Comments on: For the Birds

By: shrinkrapped

shrinkrapped — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:59:23 +0000

In reply to hbksloss. It's so interesting what kind of pacts couples make. Everyone's is unique. Glad you are enjoying your new digs and environs!

By: hbksloss

hbksloss — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:13:01 +0000

We are so not the birding people either. We love hiking together, although with my ankle, we are just doing lots of walking. And if you saw last week’s post, we are enjoying exploring or own backyard. We used to play tennis, but we both have given that up. By the way, interesting pact on no trash talking each others’ families. We didn’t have that one, although my family adores my husband, so he has nothing to complain about. His mother has been hot and cold with me, so I have said things over the years. When she is nice it is terrific, but when she isn’t, well, I may have said a thing or two…..

By: shrinkrapped

shrinkrapped — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 00:25:53 +0000

In reply to dyannedillon. Post-traumatic Birdwatching Syndrome--a little-known specialty for me to develop in my private practice! Thanks for writing!

By: dyannedillon

dyannedillon — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:33:14 +0000

Aww, I love this! My mom was a member of the Junior Audubon Society when she was young, so I know my native birds, but other than that, yeah, no bird watching. This also reminds me of my late Aunt Carolyn, who drug us all to a small lake a half hour’s drive from their home one Thanksgiving to see the Canada geese that migrated there for the winter. The day was overcast, so when we finally got there, the sky matched the gray water of the lake, and the geese were mere dots in the grayness. She tried to make this an annual pilgrimage (cough cough), until we finally convinced her it was unnecessary as we lived where HUNDREDS of those grass-pullers lived YEAR ‘ROUND, and we were quite okay with staying at the house and eating leftovers.