I've been feeling annoyed recently, by the ridiculously early morning chirping of the birds. Sure, the early ones get the worms (who wants to eat those slimey things?!), but do they have to get up at 4:30? And when they do, can't they be quieter? I mean, if they have their beaks full of ground-up worms, you'd think that would muffle the sound.
But a few minutes ago, my kids came in saying, "Mommy! We just saw the baby birds in our garage! Their fuzzy little heads poked out, and they were so cute!" To catch you up, birds make a nest year after year in the vent near our garage roof. They can only access it from the outside, so whenever I write, I see purple finches flitter in and out.
THEY LAID EGGS AND THE EGGS HATCHED! I'M AN AUNT! Awww, let the little buggers chirp at 4:30 - they're hungry!
Sometimes all we need to do is change our perspective.
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About Me
- claudia
- I'm a Sotheby's west side realtor by day, an actress-turned children's-book-writer by night, loving to spend time in other people's shoes. I'm also a Regional Advisor Emerita for The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), stepped down from the Los Angeles chapter after 11 years.
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3 comments:
Congrats, Auntie!
We used to get nesting birds above the kitchen window. Haven't heard them there in awhile. My mom gets swallows that come back every year.
Love it, Auntie C! The swallows that are nest-building under our deck dive bomb me every time I'm out there watering the flowers. Yesterday they brought in reinforcements so six swallows were dive-bombing me. Gordon suggests I wear a helmet to garden, so I suggested he wear one to grill . . . ???? :-)
We have dive-bombing birds in the village. One store went so far as to put up a tent-cover for their little old lady clients. Ken suggested we all wear mylar hats. Maybe there's a market for that...
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