tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post5813324993419235845..comments2023-11-13T02:00:52.653+11:00Comments on life's free treats: Piecesmeggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-52715118083964480732007-09-13T21:08:00.000+10:002007-09-13T21:08:00.000+10:00oh, the koels....they need to call at 4am, otherwi...oh, the koels....<BR/><BR/>they need to call at 4am, otherwise,<BR/>they wouldn't get heard above the noise of the day.<BR/><BR/>I guess it works best at dawn<BR/>otherwise<BR/>they wouldn't do it.<BR/><BR/>I just thought of that bright idea and had to tell you.<BR/><BR/>:-)fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-22377026448147258612007-09-13T20:07:00.000+10:002007-09-13T20:07:00.000+10:00Oh Meggie, you do make me laugh. I love the verse...Oh Meggie, you do make me laugh. I love the verse about the Tartan!<BR/>I agree that birds can be very annoying in the early hours. We have a rookery nearby and at certain times of the year it is unbearable. Always puts me in mind of the film, Steel Magnolias.<BR/>LOL<BR/>JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-78321618039475438812007-09-13T11:19:00.000+10:002007-09-13T11:19:00.000+10:00I think my husnabd could greatly benefit from wear...I think my husnabd could greatly benefit from wearing a kilt.<BR/><BR/>Yellow roses are my favourite too, my wedding bouquet was a bunch of yellow roses.craftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396831672463509735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-40205943918488525412007-09-13T10:20:00.000+10:002007-09-13T10:20:00.000+10:00Lovely saying :) and funny ditty ;)btw I'd choose ...Lovely saying :) and funny ditty ;)<BR/><BR/>btw I'd choose the rest too!caramaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424093087905485630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-35930983772066327112007-09-13T09:18:00.000+10:002007-09-13T09:18:00.000+10:00Hi All,I think Fifi & Fatty are correct, & that bi...Hi All,<BR/>I think Fifi & Fatty are correct, & that bird is the Koel, waking us all, in the wee hours, with it's ghastly call. I say why does it need to come here? Couldnt it stay at home, whereever that might be.<BR/>We also have screeching Mynah birds, that are reaching plague proportions here. They have taken over all the native birds habitats, hereabouts, & we dont see any Lorikeets, Rosellas, or Little Blue Wrens, like we used to. Just horrible Mynahs.<BR/>Oh & I found the CD. I swear the others had returned it, when I went back to re search places I had already searched -twice!meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-15290288174042557912007-09-13T08:32:00.000+10:002007-09-13T08:32:00.000+10:00Ohhh that bird! It is the horror of my life when t...Ohhh that bird! It is the horror of my life when the weather gets warmer. I heard ours for the first time yesterday, it sends shivers down my spine. 4am indeed. Bloody mongrel thing it is.<BR/><BR/>Please send your neighbour here if he has success ridding you of yours.Aunty Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433383999833031264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-55805625149904308752007-09-13T06:52:00.000+10:002007-09-13T06:52:00.000+10:00Meggie you are a joy! You really leave me wonderin...Meggie you are a joy! You really leave me wondering what types of birds those are at your home. Crave fish? Yuck. I guess us landlocked American's wouldn't choose that as a craving. I loved the poem. LOL. You have a great day!Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886142731400770148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-53180604917320530302007-09-13T01:36:00.000+10:002007-09-13T01:36:00.000+10:00Meggie you are so naughty - I love the Kilts ditty...Meggie you are so naughty - I love the Kilts ditty :o))))))))))Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-4035547524967435072007-09-12T22:54:00.000+10:002007-09-12T22:54:00.000+10:00AND I'm still not over that burning-armpit-hairs c...AND I'm still not over that burning-armpit-hairs comment. Oh, the horror.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-40661810546829413802007-09-12T21:22:00.000+10:002007-09-12T21:22:00.000+10:00Loved this entire post, but especially the quote a...Loved this entire post, but especially the quote and the poem (har har haaaaaar!)<BR/><BR/>My birdnerd husband says (like fifi)that the annoying black bird bird is a koel. They are guaranteed to drive an insomniac crazy (and I remember trying to sleep before an exam and truly wanting to kill one of those birds)<BR/><BR/>Hope you get a better sleep tonight!Jellyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344630172173199819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-8401496983939985862007-09-12T20:29:00.000+10:002007-09-12T20:29:00.000+10:00Great limerick. I love owls too.Great limerick. I love owls too.Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-65387878571502901682007-09-12T19:58:00.001+10:002007-09-12T19:58:00.001+10:00wonderful, wonderful in all seasons!wonderful, wonderful in all seasons!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-8367130267910308582007-09-12T19:58:00.000+10:002007-09-12T19:58:00.000+10:00That view looks like it would be woderful in all w...That view looks like it would be woderful in all weathers and seasons. At this time of year I get very nervous about swooping birds - I have never been swooped but am quite phobic about it...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-3943989508213053112007-09-12T17:11:00.000+10:002007-09-12T17:11:00.000+10:00Oh Meggie you are a laugh! Love the quote and if e...Oh Meggie you are a laugh! Love the quote and if everyone practised it I'm sure the world would be a happier place.<BR/><BR/>I love Owl( Ruru )too, but do you really want to be asleep all day and hunting for food at night?<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately most of the birds we have that are a pest come from over there. None are noisy, they steal buds and chase other birds away.<BR/> A tui waking me up is a delight but a peacock that yells at every other noise is funny but could become annoying I suppose.Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-35496087584437673972007-09-12T13:41:00.000+10:002007-09-12T13:41:00.000+10:00I have lots of native birds here, but not that one...I have lots of native birds here, but not that one I don't think. We have bush curlews who screech all night like a bunch of babies are being murdered, but as it happens most nights you get used to it. Chloe is home, and has been at the fence growling at the curlews - I told her not to bother.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15434857739724897230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-76506093989732764282007-09-12T13:00:00.000+10:002007-09-12T13:00:00.000+10:00I like your view from your lounge. In winter I sp...I like your view from your lounge. In winter I spend a lot of time watching birds out my front window. I hang the feeders close to the front door so I can see them from several different places in my room. <BR/><BR/>Your poem was cute. LOLancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-39083202209165552772007-09-12T12:53:00.000+10:002007-09-12T12:53:00.000+10:00I LOVE your po-em.I LOVE your po-em.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241997715764189848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-33548467241596320732007-09-12T12:05:00.000+10:002007-09-12T12:05:00.000+10:00I love your Kilts ditty.I love your Kilts ditty.Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064308660138307797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-20327070390749599372007-09-12T11:50:00.000+10:002007-09-12T11:50:00.000+10:00Loved Kilts. Only a wise old owl could write such...Loved Kilts. Only a wise old owl could write such a thing, so you've made an excellent bird choice!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-42377360761351722652007-09-12T11:29:00.000+10:002007-09-12T11:29:00.000+10:00Boy I know you well...I was not surprised at any a...Boy I know you well...I was not surprised at any answers and I can even be certain of number 5!!! Great meme..I got tagged too, I better get my posted.~Bren~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14533891842002502385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-74296568018283396752007-09-12T11:08:00.000+10:002007-09-12T11:08:00.000+10:00fartin' spartans, chilly willies....it's all happe...fartin' spartans, chilly willies....it's all happening in here today!<BR/><BR/>That bird is a koel. <BR/><BR/>Mine is currently being answered not by another koel, but by a currawong. Yep, at 4am.<BR/><BR/>I think the koel comes from Indonesia, they are a member of the cuckoo shrike family and they toss out baby birds from nests and leave their own egg. They are horrid buggers.<BR/><BR/>To se my two wattle birds frantically trying to feed the huge lump of koel baby twice their size is infuriating.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-74216375070946023422007-09-12T09:06:00.000+10:002007-09-12T09:06:00.000+10:00Meggie! I knew you were quite talented, but really...Meggie! I knew you were quite talented, but really, that limerick is superlative! It's not everyone who can get the meter correct, make the lines rhyme, and work in the topic of intestinal gas at the same time.<BR/><BR/>I liked your "be kinder than necessary" quote as well. Not only is it true, but really, why should kindness be budgeted out like calories or money?Tanya Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919250829858831002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-2455422879360232312007-09-12T08:58:00.000+10:002007-09-12T08:58:00.000+10:00You are naughty! As every good man (in my family a...You are naughty! As every good man (in my family any way) knows.... there is nothing as funny as a fart joke!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-82589620699785529122007-09-12T08:25:00.000+10:002007-09-12T08:25:00.000+10:00Oh dear! I see I forgot to put a Super Power answe...Oh dear! I see I forgot to put a Super Power answer. <BR/>I got so distracted looking for one of my favourite CD's I forgot! <BR/>So, in light of that, I will say a super memory!meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.com