a little birdie told me so: February 2014

Friday, February 14, 2014

Valentine Day Baby

Everhett Tiger was born today. 5 lbs 2 oz. 18 inches long. Two weeks early. He looks like his brother and sister. He is my #13. Now I can say I have a true baker's dozen....I better clarify...13 grandchildren, not children. I only have 4 of those.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Quick Before It Melts!

This is what my yard looks like this morning. Temps are supposed to go up into the 40s today so look quick!

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Where Is Your Place?

I find mine in the making of art, a darkened theater, under the stars, inside the pages of a good book, upon hearing the giggles of small children.

...."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.'