Smiling, I said, "Hi Gramma!"
My grandmother wasn't much of a pet person, but she loved wil
d birds. When I was little I used to help her feed them. I'd scoop a Cool Whip container into a big tin garbage can filled to the brim with bird seed. Then, I'd fill the feeders all over her yard. She taught me to leave some seeds in the crooks of low tree branches. A surprise for some lucky bird who would happen upon them later.
d birds. When I was little I used to help her feed them. I'd scoop a Cool Whip container into a big tin garbage can filled to the brim with bird seed. Then, I'd fill the feeders all over her yard. She taught me to leave some seeds in the crooks of low tree branches. A surprise for some lucky bird who would happen upon them later. When she moved in with us, to become a full time nanny to my two year old twin brothers, she was 87. In the mornings, after tending to them, she would put them down for naps and sit on the deck, overlooking the hill with the woods. She watched the birds.
She liked chick-a-dees, and sparrows, and cardinals. She did not like Blue jays. Bullies.
Now I admit I'm a bit woo-woo, but not so woo-woo to think the cardinal on the snow covered path today was actually my Gramma.
But he did trigger the memories, and suddenly there she was,sitting with her coffee and rye toast, enjoying the sounds of the birds.
She only went to school through the eighth grade and was so proud of me with my college education. She was so happy to see me engaged to Todd.
"Things have a way of working out," she always said.
She said lots more things, but that is what I heard today. Walking, walking, worrying about the kids,worrying in general, red bird, Gramma, things have a way of working out.
And they do you know.
*photo Ohio-Nature.com
14 comments:
I'm not into the woo, woo either, but that memory spike is just the ticket.
I'm probably even more aligned now that we have Nonna living with us.
Best wishes
Coulda totally been her. I'm just that woo woo. None the less, the point was made, and that's the super cool part - things work out.
Are you sure my gram wasn't related to your gram? Or is my gram channeling your gram? Mine just turned 80. Not only does she love the cardinals and hate the blue jays - she will strike you down with vicious envy if she hears you've seen a blue bird. Obviously I have not told her about the guys who have been hanging around my running circuit.
Woo away. Things do have a way of working out, don't they?
xo
lovely. just lovely. and yes, they sure do.
Lovely. ANd a wonderful pick-me-up tonight, thanks.xo
I also had a grandma that taught me to feed the birds. She would take a slingshot to the blue jays. We feed the birds at our house as well and call the blue jays bullies because most of the other birds flyaway when they come. The Robins are not scared of them though.
I also feel like my Dad is near when I see a mountain bluebird. I collect bluebirds, my first was a glass bluebird of happiness.
Maybe all autism Mom's love birds?Nature has always calmed our son down and brought a word or two out of him when he was non verbal.
Thanks for you writing.
I'm a bit woo-woo too. :)
Oh, Gramma, oh, I hope so....
Cardinals are my grandma's favorite bird - I'd forgotten how many are in Ohio
Oh, yes they do. Work out, I mean.
And woo-woo away. Grandma won't mind.
like carrie, i'm woo woo enough to think it was probably her.
I definitely think our loved ones on the other side have figured out how to get us to look and remember. Go Gramma! And Cardinals!
Lol - nice to be able to remember her like that. My grandmother loves my brother's pit bull but is terrified of birds. Go figure.
Yes they do.
Tell your Gram thanks for the reminder.
xoxoxo
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