson
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0 posted 2006-06-01 02:38 PM




(This is the latest chapter of my ongoing battle with swallows.)

A Tale of Determination

The swallows have come back and I
Thought this time surely I could try
To keep their nests from my front door.

I tin-foiled all around it and
Used my straw broom to reprimand
And thought they would come back no more.

For just a bit more of insurance
I hung an owl up with assurance
It's fierceness would give tham a scare.

I was as proud as I could be.
They hadn't got the best of me.
That owl had kept them out of there.

But theni I saw them flying by
With nesting stuff and wondered why.
Had they built somewhere else instead?

Just then I glanced up at my owl.
His face was set in fiercer scowl.
They'd placed their nest upon his head.

By Joyce 06/01/06

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (06-01-2006 03:59 PM).]

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Lighthousebob
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1 posted 2006-06-01 03:13 PM


Joyce,

Funny and so True. Many of my neighbors have those owls also and I do think that the sparrows or in our case pigeons get used to them after the owls don't move for awhile... Maybe... but I'm not for certain.  Anyway, I could certainly picture what you wrote in your poem happening.  God bless.

-Bob

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2 posted 2006-06-05 12:25 PM


Dear Joyce:  I had to laugh.......although I know it's not so funny.......as we battle a pair of swallows every year who like the inside of our carport. Right above one of the cars, so I guess you know what happens!

Love
Betty Lou

Joyce Johnson
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3 posted 2006-06-05 12:10 PM


Yes they are a real problem but are usually more determined and smarter than I.  I am leaving Wednesday for a Convention and won't be back until Saturday, so they will probably completely take over with my absence.  Love, Joyce
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4 posted 2006-06-05 05:25 PM


poor swallows!...   nice read dear Joyce

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost



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