tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post3876413037847320254..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: August Miscellany - Of Birds, Plays And The House of VirgoFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-13221608285203480112011-08-30T15:56:04.284+01:002011-08-30T15:56:04.284+01:00I'm pleased your siskin survived. I am having ...I'm pleased your siskin survived. I am having similar trouble with birds banging into windows and wonder whether to buy cutouts to stick to the window to deter them.Fredahttp://www.freda.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-56978394013019681372011-08-29T03:18:34.753+01:002011-08-29T03:18:34.753+01:00glorious post!glorious post!Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-6709103136733807412011-08-28T22:05:32.260+01:002011-08-28T22:05:32.260+01:00You write so lyrically about everyday things as we...You write so lyrically about everyday things as well as things out of the ordinary. And such a sweet bird photo!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-76606533031771333502011-08-28T18:58:41.945+01:002011-08-28T18:58:41.945+01:00What a wonderful collection of miscellany. Love th...What a wonderful collection of miscellany. Love that sweet little bird capture!Marciehttp://www.marciescudderphotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4738264584449272122011-08-28T04:07:09.583+01:002011-08-28T04:07:09.583+01:00"like flashes of the brightest goldleaf throw..."like flashes of the brightest goldleaf thrown up into the air"<br /><br />What a beautiful way to describe the siskin. We have a pine siskin here, though I've not ever seen one. I don't know if it's the same bird as yours.<br /><br />I love your miscellany--the harvest painting and quotation from the Kalendar of Shepheardes are gems.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49537182451992145422011-08-28T02:11:58.178+01:002011-08-28T02:11:58.178+01:00Love all your bits of news!Love all your bits of news!Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813380986631007962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61412286632018003622011-08-27T23:06:33.317+01:002011-08-27T23:06:33.317+01:00Lovely round up.
And shows how well rounded you...Lovely round up. <br /><br />And shows how well rounded you are in your interests and knowledge.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717459430504797508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-92195775671245381632011-08-27T22:53:23.572+01:002011-08-27T22:53:23.572+01:00That castle looks familiar... Is it Clun?That castle looks familiar... Is it Clun?Nikki - Notes of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116292112164268244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-8412128563045709372011-08-27T19:44:45.088+01:002011-08-27T19:44:45.088+01:00Fascinating. I love tidbits.
The baby Siskin is...Fascinating. I love tidbits. <br /><br />The baby Siskin is adorable, and the shot looks fine to me. We don't see them around here but we do see their cousins the house finches and Cardinals. They died back during the West Nile episode, but are returning to our area. The Cardinal is our Commonwealth bird. All have sky-blue eggs. <br /><br />I love Ian McIllan in almost anything. Great actorschmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-71416495719890214192011-08-27T18:55:30.320+01:002011-08-27T18:55:30.320+01:00It's remarkable how quickly birds recover from...It's remarkable how quickly birds recover from window hits. Lovely photo - your windows are much cleaner than mine!<br />I haven't seen siskins in our garden for a couple of years now. In fact we see very few finches of any sort - I don't know why:-(jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-65695188309809501812011-08-27T15:32:11.676+01:002011-08-27T15:32:11.676+01:00Thank you, Friko, for showing my what a tiny young...Thank you, Friko, for showing my what a tiny young Siskin looks like. What a little cutie. I do hope it recovered from its landing and flew away again.<br /><br />This Virgo is now at home awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Irene. New York City is being shut down, and we are advised to stay home and wait out this storm today and tomorrow. Wow. Maybe this is an experience truly fit for a VirgoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-48627919215443682672011-08-27T14:36:37.904+01:002011-08-27T14:36:37.904+01:00We don't have siskins here.
I'm always am...We don't have siskins here.<br /><br />I'm always amused by the contradictions in the fortunes of the astrological signs. 'Everything shall favor her...but they shall suffer much.'ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89444670470093993272011-08-27T14:29:24.508+01:002011-08-27T14:29:24.508+01:00Pine siskins are also fragile birds. I had so many...Pine siskins are also fragile birds. I had so many of them last year, but this year, not so many. They are adorable, though. I hope that little one makes it.<br /><br />Good thing I'm not a Virgo. I didn't like that description of them at all. It's always nice to see you pop up in my Reader, though, even if you might be a Virgo! :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70755439762159200922011-08-27T13:55:02.717+01:002011-08-27T13:55:02.717+01:00I so enjoyed these bits and pieces of your life an...I so enjoyed these bits and pieces of your life and the accompanying photographs. Siskins, plays, weather, castles, and a 1604 horoscope for Virgos. <br /><br />A weaving of the tapestry of a month.<br /><br />What a wonderfully inventive way to share your life with us. Thank you.Dee Readyhttp://www.cominghometomyself.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-40192976847025167102011-08-27T12:19:45.585+01:002011-08-27T12:19:45.585+01:00Message to Ursula and a very happy Heiliges Kanone...Message to Ursula and a very happy Heiliges Kanonenrohr to you too:<br /><br />Make yourself known, please. No-reply-comments are untraceable.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-24078000788579570332011-08-27T11:56:00.995+01:002011-08-27T11:56:00.995+01:00Little bird is so precious, all fat and fluffy. Bi...Little bird is so precious, all fat and fluffy. Bird fly into our windows all day long here lately. I don't know if it's the young ones who haven't mastered navigation or what.<br /><br />It must be difficult to find much tougher love than the mafia's style...<br /><br />Husband is a Virgo. As far as I know he's still on his first wife. But it's the exception that proves Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-46881893329113548962011-08-27T11:52:29.790+01:002011-08-27T11:52:29.790+01:00Oh what an adorable little fluff! Glad he recover...Oh what an adorable little fluff! Glad he recovered!!<br />The play sounds intriguing for sure!<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4171484661369351262011-08-27T11:46:02.698+01:002011-08-27T11:46:02.698+01:00Ja, heiliges Kanonenrohr: Not much has changed sin...Ja, heiliges Kanonenrohr: Not much has changed since 1604.<br /><br />That little fluffball (is it still up for adoption?) must have suffered a severe case of concussion. With a headache to match. I could cry: Your loving description of this particular branch of the finch family so reminds me of my grandfather and his love for birds.<br /><br />Good to have found your blog.<br /><br />UUrsulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21438716770093842092011-08-27T09:30:52.494+01:002011-08-27T09:30:52.494+01:00Hi Friko .. great post - poor siskin .. but loved ...Hi Friko .. great post - poor siskin .. but loved the info. I've noticed lots of bird singing down here, and lots of little tits fluttering around - so they're also probably 2nd hatchings. The jackdaws were accessing the pine seeds with gusto earlier in the year, when it was very dry.<br /><br />It hasn't been a great summer - fortunately we've had some rain recently - it often Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-50908497809023305062011-08-27T08:19:42.365+01:002011-08-27T08:19:42.365+01:00Cute little bird ! Our weather in Belgium in Augus...Cute little bird ! Our weather in Belgium in August was awful too, cool, no sun, rain, thunderstorms etc ...Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77774737255265071092011-08-27T07:27:44.284+01:002011-08-27T07:27:44.284+01:00My twin daughters are Virgos, but will not be twel...My twin daughters are Virgos, but will not be twelve for a few more years, so I have time yet to plan their weddings, I guess. (Can you imagine? I guess back when people were old at 30....)<br /><br />The photo of the bird is lovely. And your door glass is impeccably clean! Bravo!Maggie Asfahani Hajjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250678324642063148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-6055292955651392492011-08-27T06:55:14.040+01:002011-08-27T06:55:14.040+01:00I always enjoy posts that are a bit of this and a ...I always enjoy posts that are a bit of this and a bit of that. I've never seen a siskin - poor wee confused bird.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16110921784720322462011-08-27T05:52:05.085+01:002011-08-27T05:52:05.085+01:00Lovely photos! I'm intrigued by the castle, i...Lovely photos! I'm intrigued by the castle, it looks like someplace I'd love to explore. Your picture of the little bird is so sweet!Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923693784234135636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14080798521239324392011-08-27T04:25:12.749+01:002011-08-27T04:25:12.749+01:00Our summer made up for lost time this past week wi...Our summer made up for lost time this past week with temperatures in the 90s. I'm feeling a little depressed knowing that the best part of summer is gone and soon it will be cold and wet. I hope you get some glorious late summer days.#1Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214011945298439939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11392746510369040802011-08-27T03:01:29.861+01:002011-08-27T03:01:29.861+01:00My first astrology teacher was a stickler for the ...My first astrology teacher was a stickler for the words of wisdom from the ancients. I still have all my original books and once in a while dust them off and crack them open. My friend, Marilyn just left and she's a Virgo. She organized my life before she left, as she always does. A Virgo is so good at that.<br /><a href="http://beajayblock.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Manzanita@Manzanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467261212623663365noreply@blogger.com