a little birdie told me so: May 2014

Friday, May 9, 2014

iHanna Swap Cards

I've received some of the postcards from iHanna's postcard swap and thought you might like to see them.

From Lena at www.arbovila.blogspot.com

From Christie in Saint Petersburg, FL

From Cathy who lives in Jordan, MN

From Robin who is from Chicago

From Michelle of www.thankyouitstrue.com Seattle, WA

From Jan who lives somewhere in the USA

Thanks everyone!!

Saturday, May 3, 2014

I had a great time tearing paper and making these cards....so much fun that I kept making them after I'd done enough for the swap. I think I'm going to tack the extras up to the wall in my cubicle to remind me to go home and make something each night.

...."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.'

Friday, May 9, 2014

iHanna Swap Cards

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Postcard Swap-Part Two