Good morning. Remember the feather dusters? I stole eight of them from my friends garden up the road. With his permission I might add. He doesn't like them so he always chops them down. I salvage a few of them and stick them singly in the bushes in my front garden. The birds were loving them, they are ideal for nest building materials.
After most of the feathers had been stripped, the long stalks sank lower and lower into the bushes, because they weren't attached to anything. Oh dear, not much left for the birds to peck at.
Solution. Gather them all together in a bunch, and now they support each other, and don't disappear into the bush. Camera at the ready, and the birds came back for more.
Logic told me that one stalk on it's own was going to disappear, but gather a few together and they can support each other. Lesson learnt, it's all very well being a lone soldier standing up for what is right, but eventually you need a few more likeminded soldiers as a back up to instigate change.
A video from my walk on Wednesday.
Almost the weekend. Ready Steady Go, the 1960's pop programme on the tele on a Friday night, always said the weekend starts here. And it does. Have a good one.
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip. ilona
Great video. I know the birds are so enjoying the ease of your borrowed feather flowers for them to build nice nests from. That was a really nice walk. Looks like lots of posh houses…wonder who could afford them? I doubt anyone living the way we do lol They can have them and enjoy all the space to be heated and cleaned lol. It’s not good for houses to sit that long, even new ones will start to deteriorate quickly.
ReplyDeleteAnyway thanks again mother for taking us along. Yet another raining chilly day here in West Virginia. The few seeds we have planted are just sitting in mud baths at the moment. I think next week is supposed to be better.
Glad you’re feeling better mother!!!! Thanks for always taking us along 😊😊
Hallo Ilona,
ReplyDeletelovely idea! The bird photos are beautiful . I have only a balcony but we always leave some plants out over winter and watch them play. Gudrun