I was out EARLY today - and THERE WAS A NEW WORD!
If you haven't read the beginning of the story - it's one post down. Here's the new word from today, January 12 - oooooh someone's birthday too!
Happy New Year many days late!
In keeping with the STAY WEIRD theme of 2024 - I started up the HELLO with sticks, stones, rocks and cones - or whatever is nearby again.
So here's the short story -
One day while walking, I decided to leave a HELLO to other walkers. Here is a very poor shot of said message:
Hmmm. I posted my friend Silvio - as his lovely look is an inspiration for feather finding - but I mentioned Barry and how he was my lucky charm for actually FINDING them.
Since I've started looking for feathers to "return to the trees" I have not been very lucky. But it seems on the two days that I spotted Barry, the Otter, I have had VERY lucky days. THREE feathers each day!
Now, I will honestly say that I get the photos of feathers confused hahahahah I don't know which ones I have already taken - or which ones I have already posted - but isn't that the point! View them over and over and smile when you see them. So that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
THIS is Silvio Feathers - Wouldn't I love to find one of his feathers!
Here are a few new (and/or old) photos of feathers I have smiled at over the last couple days.
I HATE HATE HATE that you can't put photos side by side without jumping through HOOPS! What is with that @blogger?
I've got to figure this out. I know I can create a table in MS Word - but REALLY!?!?!?!
I'll be back!
While in Florida, I will be changing direction from BANANA RAMA DING DONG to "Feathers and Such"
A friend told me when she finds a feather, she displays it somewhere in the community. Such a simple idea - and I LOVE IT! So I'm going to post "Feathers I Have Seen" in this forum while I'm in Florida (along with any other surprise things that make me smile).
I would love to keep them "all in order" but I'm not really sure if that's even possible. So - enjoy in whatever order they appear - that's how I enjoy them!
So here goes. I'll post a few when I can.
This was the very first one that Suzie shared with me... and it happens to be in my "touchstone tree"... I know - we are BOTH WEIRD! BEFORE the tree guys mauled this lovely palm, I would touch the exact same (now I must google for a name) BOOT on the tree as I walked by!
"After fronds die and fall off, the frond bases, known as boots, form a spiked, crisscross pattern on the trunk."
She just happened to place one of her feather-finds in MY TREE - and neither of us knew this!
ONWARD - Some other feather-finds or placements:
This one is on the way home from the pool. Makes me smile every time I see it - EVEN NOW!
That's all for today. I have a bunch more photos - I'll add them on another day.
I really am not very good at this. I take the pictures but fail when it comes to posting them. I'll maybe do a couple different posts - or just one. lol
These are from July 20th "or so" and Spin and Marty couldn't be looking better!
So time kept marching on - and we had lots of events and growing things here in Bayville.
On May 4, 2022, we planted some pretty dead looking banana trees. I wasn't hopeful (but I really was, because that is ME lol)
So - we watered and talked to them and on June 10, 2022, Spin started showing some signs of being alive!
And Marty (in the background) has NOTHING at this point.
This post has gotten LONG in size, so I will continue the story on a new blog post.
So the tale of Spin and Marty comes to a close for 2021. With any luck, they will both be back. They entertained and amazed us this year, but did NOT produce any heirs to the Banana Kingdom... so let's all hope they survive winter in the garage and proliferate in 2022!
Again, it got kind of boring as the photos basically all looked the same after their initial "amazingness". So I'll post a few that never got posted - and then the finale pictures!
Looking forward to The Adventures of Spin and Marty 2022!
