I just can't get enough of birds, real or otherwise... Now that winter has passed and the windows are open, we're being treated to a variety of bird songs...
I also love using birds to "pretty up" the cottage a bit. They're such a cheerful presence.
"If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come."
Chinese Proverb
I stopped at a garden center yesterday to buy hanging fuchsias for the deck; they didn't have their fuchsias yet, but I spotted these little ceramic birds for under $2 apiece.
They have beautiful spring green bodies and gorgeous blue tailfeathers...
"I want to sing like the birds sing,
not worrying about who hears or what they think."
Rumi
They whispered to me that they'd love to come home to live in our little cottage...
I whispered back that I thought that was an excellent idea.
They've made their home in my aloe vera plant, where they'll remind me year round of how lovely the bird songs of spring are...
"Spring would not be spring without bird songs." Francis M. Chapman
Wishing you all beautiful spring days filled with bird songs...
Donna