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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere 
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Leaves fall in bits Weather comes in little fits Here the Redbird sits LGR©11/4/15 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
A redbird is the reason I never became a hunter. One Christmas Santa brought me a Red Ryder BB Gun. I loaded up with BB's and went outside in the snow. A redbird was picking through the snow for something to eat. I steadied my BB Gun on a tree and took a shot. Hit the bird and I walked close to it, blood was seeping from its head and it was still trembling. I stood there until the trembling stopped. I never shot another bird or anything else for the rest of my life. I only shot bandits in my make believe wars on crime. Good lesson learned I would say. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Wow! guess that brought back a memory. Sorry it took you there but I'm glad the poem touched you. ~L |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
You always have a keen sense for what's happening around you and express it well in your poetry Miss Lori. There are a wide variety of birds that come around and my mixed bag of food keeps them coming back along with many others. The Hummingbirds have ventured further south, but there were many this past summer. The wasps and hornets enjoyed their liquid feeders as much as the hummers! You know JerryPat, last year I went out and bought myself a 'Red Ryder' just because I could, if you catch my drift. Every year my wife and I like to watch 'Christmas Story' with much of the movie hovering around a young boy and his burning desire to own a 'Red Ryder' himself. He imagines all the heroic deeds he would perform if he only could have one. 88's friends  She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yep, Ticklefingers, I do know about those heroic deeds. I single-handily won World War II. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
TF Thank you for the undeserved compliment. I'm just making this stuff up ya know... If I had a sense of my surroundings I'd be writing about my recliner and TV and dinner cookin' on the stove. (Well, except for that rigor mortis stuff, that was true enuff.)  ~L |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Lori,it was sweet.I also enjoy the birds but I don't feed them, only three dishes with water.I like the ground feeder because the feed brings about the rats from surrounding ponds. I like your little surprises. I tend to get too wordy. happy days ahead to you,JO |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Thanks Jo, Happy days back atcha lady! ~L |
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