SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - INCOMING

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." ~Benjamin Franklin~

For our international friends to translate:

1st Photo: "Incoming!"

2nd Photo: "Sorry Mr. Bluestone Bird. I am new at this.

3rd Photo: He's my youngest brother, I am teaching him how to fly."

4th Photo: "Now brother, you can't use him to take off either!"

5th Photo: "Bye Mr. Bluestone Bird. I will try not to land on you next time."

"No worries little bird, we are all learning."

Signature bird says: "That's how it goes on a Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day."

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER- THE SHEEP WERE BUSY

In the meantime, busy needles were clacking, with sheep knitting sweaters for winter.

And that's how it goes on a Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder! It isn't just the birds who are welcome here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

For our international friends to translate the above photos.

 Photo 1: 

Hello Mr. Goldfinch, so nice to see you. It has been several months since we last saw you.

Thank you, it is good to be back.

Photo 2:

Did you know you have sheep in your garden? They keep saying winter is coming.

Photo 3: 

It was cooler today but it is still August. It also rained like the Dickens.

I am so confused.

Photo 4:

Did you know it takes five sheep just to make one sweater?

I didn't even know they could knit!

That's a real groaner!

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - I HAVE A…

Life is a little confusing at times.

And that's how it goes on a Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder.

Thanks for flapping your wings 

in this direction, and have a 

great weekend!

For our international friends:

Photo 1:

I have a question for you.

Photo 2:

What would that be?

How can you drink a drink but can't food a food?

Photo 3:

I don't think he has an answer for that one.

Kids!

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - DID YOU SEE?

 

And as we all know around here, that's how it goes on a Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder.

Thanks for not groaning too much, and have a great day!

For our international friends.

1st Photo:

I'm glad you filled the water bowl. I have been very thirsty lately.

2nd Photo:

Where is the camera lady? I want to ask her when she is going to start feeding us again.

She is busy doing things like changing lightbulbs.

3rd Photo:

Which reminds me...

You are not going to tell us one of your changing lightbulb jokes?

4th Photo:

Oh please, nothing as crass as that! Did you see a finch almost fly into a window? He barely finched!

Well, at least it wasn't a lightbulb joke.

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER

 

Mr. Dove was a bit miffed but he is busy thinking up his next groaner now. It could be a while.

And that's how it goes on a Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder.

Take good care of yourselves, thanks for stopping by

and have a great weekend!

For our international friends if they want to translate photos.

1st Photo: 

Who is this?

She says we are related. She brought him home the other day.

He doesn't say much.

2nd Photo: 

Someone ought to offer him a cup of tea.

Which reminds me, I have a joke.

Please don't tell one of your groaners.

3rd Photo:

How do you ask a dinosaur in for a cup of tea?

Tea Rex?

4th Photo:

I heard that before.

5th Photo:

One of the best groaners you didn't get to tell Mr. Dove.

6th Photo:

Thank you, I feel more like myself now that I have had a cuppa.

Are we related? I feel like we are.

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - A CARD FROM ANN

I can pull the flowers out of the plant pot to share Ann's message. All the birds in the trees agree, Camera Lady is a very lucky lady to have a good friend like Ann, who is so kind and generous to send a beautiful card that pops into her letterbox every month. 

Thank you Ann, always enjoyed, always displayed where everyone can see your lovely card. And thank you for being such a dear friend!

Love and hugs,

Denise xox

For friends from overseas, these are what I put on this week's bird chatter photos.

 What is this? It is very pretty, a card full of flowers.

It's from Camera Lady's friend Ann. She always does a happy dance when one arrives. That's her skipping down to the mailbox. If she could skip that is.

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - CLAMS AND CRABS?

 Blodwyn the Bluebird is all of a dither.

Meet Cam the Clam. He swam up the wrong estuary and is far from home. Blodwyn was a little surprised, but she found he was a likeable soul and not all snapping clamshell, an absolute pearl of a clam. 

Here's Clarence the Crab who followed his friend the clam up the estuary. Clarence likes to hug everyone as it is in his nature and Mommy and Daddy Crab showed him love with lots of hugs. Thankfully someone saw his problem and saved the day.

Yay, hugs for everyone said Clarence the Crab!

The next day they were taken to the aquarium, put in a big tank full of sea water and taken home. They had quite a story to tell their family and friends.

And this ends another whimsical tale, because that's how it goes on a

Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder...

where one never knows which deep sea trench Camera Lady's imagination is going to fall into, poor dear. 

Have a great weekend everyone, and thanks for swimming by.

For our international visitors so that they can see what's going on via my translation gadget on my side bar.

1st photo: 

"What on earth is this?"

2nd photo: 

"Think yourself lucky. Mine came with pinchers and they are huge! He keeps wanting to give me a hug. That makes me nervous."

3rd photo: 

"Oh boy!" 

"I'm safe now. Camera Lady gave me her oven gloves."

"She means well!"

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRDFEEDER - WHEN IS....?

 

and the water bowl has now been filled. Everyone's happy!

For our overseas blogging friends to translate.

1st photo: "I have a question for you. When is a water bowl not a water bowl?"

2nd photo: "When there's no water in the flipping water bowl!"

3rd photo: House finch on the right. "She sent this for you, with a reminder. There is a creek full of water 50 trees that way! Bird bath birds say: "I don't understand. It rained hard last night. An animal must have been very thirsty."

4th photo: Squirrel says, "Why are you all looking at me? I'm innocent I tell ya! It wasn't me!"

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - IT STOPPED RAINING

I have felt a little under the weather and have taken a blog break for a few days. These few posts have been set up beforehand.  I will be back sometime next week.

And that’s how it goes on a 

Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder. 

Thanks for stopping by

and have a great weekend.

For our overseas friends, a transcript for the translation button on my side bar:

1st Photo: rainy day on our deck.

2nd Photo: Sophie Squirrel: "I am happy it stopped raining so hard."

Daphne Dove: "You won't have to cover your head with your tail."

3rd Photo: Froggie 3: "I thought we were going to float away."

Daphne Dove: "I have ordered water wings for us all."

Sophie Squirrel: "For me too? I am not part of your family. I don't expect you to include me."

Daphney Dove: "You too! We live on the same blue dot. Carl Sagan said that. As far as I am concerned, we are all related."

Carl Sagan's story of the Pale Blue Dot can be found here.

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - WHERE ARE THEY?

 

The Catbird didn't join in. He had been out of town and missed the whole visit. He was happy to be told all about it by his feathered friends, plus one furry friend.

And of course, as we all know, that's how it goes sometimes on a Saturday Morning at the Birdfeeder.

Have a great day everyone.

Thanks for stopping by.

For our international friends using the translation button on my side bar.

Photo 1: Thought bubble as Squirrel is wondering where the rubber duckies are. And then he says, "Where are they?"  The Eastern Bluebird tells him, "They have gone home."

Photo 2: Eastern Bluebird says, "I got this for you, so you won't miss them as much."

Photo 3: Catbird who does not speak.

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - WELL, NOT REALLY...DUCKIES GO FOR A DRIVE

 

"Oh how kind! You are a hero to me Freddy, to all of us. Thank you!" And off Freddy went back to the rescue station with the rest of the heroes. 

Here's a big shout out to all the people who work on our roads, keeping them in good shape and keeping us safe. Heroes for sure!

The duckies were getting a little restless.

They had been watching the skies in the distance and saw that they were getting very dark. It wasn't long before there was a torrential downpour that they thought would never quit.

And those windshield wipers were getting quite a workout. Some of the duckies had never set eyes on one before.

Camera lady had fun trying to take photos between the wiper blades (the rain was so heavy she told the duckies it would have been dangerous to shut them off). It was challenging but she managed this one photo and, my goodness, they were all in sharp focus. They gave her a well-done and told her how pleased they were as they knew that would make Camera lady happy.

It wasn't too long after that they drove out of the rain and the skies got a little brighter.

And then...

no matter how long or short the journey, it is always good to get home.

And that's how it goes on a 

Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder.

Hugs to all!

I was going to try and write down the dialog in the photos for our international blogging friends to translate, but as I went on longer in this one, I ran out of time and energy. It is very late for me and I find myself having a hard time keeping awake. I will try to make an addition in the next day or so.

Why am I using the duckies? My birds have been very quiet lately and are thumbing their nose at me for not feeding them until the colder months, something I have mentioned before. They have been scarce. I will look through my old bird photos this week.

(A big thank you to my sister-and-brother-in-law for the loan of the jeep and her collection of duckies. They have been a lot of fun having them around for a while.)