tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post8037896245994417927..comments2024-03-12T14:02:09.820-04:00Comments on Riverdaze…: A REDBIRD SNOWGrizz…………http://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-34753275668525789312013-03-31T18:47:20.351-04:002013-03-31T18:47:20.351-04:00Arija
Thank you. It looks a lot different here to...Arija<br /><br />Thank you. It looks a lot different here today…no snow, mid-50s˚F, sunshine, and stuff starting to bloom. Really springlike. Love it! Mom would have, too.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-51397341801453327262013-03-31T02:48:57.004-04:002013-03-31T02:48:57.004-04:00Your pictures and words of your mother are heartwr...Your pictures and words of your mother are heartwrenchingly beautiful Grizz.Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-75158139482981080552013-03-30T22:57:09.263-04:002013-03-30T22:57:09.263-04:00Robin…
I have no doubt your grandmother might, in...Robin…<br /><br />I have no doubt your grandmother might, indeed, have planted a love of birds which simply lay dormant for a while. Kids are like fine prairie earth…fully capable of tucking such tiny seeds away, deep in their dark, rich earth, holding it close and safe, waiting, waiting, until one day when something mysterious, profound, and vastly beyond our scientific understanding calls…at which point that still-living thing within the seed pushes up, finds its way into light, begins to blossom. <br /><br />Think of it this way—sometimes we have to grow into a legacy, mature enough to appreciate and earn our heritage. We're exposed to way more wisdom, and way more wonder in our lives than we ever realize. <br /><br />Cardinals are the first birds I hear singing most mornings. They think nothing of cutting loose way before sunrise—loud and cheery, for all the world to hear and enjoy. Healing music. Singing redbirds speak of joy and love and hope—they announce that spring is here, the best of all seasons, and that life is a gift worth living.<br /><br />Happy Easter! <br /><br />Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-67629190116498688412013-03-30T21:37:15.219-04:002013-03-30T21:37:15.219-04:00I love the sixth photo. It's just so plain, p...I love the sixth photo. It's just so plain, pure and yet vibrant.<br /><br />I've often wondered where my new found love of birds comes from... it having shown up so late in life. Maybe it was from my grandmother who adored Cardinals and watched them from her kitchen window as they devoured the food she put into their feeder.<br /><br />This morning I had to be at work at 6 a.m. It was still dark as I trudged to the car and a Cardinal was singing his heart out in the dark. I mean, he might as well have had a boom box.<br /><br />I opened my sunroof and as I drove through the close, urban streets.... at every stop sign I heard yet another Cardinal and one Robin.<br /><br />For me, Spring comes close to healing the heart. Thank you for sharing yours.<br /><br />~RRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089977665165118563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-48225049309778757872013-03-30T09:39:29.345-04:002013-03-30T09:39:29.345-04:00Jennifer…
Yes, I share Mom's delight in seein...Jennifer…<br /><br />Yes, I share Mom's delight in seeing cardinals against the snow…or pretty much anywhere, anytime, for that matter. An ol' redbird adding his bright-scarlet daub can improve almost every scene. Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-52850831598973906912013-03-30T08:56:17.537-04:002013-03-30T08:56:17.537-04:00I'm with your mom! We have few around here. Th...I'm with your mom! We have few around here. Thanks for sharing your photos!Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-16179673040245954372013-03-27T10:44:11.959-04:002013-03-27T10:44:11.959-04:00Debbie…
Thank you for thinking of me re. snow…it ...Debbie…<br /><br />Thank you for thinking of me re. snow…it was beautiful while it lasted. Which is now pretty much over except for some bits and patches—nothing to amount to much. The ground is mostly brown except for green grass. Not the verdant, vernal green of new growth I'll see in a couple of weeks, but the duller, darker green of holdover grass which has just enjoyed as snow bath. <br /><br />You're right, too, on the how lovely the birds always loop against a snowy backdrop. I guess because this most colorless of all "colors" allows their plumage, even the most subtle hues, to be almost intensely revealed.<br /><br />Happy and glorious Easter to you and yours. HE IS RISEN, INDEED! Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-37279776630934540342013-03-27T09:21:42.489-04:002013-03-27T09:21:42.489-04:00It was so beautiful here,I could not help but send...It was so beautiful here,I could not help but send it your way. It won't last too long but it was awfully nice coming down. Best one we had all winter, and we need the moisture! Good job of photos. Notice how nicely our birds are showcased with a backdrop of white! Hope your enjoy your Easter...HE HAS RISEN! :D<br />DebbieDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612935931627314524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-65577709604928184812013-03-26T10:16:25.302-04:002013-03-26T10:16:25.302-04:00George…
I wholeheartedly concur! There's some...George…<br /><br />I wholeheartedly concur! There's something about a redbird all puffed up and tucked into a snow-covered bush that just looks perfect…wintry, cheery, maybe even a little homespun. An old-fashioned scene that's almost a cliche, yet never fails to delight. Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-54853669641098311932013-03-26T10:00:09.036-04:002013-03-26T10:00:09.036-04:00Gail…
Thank you. I, too, love the snowy river, th...Gail…<br /><br />Thank you. I, too, love the snowy river, though I'd have loved it more the week before Christmas…Easter seems a bit late. Sooner or later, however, spring in fact rather than mere technicality will arrive! Patience, patience, patience…Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-73526844099497269192013-03-25T21:47:46.378-04:002013-03-25T21:47:46.378-04:00Truly magnificent photos, Grizz. If there is anyt...Truly magnificent photos, Grizz. If there is anything lovelier than majestic cardinals on snow-covered tree limbs, I don't know what it is. If you're looking for perfect design in nature, this would have to be it!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-12650012704344926562013-03-25T17:49:40.975-04:002013-03-25T17:49:40.975-04:00Hi Grizz - great pictures. Duh, what else is new, ...Hi Grizz - great pictures. Duh, what else is new, right? I love the snow on the river. Love it. And the birds, so brave and beautiful against that back drop of Winter's holding on. Here too as we brace for WIntry mix, soon to fade in to sunny days ahead and temps in the 50's & sunny for the Easter weekend. Hallelujah'<br />Love to you<br />Gail<br />peace...<br />so good to have you stop by my place, thanks.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337675996256691215noreply@blogger.com