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2792. alistairconnor - 3/25/2005 1:51:49 PM Ooh very pretty.
I'm hoping we'll skip the spring snow this year. We had more than our share in late winter. But we're not in the clear till mid April. 2793. alistairconnor - 3/25/2005 1:53:29 PM Though given a choice I prefer a spring snow to a heavy frost, which messes up the garden and fruit trees.
I've planted some onions, also some rose bushes. Haven't done any gardening at all for a couple of years. 2794. thoughtful - 3/25/2005 2:03:14 PM This one has possibilities for an xmas card
 2795. thoughtful - 3/25/2005 2:05:02 PM and for some reason, this one, taken through the dining room window came out with this fabulous blue cast.
 2796. thoughtful - 3/25/2005 2:05:58 PM and one darling little snow-enhanced tree
 2797. ronski - 3/25/2005 7:10:20 PM Thoughtful,
Those are great. This is one view from our deck yesterday morning:
 2798. wonkers2 - 3/26/2005 2:41:42 PM Separating the Elite From the Chaff, the Rabble From the Rich and Famous Here. 2799. thoughtful - 3/26/2005 9:54:32 PM Nice shot ronski....love the black & white contrast 2800. Magoseph - 3/27/2005 12:14:32 AM Amusing article, Won! 2801. PelleNilsson - 3/27/2005 9:02:51 AM Spring is here at last although we still have a lot of snow around. The last couple of days we have had sun and 10-15C (50-60F) Yesterday we heard the nice cadences of this fellow, Sweden's favourite bird, for the first time this year.
 2802. thoughtful - 3/27/2005 4:06:44 PM pelle...the picture isn't showing on my machine...
wah! 2803. PelleNilsson - 3/27/2005 8:09:09 PM Sorry about that. It showed on my box but I didn't notice it was nonlinkable. Here he is again (and it is a he, vide the yellow beak):
 2804. Magoseph - 3/27/2005 10:51:43 PM I wonder why I see your first picture and Thoughtful can't see it, Pelle? 2805. wonkers2 - 3/28/2005 12:02:01 AM What's the name of the bird? 2806. Magoseph - 3/28/2005 2:22:07 AM This site has a bird that looks like Pelle's bird 2807. Magoseph - 3/28/2005 2:51:02 AM Another site for a Blackbird 2808. judithathome - 3/28/2005 5:24:42 AM 2806 made me snicker. 2809. The Summer Woman - 3/28/2005 5:37:39 AM Blackbird, sing... 2810. jayackroyd - 3/28/2005 8:00:05 AM My favorite black european bird is the
chough
Saw them in Switzerland some time ago. 2811. Macnas - 3/29/2005 9:01:57 AM I know this should be in the poetry thread, but it is one of my very favourites and, while worthy in its own right, is very topical: The Blackbird Of Derrycairn
Stop, stop and listen for the bough top
Is whistling and the sun is brighter
Than God's own shadow in the cup now
Forget the hour bell. Mournful matins
Will sound as well, Patric, at nightfall.
Faintly through mist of broken water
Fionn heard my melody in Norway,
He found the forest track he brought back
This beak to gild the branch and tell there
Why men must welcome in the daylight.
He loved the breeze that warns the black grouse,
The shout of gillies in the morning
When packs are counted and the swans cloud
Loch Erne, but more than all those voices,
My throat rejoicing from the hawthorn.
In little cells behind a cashel,
Patric, no handbell has a glad sound,
But knowledge is found among the branches.
Listen! The song that shakes my feathers
Will thong the leather of your satchels.
Stop, stop and listen for the bough top
Is whistling . . .
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