BIRD BRAIN
Right about now my devoted
followers you’re probably feeling like we here at VFH Central. It’s bitterly
cold and snowing and there’s a pandemic and there’s no football on the TV. We
can’t go anywhere because of the icy roads and the weather and the virus, and I
can’t eat any more of Janet’s pastries and bread, but please don't stop baking Janet! I'll purge I'll rally...don't worry.
I am getting very tired of shopping online buying things I don't really need, and I am loathe to look at old vacation pictures or plan for unattainable destinations! .
Janet's Almond Galette |
Bored! BOREDOOMED! Doomed!
Listening to Jeff Sarge’s
Reggae Schoolroom on FMU 91.1, originally from Upsala College, East Orange, NJ, on Sunday mornings via my “Alexa” helps. I have
been listening to the program on and off for decades, depending on the available
reception, but with this device it’s my weekly indulgence.
Quickly though as I
listen to the music that beats to my heart’s rhythm and daydream of warm climes,
my view out the kitchen window reminds me how inaccessible and faraway
everything is for this crippled globe gnome. There’s no travel and no social
activities, no dining, no interaction with friends or family except through
emails or facetime calls.
BORED! BOREDOOMED! But
not doomed.
ORTHINOLOGY IS US
Janet introduced me to
bird feeders at my old house and we have a feeder and a suet pack just outside
our kitchen window here in the middle-class garret we now call home.
As the birds have
gotten used to our faces ogling back at them through the kitchen window, we
have been rewarded with a myriad of birds to view up close and personal. Goldfinches,
Purple Finches, Bluebirds, Chickadees, several varieties of woodpeckers and sparrows among
others I don’t really want to labor to discover their type, alight on our perch
to feed!
That is until the Tree Rats (squirrels) come
munching! I thought they hibernated in the winter…the bastards. Maybe I can find
a squirrel zapper while online shopping...
Here's a sample of our view!
Hang in there we'll all get through this sooner or later.
Love Janet and greg
©2021 by greg dunaj
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