WAKE FROM THY NEST, ROBIN RED-BREAST! SING, BIRD IN EVERY FURROW! AND FROM EACH BILL LET MUSIC SHRILL GIVE MY FAIR LOVE GOOD-MORROW! BLACKBIRD AND THRUSH IN EVERY BUSH, STARE, LINNET, AND COCKSPARROW, YOU PRETTY ELVES, AMONG YOURSELVES SING MY FAIR LOVE GOOD-MORROW! thomas heywood "matin song"
Sitting in my back yard the other evening I watched a robin bounce around. It was the perfect evening with the smell of fresh cut grass and the sun shinning low through the bushes creating shadows and quiet safe places for birds to sit. Earlier in the day my husband had trimmed the grape vines and thrown grapes into the yard, the robin found them and was snacking. It was fun to watch. Robins always remind me of home-Michigan being the state bird. Even though I have not been there in years it is still "home" to me the place I grew up the place I am from. No matter where one lives one always has roots and has to be from a place it is what makes you feel grounded. And I am grounded on a dead end dirt road in a little town in Michigan where Robins were frequent and welcome visitors.
Lovely post and lovely Robin... I've never lived anywhere but west-central Florida... and never more than 40 miles from the house I grew up in. My father and brother still live there. I recently have been dreaming about one day, my husband and I moving into it and fixing it up....
ReplyDeletehi lorrie...what a cutie-pie...when i lived up in cambria...by julie...i had a robin that came all the time...since moving down to SLO i haven't seen one
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going to the mountains sounds wonderful. i was just on the phone to my cousin..she lives in nevada city and said it was 108 there...we are much cooler today
and i smiled when i saw that you want to bake scones in your oven....that is so cozy...
sending love,
kary and teddy
xxx
oh gosh, I was born in MI... lived there til I was in the 3rd grade! still seems like home to me and fall makes me wish I was there!! apple pies and fried morels!! not in that order!!!
ReplyDeleteI love summer evenings so much and the smell of fresh cut grass is heavenly. We have been enjoying the summer evenings outdoors, the chickens hanging out looking for evening bugs- it is so lovely.
ReplyDeleteWe lived in Michigan when I was in about 2nd grade. I remember lots of trees, beautiful lakes and mosquitos!
I live 10 miles from where I was born. I lived a long way away for awhile but needed to come back 'North'. Its my home.
ReplyDeleteI love robins, one used to visit my dad in his garden, like the gardener in the secret garden...they are such a comforting little bird...thank you for sharing...H
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