{"id":3894,"date":"2010-02-01T01:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T01:09:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-03-23T04:25:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T04:25:28","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/?p=3894","title":{"rendered":"For the Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>For the Birds<\/b><\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;ve got a few things to show y&#8217;all, and they are all avian in nature.<\/p>\n<p>First off, there&#8217;s this  fabric.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/auto_images\/hires\/img27081264904647.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/auto_images\/lowres\/img27081264904647.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is another view.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/auto_images\/hires\/img27111264904681.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/auto_images\/lowres\/img27111264904681.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nIt is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.f-echino.com\/index.htm\">Echino<\/a> <i>Birds of Summer 2009<\/i> by Etsuko Furuya and I think it is lovely.  <\/p>\n<p>I love and adore it and want to hug it and squeeze it and name it George. (My silly quote here is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054593\/quotes\">The Abominable Snow Rabbit<\/a>.  You know,  maybe I&#8217;ll just channel Bugs Bunny all day.  It couldn&#8217;t hurt.) <\/p>\n<p>Then, I wanted to let you know that the Ka Ka Ka-Coo-Coo bird has been spotted in the wild.  He looks something like this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/auto_images\/hires\/img27251264904743.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/auto_images\/lowres\/img27251264904743.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I wanted to show y&#8217;all something funny.  See these<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/auto_images\/hires\/img27241264904715.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/auto_images\/lowres\/img27241264904715.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>napkins?  They are vintage &#8212; from my childhood.  My mother got rid of them a few years ago and sweetly passed them along to me.  I just love them.  Well, my sister emailed me the other day about <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/auto_images\/hires\/img3m1264904315.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/auto_images\/lowres\/img3m1264904315.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>these pillows that Pottery Barn is now featuring.<\/p>\n<p>Kind of funny resemblance, right?<\/p>\n<p>What have we learned?<br \/>\n1.  Annie is crazy about birds.  Always was and always will be.  (She might be just plain crazy, too, but the jury is out on that one.)<br \/>\n2.  Echino is way cool.  I&#8217;d take one of everything.<br \/>\n3.  Ka Ka Ka-Coo-Coo birds bear a strong resemblance to <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/kidstvmovies\/1\/0\/h\/Q\/up005.jpg&#038;imgrefurl=http:\/\/kidstvmovies.about.com\/od\/up\/ig\/Up---Movie-Photos\/Yee-Haw-.htm&#038;usg=__oj6yS37-MEg5vq2rKOYdots4sLM=&#038;h=932&#038;w=1000&#038;sz=241&#038;hl=en&#038;start=2&#038;um=1&#038;tbnid=cQQENPLDmBYe5M:&#038;tbnh=139&#038;tbnw=149&#038;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dkevin%2Bfrom%2Bup%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1\">Kevin<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1049413\/\">UP<\/a>.<br \/>\n4.  Everything old is new again.<\/p>\n<p>Over and out.  Y&#8217;all have a great Monday!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Birds So, I&#8217;ve got a few things to show y&#8217;all, and they are all avian in nature. 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