Forum: Vue


Subject: A small piece of good news

tesign opened this issue on Mar 30, 2001 ยท 41 posts


Daffy34 posted Sun, 01 April 2001 at 5:07 AM

Oh Bill, I'm sorry! Sure they come with textures! Didn't mean to confuse ya. I guess I should have said that I was meaning to make some of my OWN textures for it that best suited the passerine species of my area. We don't have any tanagers around here, just mostly song and house sparrows, wrens, juncos and birds like that. Speaking of birds, it's almost time for the 1 week during the entire year for my treat out my front window in my apple tree. A couple years ago when I first moved into this house, I had the windows open on a warm day in early spring. I have a large bay window that looks right out to an ornamental apple tree. It was just starting to bud...no leaves yet, just flowers. I heard a bird call that I NEVER heard before, not here or in any other part of Pennsylvania that I've ever lived in. When I looked out the window there were about 7 Cedar Waxwings all sitting on the same branch in a row passing apple blossoms from one to the other down the row! It was the first time in my life that I had ever seen a Cedar Waxwing. They only stick around for about 1 week (just passing thru I guess) and it's always very early in the morning, around 6:30 am just after it gets light. I don't mean to get soft and mushy, but it's the little special moments like this that make life special for me. The hubby thinks I'm nuts going crazy over a bird, but to me it feels an honor to be able to intrude on such a special and fleeting moment. And I'm an absolute bird nut! I guess I SHOULD say that the hubby WAS impressed that I knew they were cedar waxwings even tho I'd never seen one before, but I read ALOT of books ;). Those waxwings have come back every year like clockwork, sit in my apple tree and are gone in a week. I look forward to it every spring. Am I looney? Well, enough outta me! ;) Laurie