a little birdie told me so

Saturday, April 23, 2011

He Lives!

6 comments:

CharApril 23, 2011 at 8:58 PM
i hope you have a beautiful and blessed easter
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DaveApril 24, 2011 at 3:42 AM
A nice picture for the season Steph. Hope you are having a good Easter - Dave
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Lisa at GreenbowApril 24, 2011 at 4:52 AM
Amen. Happy Easter to you.
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soulbrushApril 24, 2011 at 7:01 AM
Happy Easter to you and all your loved ones.
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CrickitApril 24, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Happy Easter!! He is RISEN!
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Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiApril 27, 2011 at 9:50 PM
Beautiful photo! I hope you nad your family had a very joyful Easter!
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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.'