a little birdie told me so: Feeling Quiet

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Feeling Quiet

I'm not feeling very verbal this week. I don't have anything to share. I just don't have anything to say.

It's a mystery.

10 comments:

Betsy BrockAugust 12, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Not to worry....that picture will keep us talking and laughing for quite a while! :)
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tincanlilyAugust 12, 2008 at 9:18 PM
The original, I am having a bad hair day! A mystery indeed!
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MuseSwingsAugust 12, 2008 at 11:34 PM
This is purposeful bad hair. Who did it to her and why is the only mystery here!
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Tess KincaidAugust 13, 2008 at 7:11 AM
That is priceless! The look on her face says it all...you didn't even need a caption. I have been pretty blank myself this week and was glad to have been inspired by you! :)
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Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiAugust 13, 2008 at 10:37 AM
And here I thought that I took that old picture off me off the web .... I guess I didn't look in all the places it was imbeded...lol
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DorothyAugust 13, 2008 at 11:48 AM
enough said....love the picture...that's not really how you feel....is it? :)
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Nana Trish is Living the DreamAugust 13, 2008 at 6:23 PM
I think I understand how you feel. I am so behind on my projects and getting back from vacation I am exhausted. I think it would sound good just to sit and stare at a blank wall about now. My brain needs to rest!
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Latin Lupe LuAugust 13, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Great picture. BTW - love your new heading...you are a great artist...have I told you that?
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BethAugust 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM
The hairbow is twice the size of her head. What were they thinking?!

Hilarious.
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ArtPropelledAugust 14, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Ag shame hey! ....as they say in South Africa.
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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.'