A small selection of posts I have enjoyed in the last few days. I hope you will head over to read in full.. thanks Sally.
Carol Taylor had a packed Saturday Snippets this week with some very interesting and weird and wonderful features.. for example do you know what a kangaroo word is? In common language but they hold a secret…some music from McCartney and Stevie Wonder, methane producing seaweed, a plant that can be eaten and used to scrub your back and an interesting piece on homelessness. head over to enjoy.
Welcome to Saturday Snippets where I indulge my whimsy and my passions… maybe a tune or two…something which has caught my eye this last week…just anything…I am still waiting for my Easter Egg moulds…shipped yesterday so they said…
There are many people with many different thoughts on homelessness…Homelessness is a huge problem in the world…I say ” There but for the grace of God go I “…These sleep pods are one such good idea…
Head over to enjoy the rest of the post: Saturday Snippets with Carol Taylor
The next post will warm your heart and features the sweetest creatures ever, captured in the lens of Cindy Knoke who has wildlife photography down to a fine art..
Sea Koalas
Wild California Sea Otters,
Head over to enjoy all the amazing images: Sea Koalas with Cindy Knoke
The final post today is from author Alethea Kehas with a dilemma that millions of stay at home mums face as their children begin the process of leaving the nest. What comes next for me? A thought provoking post.
Image by Chris Chow from Pixabay
I had been dreaming about being at school. That is not unusual for me. Last night I was back at Bowdoin College, but it really wasn’t anything like the Bowdoin I attended nearly 25 yrs ago. Instead, it felt foreign and strange. I was enrolled in four classes, yet hardly even attended the lectures. I couldn’t seem to remember where my classrooms were, let alone the room number of my dorm room. The dream was filled with angst, reflecting the, well, let’s just call it a semi-existential crisis I’ve been battling these days: What the heck am I doing here and where the heck am I going with my life?
Yep, I know that sounds extreme and dramatic. And, quite frankly it’s something I circle back to from time-to-time. I’m now at the stage of life when my kids are nearly ready to head off to college. As they get ready to embark upon life outside of their childhood home, I can’t help but think about what that means for me.
Head over to read the rest of the post and to leave your thoughts for Alethea: I wake to a cardinal singing at my window after a semi-existential crisis dream #cardinal #parenting #midlife
Thanks for dropping in today and I hope you will head over to read the posts in full.. thanks Sally.
Wow! I am loving these Cardinal birds. They are only in Canada, as i remember right. They are always looking the grumpy. I am sure there is a similarity too the real ones in Rome. Lol Michael
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Very beautiful and regal looking.. wish we had them in our backyard..still I am very fond of my sparrows..hugsx
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I am missing the sparrows, this year. But the bluetits had arrived, and making a unbelievable noise. :-)) xx
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They are very noisy but lovely little birds… little flashes of colour..hugsx
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Whom to say, Sally! I tried to feed em oats, but they’d denied. 😉 xx
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Then they are probably not that hungry… they can be picky.. because none of the stores are selling seed at the moment as non-essential.. I have been cooking them brown rice which is good for them and they get some sultanas in that… they pick those out first..xx
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Last year at this time i remember my mother has given them pieces of cake, with oat. Maybe they are remembering this full service, not on only fed by some ingredients. Lol xx
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Lol who does not like some cake… I expect they are waiting to be bestowed more…hugsx
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I love them too, Sally! 😉 Therefore i am a little bit in a difficult situation. Lol xx
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Little and often.. lovely..x
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Hi Michael, we have cardinals here in New England year round. There are a pair who seem to nest by our home, so they are present often.
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Hi, Aletha! Sounds great, and only in Germany we havent them not. Perhaps some kind of feed envy of the human cardinals. lol
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Lol Have a beautiful week, Aletha!
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And you as well, Michael 🙂
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:-)) Thank you, Alethea!
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That must be wonderful Alethea..xx
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It is indeed ❤️
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We have cardinals here in Vermont and they delight us all winter long. I just loved seeing their beautiful red bodies against the snowy back drop. They have quite a few different calls as well.
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Hello from NH 🙂 I love our cardinal neighbors as well. Such lovely birds.
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Hello! They are truly beautiful!
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Fabulous looking birds and we don’t have brightly coloured ones here we have the little blue tits and a robin or two but it would be lovely to have more flamboyant varieties..xx
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The cardinals and the blue jays steal the show around here with their coats of red and blue respectively.
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Sounds amazing..hugsx
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Our bluebirds were rarely sighted here for a while but seem to be coming back. Baltimore orioles are pretty striking too!
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I checked them out on Google.. stunning..xx
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Great blogs, Sally. Thanks
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Thank you John..hugsx
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Thank you for sharing my post, Sally ❤
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Pleasure ♥
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Wonderful shares Sal. I’m sure Alethea isn’t alone in her quandry as an empty nester, love Carol’s whimsy and Cindy’s photos show that the otter’s certainly are living the life lol ❤
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Thanks Debby… those otters are so cute..♥
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Cindy’s photography skills always awe me..she catches such fabulous shots and Alethea makes up the trio.. an empty nester I am still not…sigh…lol…I am honoured to be on the same page as these two talented ladies…Thank you, Sally
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You should not be such a great grandma Carol.. I can imagine Lily in particular will love being with you always… doubt you will ever be an empty nester…xxxhugsx
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Its looking that way but I suppose it must happen one day…but would I like the peace and quiet at the moment… a big yes…Hugs xx
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I’ve got a few years to go before I’m an empty nester. My son has two and a half years left of high school, my daughter a year and a half. Then there’s college, wherever that will be for them…but they don’t need my presence at home as much these days.
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2 1/2 years will go quickly…Alethea before you know it you will be an empty nester 🙂 x
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Thank you for sharing, Sally. I’ll have to circle back around when I can go read each blog. I’m curious about that Kangaroo word. 🙂
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Great Jan.. and I had not heard the expression before but made absolute sense..hugsx
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