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And then there were the orchids... ahhhhhhhhhh.........
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Oh, by the way, I did buy what I came in for - a bird house. I had thought I'd get a simple little wooden wren house - which was priced at $12.99, about twcie what I paid a couple of years ago. The birdhouse I bought was also $12.99 - and not exactly "simple." It's a bird-house version of a McMansion!
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It's been up for three days now, and not a single bird has gone anywhere near it...
2 comments:
The orchids breathe nature's seductiveness. That red orchid is magnificent!
I think Georgia O'Keefe, of curse.
As for the birds, perhaps they are downsizing, going for a more simple look. Perhaps it is the trend for wrens.
Or perhaps birds, seeing the decorative birds on the birdhouse, think it's already occupied!
Your photographs are wonderful.
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