All archived posts (moved from the lefora forum) in this blog are from redbird, unless otherwise noted.

Well I have been invited by Deb to post my little stories and sorta blog here on her site.  I have written little things for a long time hoping to make my fellow masto friends giggle or smile or down right laugh out loud.

I live in Oklahoma and I write about little things I see on our "little farm" or the birds or just what ever the wondering mind is seeing for the day. I will be on soon and I hope that you will enjoy.

redbird

(Archived post from original forum - author DeborahW)

LOL! Oh my goodness, redbird, your kitty is hilarious! I would love to see a picture of your sentry guard! She sounds like quite the character. Haa. Too cute.

Shhhhhh



I am “sitting in my bird watching chair” and watching the birds …my son who is sometimes grumpy nearly always is up early and fills the feeders, water bowls and brings in my paper. ..so I have to give him good marks regardless…and he does take care of me thru sometimes nasty masto attacks.




Now I love watching my birds…they all have their own personalities..however my most favorite is watching my crows.  




Now the crows have been with us for some time…last year I got to watch a nest they build in our front pine trees and got to see the process until they were big and flew away.




Now crows are very smart!! I call my group “the mafia”….another thing is they are hugh.  You would not believe how large they are …first I thought they were ravens compared to the ordinary crow they are large.








Now my crows are hooked up to the satellite system…as soon as they see something new for them to eat...here they come shouting and making it known that this is their spot. They come in a group of 5 to 7…one will stay in the tree or power line as the lookout while the others eat and then down he comes and another one goes up...they like cracked corn but sometimes I cook them macaroni…yup they like it...no cheese please and I use to bake cornbread for all of the birds until the Jiffy boxes became over my budget








I have seen several times that they and Foote have had a show down…I watched wondering how it would end but Foote pretends that she does not see them.  They ignore her as they know they can whip up on her fast.




Well that is my wondering around thoughts for the day.




Much love




redbird

(Archived post from original forum - riverwn2 author)
Redbird,
I would love to come sit on the porch with you, have a steaming cup of coffee and a big piece of that hot jiffy bread and watch those birds and Foote have their games in the morning.  I feel happy just imagining  it. I think you and I would get along quite well and laugh at the same things  I bet 5$ that you have names for some of those birds and you could even tell me who was the God Father of the group LOL.

Lisa, those are some of my favorite birds. I had a boyfriend long ago who had a Conure that would sing to me and give me kisses. He was so smart.  I used to raise Cockatiels, years ago and they kept me amused for hours watching them and teaching them words. One of my favorites would sit on the edge of my plate at dinner time and eat very politely with me.

One of my favorite authors was Eugenia Price. She wrote alot about southern women, and the historical south. She loved to watch woodpeckers and called them "Lord God Birds."

RedBird... do you ever listen to the birds and imagine what they are saying? Sometimes I think I can hear what words they sing, if I listen carefully. SeaGulls.. are very canterous birds. It doesnt matter what you ask them, they always answer Uh Uh..

There are small whitish colored barn Owls here in the woods of north Florida. In Spring they have their yearly courtship competition and the males are hilarious. They sound like monkeys in the trees. They start out slowly "Hoo-Hoo" and gradually get higher in pitch, louder in volume and faster, competing for the female until it sounds like a jungle cacaphony --and they suddenly stop, all worn out.. in 5 minutes it starts again LOL...

In the south we have a joke that country people play on city people. The country boy will tell the city boy, "Im gonna take you snipe hunting." He takes the unaware person to the woods, gives him a stick and says, "Be very quiet or you wont see them." He leaves the person in the woods and goes home to enjoy a cup of coffee and see how long it takes for that person to realize theyve been taken. The angrier that person is, the longer they waited in the woods, the more everyone laughs til they cry.

One of my favorite birds is the Blackbird, cause when Winter is over, you will hear them start to sing before the sun comes up. Its like a gentle alarm clock, very beautiful.

My people are Cherokee and one of the most honored birds among all is the Whipporwill. It was considered the messenger of the Creator and there is a very beautiful love poem about it. John Conley wrote a book based on it and it is one of my favorites, called, "Mountain Windsong: A Novel of the Trail of Tears". If you ever get the chance, read it, its a haunting love story.

Thats it as far as my knowledge of birds LOL.. Redbird Please post more stories...I adore the quirky way you look at life around you and I look forward to your stories so much!!
with great gratitude,
Ramona

Ramona..you never have to wonder what the birds are saying..sometimes they hold up signs
redbird

just a thought


Well tomorrow is the big day..so MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY MASTO FREE NEW YEAR to each of you..


I am sure that everyone is scurrying around the kitchen doing those last minute things and being sure that all those special dishes are being made… all the favorites.


At our house we have two dishes that must be on the table or you are in deep trouble. Now they are not anything big or special like Julia Childs or Bobby Flay cooks or even Paula Dean with all that butter but she does make a slam dunk baked peach cobbler…


Our 2 dishes are quiet simple…devil eggs and fruit salad.  Fruit salad at our house is always in danger as each child has to test taste it and the next sentence is …you better not eat any of this it will make you sick…or if you turn you back someone will hide it.


Devil eggs present a little problem.  Will the eggs peel good or bad. Now I have read dozens of ways to be sure that the little peeling job is good…start at the little end…start at the big end…peel under cold water and the list goes on.  Now for all of you I have the perfect solution and I use it each time..sharing this hint with you…boil eggs until you think they are done…put pan in sink and run cold water..start peeling the egg and PRAY…yup it will work..first thing my children on arrival…was this a good egg peeling day or bad.


Now I did not forget the birds.  I had some left over biscuits I threw out to them and suddenly the crows had up a sign saying….where is the strawberry jelly??


Love to all


redbird

My thought for the day...



The other day I was thinking...you know that phrase "Where am I"  well I thought about that and I think we need to say  "I am where"...

I am where the days have turned cold and the leaves have fallen
I am where the death of my husband is more in my thoughts that before
I am where there is aloneness
I am where there is pain and uncertain doctors visits.
I am where my bird watching brings me smiles
I am where my neighbors have their Christmas lights up and I enjoy them.
I am where prayers mean so very much to me
I am where I am glad that masto folks know ...the place that I am in

Where are you??
redbird

(Archived post from original forum - riverwn2)

I think Foote has a pet--you, lol.. but then it sounds like a delightful arrangment and one full of love and surprises