March 21: Bird Love

I have finally hit the writer's block. There's a Seinfeld episode about nothing, so I think I could pull it off, but I will try to make sense of something. I have made lists of music, playground equipment, movies, my laughs, crayons, etc. I have written poems, and I have told some stories.

Ah, as I look up in my living room, I notice my new Cardinal picture.

Birds.

I like birds.

A few years ago I decided I would like to collect owls. They were a tad in style then, but now, I mean wow! They are everywhere. I even have a St. Patrick's Day owl on my coffee table as we speak. This like started just a bit, and then, I spread it to my classroom. I had owls, I had birds, and I had cardinals. In addition, I have always admired flamingos at the zoo, and I do love a little penguin as well. Basically, I like them all. I like the real ones pretty well, but cutesy is much better. In fear, I hoped nobody would ever fear birds or owls, as my entire classroom was covered in them. One of my last 2 years, it finally happened, but she coped and made it through.

This year, I took my collection to my office at the junior high, and I took some home. I already started adding them in different locations in my house. We recently redecorated our living room, and I found some I really liked for the living room. I have a Cardinal Corner as well, as I listed before. Finally, thanks to my secret pal at the middle school, I have acquired some adorable new flamingo decor, and I have placed that in my bathroom. It looks fantastic! I think I have a better theme for our newly painted bathroom.

My favorite story about birds comes from my mom. When I was really little, my mom told me about a painting that she had always admired. It had a girl and geese in it with a barn/house. She had described it several times. We were downtown Tahlequah, and we were in a little shop. I looked up, and I saw it. The picture she described was before my eyes. I ran over to tell her, and sure enough, I was right. She bought the painting, and it hung in my house until she moved years later to a smaller apartment. Thinking back now, I wish I had kept that painting, and I didn't. I hadn't realized how much my mom enjoyed birds as well, and so I like having that in common with her.

Last tidbit about birds, if you have never seen The Big Year, the movie, I definitely recommend it. It stars Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and Jack Black. They are each bird watchers and doing a "big year" where they try to spot or hear all these birds and get the most. It is a riot.

I love birds.