D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Flights of Fancy
Tue Jul 05 2011

The polite phrase for what is happening to me would be, ‘concerted effort’.

The slightly scarier description might be ‘obsession’.

The naked truth?

I’m on a bird jag.

I’m jonesing for watercolor birdie icons.

Lucky for me, watercolors are cheap eh?

(Lucky for you, that you aren’t doing art therapy in an asylum by now)

Well, there’s that too...


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There’s always one that stands out as a favorite, even though it may not be as polished or graceful than the others. I can’t explain it. Here it is:

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Birds in a row:

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I’m not done yet. I see a bird migration in my future…. the flock is not yet complete.

***

The dogs and I are holed up in the house trying to escape the blast furnace outside.

I planted four more tomato plants yesterday after the sun had gone down. I wanted some tomato insurance. In this heat, blossom drop is becoming epidemic. I’m very cranky about it too.
I decided I would just keep planting tomatoes until October or something, hoping to get a crop one way or the other.

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That’s the spirit!

4 Comments
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jul 05 2011
    It's a bloomin' aviary!
    Love them all.
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jul 05 2011
    I see one heck of a lot of green tomato pickles and fried green tomatoes coming your way.
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jul 05 2011
    Tomato insurance! What a great idea! I should plant another one. One of mine died after that torrential downpour we had a couple of weeks ago. It was the one planted in a five-gallon bucket and when it rained so hard it filled the bucket and even though we drained it I guess it got root rot. :-(
  • From:
    DancingStar (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jul 05 2011
    Loving the birds, there is just something so charming about their simplicity. I would love to see a nursery or even perhaps a library/reading room decked out with your little flock. I actually wish there was a range of quilting fabrics with those little birdies as I can just imagine how good that would look! Just a thought but they would also make wonderful get well/sypathy cards.