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1 May: Ten Things of Thankful

In no particular order:
  1. The Joe Bonamassa concert in Brighton on Sunday. It was a brilliant night!
  2. Three pigeons in the birdbath at the same time, trying to push each other out of the way. What an argy-bargy. What a proper laugh.
  3. Spring flowers and floral arrangements
  4. My crow. My robin. Neither of whom are mine, and never will be.
  5. Sunshine, line-dried bedlinen (and board-stiff underwear).
  6. Adam Hurst’s music for writing. I can’t think with two internal voices in my head at once—mental dissonance, that’s what it is.
  7. That it wasn’t me driving 10mph over the speed limit in my car.
  8. For the few remaining local shops that accept cash.
  9. Silly jokes. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field!
  10. Myths and the hero’s journey.

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10 responses to “1 May: Ten Things of Thankful”

  1. Spira avatar
    Spira

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      He’s just amazing. Same keyboard player, I think. Yes, it is!

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  2. pvcann avatar
    pvcann

    Good old Joe, love his work.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      He is pure magic—it was a fabulous evening.

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  3. messymimi's meanderings avatar
    messymimi’s meanderings

    The pigeons sound most entertaining and there’s a crow which greets me every time I go down to clean my parent’s house. It’s not mine, but it flies over and we talk as I unpack the car.

    Line dried clothes are the best, even if they are stiff sometimes.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      There was a magpie on the fence yesterday, and it sounded just like it was laughing. Telling me jokes, no doubt. But crows? They’re amazing!

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  4. clark avatar
    clark

    Spring here as well. Have never achieved anything more than a rudimentary knowledge of birds and such.

    (As with your grat, they do not hold themselves out as models of how to live life (unlike dogs, lol). We have on certain years had wild turkeys pass through… equally the kind of selfishness exhibited by your birds, i.e. “I want what you have above all”. Fighting over one particular bit of food when there is a pile of the stuff two feet away, in plain sight.

    we are free of Winter’s grip. a very good thing

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Wild turkeys! How amazing.

      The hedgerows are at their spring best right now—blackthorn and hawthorn blooming, a mix of white and pink blossoms with that radioactive green leaves. It’s so lovely!

      Wishing you a good week.

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    Kristi

    I had a bird on my list today, too–one who definitely could have been the posterchild for the term “bird brained.” Poor thing keeps trying to fly inside via the window, when he has a perfectly good birdhouse outside.

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      Misky

      Poor little bird—they don’t see glass panes as solid, and if they see their own reflection, they’ll think it’s a rival bird in their territory and try to scare it away. The other thing that can happen: if you have a houseplant near the window, they’ll think it’s outside, and they’ll fly in that direction.

      Hope you have a good week, Kristi!

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