For The Birds

Sitting here in the living room when I raise my eyes I see a row of birds (obviously not real ones) on the mantlepiece.  A friend once commented that I have birds all over my house.  It wasn't an intentional theme and I was surprised to realize the truth of her statement.  I do have birds all over my house!  I think the birds slowly snuck into my life while we lived on the farm and have been with me ever since, the flock growing every year.  Birds are just ubiquitous out in nature and I'm very thankful they are.  They add so much to our world.  In honor of the birds past and present in my life and home, here's an old Xanga post from May of 2006...

“Fully lined”

This spring when we started brushing the horse and dogs to get their winter coats off them, the
white fur was flying all over the pasture.  We collected buckets of it.   I predicted to Becca that
every bird’s nest on the farm would be lined with horse or dog hair this year.
The other day I was out mowing the lawn after a storm.  Under a tree I found a tiny nest that 
had blown down in the storm:

This year’s model is fully lined with horse-hair upholstery.  The
chassis is delicately woven out of grass with a bit of orange baling
twine thrown in for accent.