a little birdie told me so: 'Owl'phabet Soup

Monday, May 19, 2008

'Owl'phabet Soup

6 comments:

tincanlilyMay 19, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Okay, owls are all around me. I hope they are good luck. Both my daughters and my niece love owls. Is there a story behind your owls? Is that an original drawing? Boy, am I full of questions tonight!
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steviewrenMay 19, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Denise, I drew it using letters of the alphabet. It was a graphic design assignment back when I was in school.
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tincanlilyMay 20, 2008 at 7:31 AM
I really like your owl. I don't know why, but I can see a bunch of little owls scattered about...You are very creative.
denise
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LaviniaMay 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Very cleverly done. The artist in you comes through in everything you turn your hand to.
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Betsy BrockMay 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM
So fun and creative!
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RachelMay 20, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Mom I love this it is so creative and cute!
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I'm glad you stopped by and I look forward to your comments. As Dr. Fraser Crane would say, "Hello, I'm listening."

...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'