MORE BABIES...As you scroll thru the pics, see if you can guess what kind of baby birds are in the nest...there is actually a hint in the post

Nestled in the branches of a beautiful azalea bush, I found a nest with two eggs, when I returned the next day to take pics...we had two new babies!
Always ready to eat...(unless sleeping, of course)
Look closely...wings and feathers are recognizable..

Curious...

Still able to comfortably share the same nest...
Things getting a bit crowded...








And they just keep getting cuter...

See you, little buddies...one day before they "flew the coop"!!

SUPRISED?

The Cardinal, a favorite on everyone's list...

FOR ALL YOU GARDNERS....

Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees

That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees,

So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray

For the Glory of the Garden that it may not pass away!

Rudyard Kipling

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.
-Rebecca West

FOR YOUR AFTERNOON LISTENING PLEASURE

YouTube - Korean Toddler singing Hey Jude

A TIME WARP~~~~~~~

Down on the Obey River, back in the mountains we found a 200 acre farm, lush and green. Bordered by the Obey River and large old shade trees we had the perfect spot to enjoy live bluegrass, folk, blues, and Americana music. Folks were friendly, the music was outstanding...a local tv station out of Cookeville, Tn. will be showing some of the acts that performed at Hippie Jack's...look for it if you are a music lover...if not, maybe you would enjoy the trip back in time to the 60's...tie-dye t shirts, long hair, long skirts, bare feet, and a laid-back kind of attitude...it was great, I loved it...

Sharon, Hippie Jack & Terri
Jay Clark, an outstanding young musician from East Tn...you can find him and clips of his music at www.myspace.com/thejayclarkmusic "Scrappy" as he is called is a wonderful songwriter, performer...check him out!!




Hippie Mobile Flea Market Hustlers...Bluegrass!!



Jammin at Hippie Jack's...more info about Memorial Day weekend at: jamminathippiejacks.com

HONORING MEMORIAL DAY

The non-violent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them a new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. Finally it reaches the opponent and so stirs his conscience that reconciliation becomes a reality.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

LADY SLIPPERS

Through the tornado-ravaged woods, in a steady rain...we trudged...way, way back in the woods and then we found them...Lady Slippers

FULL MOON

There's a full moon out there tonight...some call it the Flower Moon or the Full Corn Planting Moon...this full moon is in Scorpio making it an excellent time to make an important choice...

Native American Totems and Their Meanings

Meet Heckle and Jekyll...they're Crows...Native Americans believe that we all have certain animals that accompany us through life to teach and guide...these animals make up our totem poles and are called totem animals...Crows are one of my totem animals...couldn't be a soaring eagle or a graceful swan...no, no has to be the crow(we both like sparkly stuff!)...admittedly after studying crows, I have a new-found respect for these birds of survival...So be kind to crows...stop shooting at them and give 'em corn instead!!! For more info on totem animals click on link below:

Native American Totems and Their Meanings

MORE BIRDS...

The Grosbeak appears to have traveled on but he seemed to love posing for me!

The Phoebe is raising a family in our garage rafters...

MORE BIRDS OF APPALACHIA

THE EASTERN KINGBIRD...beautiful in its simplicity...

WISDOM...

Finish each day and be done with it...You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely.

...Ralph Waldo Emerson

AMERICAN BLUE JAY

LIFT OFF!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOTHER'S DAY. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MOTHER'S EVERYWHERE! Click on link below to see mama panda and baby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h-ov2I4aJU

BABY EAGLES ARE HATCHING!!!!

BABY EAGLES ARE ARRIVING!!...ONE IS HERE ALREADY!! AND WE ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND...IF WE'RE LUCKY MAYBE WE WILL SEE IT EMERGE FROM ITS SHELL...Go to site posted April 14th on this blog to see Liberty and Justice's new baby(ies)...

YouTube - EDDY ARNOLD / TENNESSEE STUD / CATTLE CALL

Farewell to a man with a voice I have loved since childhood, a voice so soothing and mellow...we will miss you Eddie Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy. May you rest in peace Mr. Arnold.

"You cannot satisfy all the people," he once said. "They have an image of me. Some people think I'm Billy Graham's half brother, but I'm not. I want people to get this hero thing off their mind and just let me be me.

YouTube - EDDY ARNOLD / TENNESSEE STUD / CATTLE CALL

More Birds...

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is back! Last couple of years he has stopped in on his journey northward, stays a week or so and then moves on. He pretty well "rules", he's pretty big fella and somewhat intimidates other birds but isn't really aggressive.

A downy woodpecker in flight...just caught sight of the Grosbeak...

Red-bellied Woodpecker...not easily intimidated... Grosbeak or not!

musings from the mountains

YouTube - Britains Got Talent 2008 - Andrew Johnston

The voice of an angel...

YouTube - Britains Got Talent 2008 - Andrew Johnston

HELLOOOO AUSTIN

There's a gathering in Austin today...its a celebration...a celebration of the life of their beloved friend Sophie who left this earth one year ago today. I only knew her a short time but I knew her to be a lady of such class and grace. She loved her family, her friends, her farm, her dogs, goats...and Harry the parrot. Harry has supplied Sophie's friend, Marie, with "many-a-funny" story to tell. So here's to Sophie and her loving friends:


Speak to us of Friendship...and he answered saying...
Your friend is your needs answered.
She is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And she is your board and your fireside.
For you come to her with your hunger and you seek her for peace.

When your friend speaks her mind, you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay".
And when she is silent you heart ceases not to listen to her heart;For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.

When you part from you friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in her may be clearer in her absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.
If she must know the ebb of you tide, let her know its flood also.
For what is you friend that you should seek her with hours to kill?
Seek her always with hours to live.
For it is hers to fill your need, but not your emptiness.

And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

-Kahlil Gibran

And for a blessing for us all...please click on post above...Britian's got talent

THE DEED IS DONE!

"I've been regifted..." "And you want me to let him live here"?
He took it like a trooper and the Dribbler has a new home!!