Strung out in the Garden

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

This story reminds me of, " Are You My Mother"  I just don't know where to put this little bit of nothing story but it brought a smile to my face.  Too bad I was not home to get video of an unfolding saga in my garden.

Around 6:45 A.M., I stumbled out onto the patio to have a cup of coffee before I left for work.  Way out in the garden I see string moving. Tugging, Pulling. Stretching.  There was no wind but the string marking off the green beans was violently being pulled.  My husband strings everything.  Everything.  Drapery cording really is good stuff ( don't tell him I told you that because I complain everything is strung out around here). 

I could go on and on about all the things of string but... back to garden.  A robin insists on getting this one particular piece of string but it is attached to the fencing. He is pulling and tugging relentlessly and at the time it was cute. Such an energetic and insistent little guy so early in the morning. Not me.

At 10:30 DH sent me a text that says the robin is still in the garden and exhausted but has not given up. Yanking and tugging and pulling 4 hours later.

Worried about the little bird he goes to the garden and cuts the eight foot long string into 12 inch strips.  Before he finished the bird swoops down and grabs a huge piece and off it went.  He came back for another and another.  I think he is finished for the day because he did leave some behind.

I did not work that hard today. 

You might have had to have been there today to get this very simple story but it did make me smile. It really was nice of DH to go out and save the little guy. 

I know our dogs are ball obsessed but this is ..... well a stupid garden story.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Smiling :)

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Years ago at the Vera Bradley outlet sale, I bought a fanny pack. My kids call it my granny pack, but I wish I had bought five more. I use it all the time!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

and they hang so nice off our aging hips.  Hip Decor

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

He just told me..... I told the story wrong.

At 10:30 the bird had the string completely frayed and untied from the fence and was trying to fly away with 8 feet of string.  But, the string was still attached on the other end.  The bird would lift up only to get so far.  So SAD.

He had fears the bird would strangle itself as it flew away. 

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

It made me smile too.  It's a lovely story about everyday life - of birds andpeople.  Charming.

[Becka]

Joanne you can tell your DH I would have done the exact same thing. Living so far south, I miss robins (among many other birds). They have such an optimistic-sounding song.