...This entry will explain why I do what I do...in R/T...and V/T.
I REALLY like birds. I am now living with my elderly Mother, and it is good.
She comforts me, and I drive her to the store, and her appointments. She had been setting out a very small pan of birdseed every day...but...you know me.
I drove her to a pet supply place, and I bought the LARGEST hanging bird feeder I saw, and two 5 lb bags of wild bird seed...
it was fun seeing the birds discover the free food...but...
I only had to resupply the feeder every week...and now have to refill the feeder every other day...and buy more 5 lb bags of wild birdseed...the damn birds got the word out that..."HEY, GO TO THAT PLACE...THEY GOTTA A LOT OF THE GOOD STUFF!!
So, at times I will sit in the house, looking out at the bird feeder, sipping coffee or tea. The birds don't have a steady pace...for hours...there won't be any at the feeder. Other times, there are 30 or more, taking turns at the feeder, and eating.
I need to get a book on wild birds...they all look so different...except the dove...she is very beatiful.
There is a wild squirrel that comes by, and will eat the grain that falls on the patio. Once, I looked out the window, and gasped...he was hanging onto the feeder...but...he couldn't get to the grain. The feeder, which I carefully selected, has a metal cage that will fall over the feeding holes, if too much weight is placed.
So, that is what I am doing, now, in my life...feeding the birds...
More than just...'A tuppence a bag'...
But, I have plenty of 'tuppences'...I am grateful...
