Birds @ MindSay

carried by the night wind. (I love those lyrics)

So onto to more pictures.


The shadow behind me tears off, in that time I escape.
Without noticing even the fallen flowers, I jump.


At the street corner a sweet smell drifts
From far beyond.


As if it was a cry I heard before somewhere.


Riding on faint hopes carried by the night wind,
How far can we go?


As if refusing that the world shakes
Taking everything away.


If it was a dream we woke, but we
Have done nothing yet.


As if detached from my midday lethargy, I float.
As if overlooking the clouds forming, I fly.


Flowing viscously, deeply the red.
Moon appears; a rejected shade.



I want to break out of these stagnant days.



Looking innocent, as if they will never end.

Wow, it seems like less people are commenting on everyone's pages. It just seems odd.


Well, I have some pictures to share. More from the batch I've been working on posting.


These birds will show up only one time for a full week in a year to gobble up the elderberries for preparation to migrate. They are so beautiful.


It seems I was spotted!






My chamomile sprouting out among my irises.


My hydrangea finally flowered this year!




This is a decorative milkweed. I adore the vibrant orange of the flowers.


This is called Kitten's Tail. It's been called many other names too.


This one knew something was up but didn't spot me right away. I was taking these bird photos right above them from my second story bedroom window.

Kitsune no Tora

 

Drinking: Coke

Eating: Candy

Listening to: the radio

Thinking about: 100 themes challenge

 

Kitsune no Tora is feeling: depressed, apathetic, restless, bored, glad to have time to myself

 

My grandmother is out on vacation up north, and my aunt has an art show in the thumb this weekend. Since my grandma isn't coming home until tomorrow afternoon, my aunt asked me to watch her birds for the night and feed them in the morning. They need their cage cleaned every day and their food bowls washed and refilled every morning, so it's not like she could leave them, so here I am.

 

I like her birds. I don't remember what kind they are, though. Cockatiels? Maybe? I dunno. XD Their names are Bella and Chloe - Bella is all white and Chloe is yellow, gray, and she has those red cheeks. Bella's a little snot, though - she acts all tough and snaps at you when you go to pet her, but it's only because she's trying to get you to do it. XD She only nibbles when she gets you, though, so it doesn't hurt. I have the radio on right now, and they're both trying to not fall asleep so they can listen. XD

 

I'm quite bored, all things considered. It's much better than that time I had to spend 4 days here - back then she didn't have a working internet connection and a shitty computer. I like her new one, but I'm not used to the keyboard. It's hard to type on it - I'm waaaay too used to my laptop. XD; I keep on failing at spelling things; I'll either miss a few letters or completely have my hands off center and end up typing a bunch of gibberish. XD;;;

 

So in my boredom I've been singing to the radio (terribly, I might add) and surfing the net. I brought my ocarina so I could start learning how to play it, but I don't know if I want to do that right now. I don't want to turn the radio off. XD;

 

I could write, as my laptop is on the floor right next to me, but I have no ideas currently. I don't feel like working on Duplicity. Most of my other little plot bunnies died, although I do know what I was planning on doing. I just don't have the urge to write them right now. They'll all probably end up as part of my 100 themes challenge at this rate.

 

Yup, I'm going to go ahead and do a 100 themes. Kaifu decided that she wanted to do one, so she said we should do it as a sort-of joint project: she'll do it for the original Rune Factory, and I'll do it for Rune Factory 2. We're going to help each other with them if we have any difficulties and send them to each other to read before we post them. I have one finished, but I don't have any more ideas as of right now. I'll have to pick a few themes to mull over in my head and see if I come up with anything. Or I'll just have to sit and try to think of ideas in general then see if it fits any of the themes, like I did for the one I finished last night. That will probably be easier for me. XD; ALTHOUGH, if they all end up as long as the one I've done already (over 1,600 words, it's only supposed to be a drabble XD), it might take me a loooooong time to get to 100. XDDD; But it'll be fun.

 

My mood just took a HUGE downturn about an hour ago, I don't know why. O.o I just feel kinda apathetic but restless - I don't want to do ANYTHING, but when I don't, I get really bored and restless. DX

 

Probably has a bit to deal with the fact that I've been about a hair's width close to SMACKING THE SHIT out of my mother the past few days, and now that I'm finally away the sour mood I've been in but trying to hide so I don't go beserk at her is coming full force.

 

I also had quite the headache to deal with this afternoon: I went out to get my dinner, but when I got back I was LOCKED OUT. The front door is a touchy bitch and doesn't like to unlock. I could put the key in (with some difficulty, but it went in), but I couldn't turn it AT ALL. After struggling with it for a few minutes (I had to drop my food and purse on the bench so I could use two hands) I tried to take my key out, and it wouldn't let go. D: So I had to spend some MORE time trying to get the damn thing out. Since I couldn't get in, I had to go ALL THE WAY HOME to use the phone (I need a cell phone so badly, but I don't have the money D:) and call my dad so he could let me in. He's better at opening that door than me. He told me to try the back door, that one opens easier. Well DUH, why didn't I think about that?! DX So I had to drive ALL THE WAY BACK and tried the back door. I got in, luckily, but I was SOOO PISSED. I was scream singing in the car to let my frustration out, I dunno if I scared anyone. XD;; But now my throat is a little sore....

 

Emily just posted on the forum. O.o I thought she said she wasn't going to have anything to do with anything that had to do with Dixie, yet she just posted on the Health Watch thread. Whaddya know. I know she talked to Dixie a few days ago, but Dixie didn't really want to talk to her... I wonder what she's thinking. ^^;

 

...That's all I can think to talk about, so... goodnight, digital abyss

And my balcony is NOT your flophouse!!!!!!!

 

My warrior has emerged!!!!

 

I have been away for most of the winter in Arizona and when my friend told me that she had called the manager into my suite to take a look at the pigeon droppings, I thought...oh well...I am used to taking a little shit...but enough is enough..

 

I live very near the ocean....I love birds...seagulls, crows, even pretty pigeons until they mess with my flowers.

 

I came home to find a balcony full of pigeon shit and I accepted it...I got out my shopvac and I cleaned it up...and then I planted little planters...on my balcony, overlooking the Pacific and the Mountains...

 

I never even gave the bird shit another thought until now...

Oh I forgot to tell you.....that when the manager came into my apartment, they found a nest...a pigeon nest and discarded it...so ....I am now finished with one kind of shit and facing another...

 

This morning, I found my lovely planter, fully planted with perennials, geranium, bicopa, fuschia, ivy......................................................dismantled!

 

There is barely any remnant left of my perennial that was thriving in the centre of the planter...

 

These birds have been shooooooooooooooooooooooooooooed away this morning 7 times and still they come back....I tried to spray them with soapy water...(wouldn't hurt God's creature, only torment them)

 

but to no avail.....

 

so.....I figured that they want my planting material...They keep showing up with twigs in their beaks...looking for more...

 

I am thinking...Come here you varmint, I'll give you more....

so I put out some twigs and errected my water spray bottle where my perennial used to thrive...

 

Now I have to go out...

If I lose any more plants to these shit disturbers....I am camping out tonight....with my ...............................not sure yet..

 

Wish me luck.

So today was incredibly fantastic! It was in the 60s and sunny with a nice breeze from the lake! Everyone was outside to soak in the sun and finally let go of winter's grip.

 

I also went peenting this evening. To those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about imagine a stout little bird with a long beak called the American Woodcock (yes, that's his real name lol). Anyways the male in spring goes out into the fields and performs to attract a mate. He has a quirky call that sounds like peent! He does a little dance on the ground as he peents away. The exciting part of this is after he has peented for a while he flies up into the evening air and twirls back to the ground (aka sky dance). As he does this a really awesome twittering sound is made by the beats of his wings.

 

To do peenting properly you must go in the evening just when it begins to get dark. You listen to the little guy peent for awhile and once he's silent and you hear his wings whirring you run as fast as possible towards him. Before he finishes his sky dance you have to drop to the ground so he doesn't notice any odd movements or bumps in the ground. You keep repeating this until you get as close as possible or you frighten him away.

 

It's alot of fun to do with a small group of people. We found a tricky one tonight but I am determined to get closer tomorrow night. Wish me luck! Peent!

 

 

 

P.S. If you want to read some cool stuff about the woodcock sky dance I recommend A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (very good stuff!)