I just can't seem to say the phrase without that song from Mary Poppins launching on some sort of auto-neuro-playback-loop. But maybe that's just me. So as that earworm burrows merrily around in my head, I'll tell you about our adventure over to Pt. Chev.
I'd been chucking all of our stale bread ends and stuff into the freezer for a while, and when we had a whole heap we went off to the Western Springs park to feed the flock of birds that are always there. You know, the ducklings and the pigeons and stuff.
And then some swans turned up and it was this whole gorgeous idyllic scene with the afternoon sun glinting on the pond.
We had a great time making sure that everyone got something to eat, even the little sparrows.
With this attitude, we became quite popular.
Soon, the ne'er-do-wells began sizing us up for a score.
And it actually started to get a little intense. Those greedy, grabby birds!
But it turns out that once the bread is gone the birds lose interest pretty quickly and it's easy to give them the bum's rush.
And once the roving gangs were cleared we were free to frolic once more.
I'd been chucking all of our stale bread ends and stuff into the freezer for a while, and when we had a whole heap we went off to the Western Springs park to feed the flock of birds that are always there. You know, the ducklings and the pigeons and stuff.
And then some swans turned up and it was this whole gorgeous idyllic scene with the afternoon sun glinting on the pond.
We had a great time making sure that everyone got something to eat, even the little sparrows.
With this attitude, we became quite popular.
Soon, the ne'er-do-wells began sizing us up for a score.
And it actually started to get a little intense. Those greedy, grabby birds!
But it turns out that once the bread is gone the birds lose interest pretty quickly and it's easy to give them the bum's rush.
And once the roving gangs were cleared we were free to frolic once more.
6 comments:
What fun, and all for the price of some stale bread. And you even remembered the little sparrows..a good lesson to teach your little guys.
Thanks for sharing this...it will be returned to many times.
The boys must have had so much fun feeding the birds. Those swans are so big! almost as tall as Amiri!
What are those duck-sized blue birds? It looked like one was standing on the back of a swan before I enlarged the picture. They were all quite a mob!
Reminds me of all the times we took little Jason to Burt Lake beach and fed the mallards and seagulls. Was it ever fun! Glad you can enjoy the same. Even if no birds were in sight, we'd throw bread in the air a few times and seagulls and ducks would see it and flock on over! Precious memories and you got yours on tape! Yaaayyy!!!
What a wonderful adventure! I love Mary Poppins and will happily sing the bird song from the movie in my head. I have the DVD so maybe I will watch it this weekend. I was impressed that the boys were not scared except when the birds got a little enthusiastic there for a little while. Thanks for sharing such a great adventure story. Love to you all.
What a wonderful adventure! I love Mary Poppins and will happily sing the bird song from the movie in my head. I have the DVD so maybe I will watch it this weekend. I was impressed that the boys were not scared except when the birds got a little enthusiastic there for a little while. Thanks for sharing such a great adventure story. Love to you all.
Auntie Dianne-- they are pukekos! http://oceanmorning.blogspot.co.nz/2010/09/look-pukekos.html
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