songbird's crazy world

 It was 62°F when I took my walk yesterday. Garden flags are flying in my front yard. And the sparrows have taken up residence! Drew calls me “the Bird Lady of Levittown”.   It’s been a really rough winter.  We always expect cold weather, we always expect snow, but this winter was colder and much snowier than average.  I am so grateful for any sign of spring. 

 I’m posting this on Sunday, March 8.  Today is Micky Dolenz’s 81st birthday.  He’s currently touring, his show celebrates the 60th anniversary of premiere of The Monkees on TV.  (1966 was a great year for cult classics — Batman, Dark Shaows and Star Trek  also premiered that year.)  Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith — brought together to act in a TV show, they actually formed a real band.  Micky is the sole surviving member of the band.  And yes, Drew and I are true Monkees fans.  Search this blog and you’ll find countless posts about the band. We have tickets to see Micky next month. So let’s celebrate along with Micky. Micky wrote this one When he performs this one, he likes to remind the audience he had the hit long before Shrek How about some fan video? Video I shot in 2022 And from 9 years ago, Micky and Peter Tork From 10 years ago From 2013 with Mike Nesmith This last video, from 14 years ago …visually very poor qual...

 We went out to dinner last night.  A Spanish restaurant.  Happy happy joy joy, a large part of their menu is gluten free. Brought home a ton of leftover paella. When we got home, there were two bunnies on the driveway.  I checked the Ring cameras —there were three! As you can see, most of the snowpack has melted.  We’re anticipating temperatures in the 60’s next week! So I was able to take a walk outside.   I had to toss one of my garden flags. The one with three cats.  It was shredded by the wind during the blizzard.   But I have other flags, so no worries.  I’ve been feeding birds, I get a lot of sparrows and doves.  But I want robins.  Last year I saw a lot of robins in the neighborhood, but none in my yard. I’m going to set up a nesting birdhouse to encourage the robins to stay here. A word about Daylight Saving Time.  I have no problem with Daylight Saving Time.  I have no problem with Standard Time.  I have a p...

  Linger Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to  answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions! Saturday 9: Linger (1993) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here . 1) In this song, Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries sings that her lover has her wrapped around his finger. Do you feel that anyone has you wrapped around their finger? One guess 2) This was one of the first songs Delores and Noel Hogan wrote together. They performed it often live and perfected it before going into the studio to record it approximately two years later. Because they had polished the performanc...

 Life with cats is never boring.  Duchess and Shadow spend a lot of time playing “chase me chase me.”  Last week’s Battle of the Stairs is typical.  Duchess usually wins the dominance game. Shadow really likes her toys.  She plays with them every day.  When I buy a new toy, she can’t wait for me to take it out of the bag. Duchess has never really been interested in toys, but the other day I caught her chasing a paper napkin around the living room. Both cats like to sit by the window and watch the birds,  I have a bird feeder right near the window just for 5heir entertainment.   Shadow doing the cute thing Duchess Good grooming is important 

 Rain …and more rain …and the snowpack is melting…welcome to puddles and mud. Yes, I know, I’m preoccupied with the weather. My job is hybrid (for now).  Today was an office day.  Bad traffic on the drive into work.  And then I spilled coffee on my brand new (first time wearing) pants.  At least I remembered to bring my lunch… on Tuesday I packed a lunch but left it home. Sigh. We usually go out for St. Patrick’s Day. Irish food and entertainment  at one of our favorite restaurants.  But this year … the holiday is on a Tuesday night.  Drew has rehearsal.  So it looks like we’ll be making corned beef at home this year. The Yeoman of the Guard  is in production and will be presented in June. Drew is in the chorus.  Will this rain never end?