tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post1733379205646475701..comments2024-03-20T10:17:53.388+01:00Comments on tales from the birdhut: pensive moodSaskiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-42785700328716666992014-11-02T19:55:55.060+01:002014-11-02T19:55:55.060+01:0034 , that's twice the age of our eldest, he...34 , that's twice the age of our eldest, he'll be 18 Nov.13<br /><br />time sure has flown, he's ready to fly from our nest, after he's graduated of course!<br /><br />being a mum is what matters most I think, it's also such a physical thing, you cannot undo it; a gift from them to us and vice versa....there will definitely be more posts about this Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-10597406176129763682014-11-02T03:55:05.084+01:002014-11-02T03:55:05.084+01:00Here couple a months later and still I know these ...Here couple a months later and still I know these feelings must come and go. Every now and then I miss my boy, now man of 34...I miss the nights we'd sit up at midnight conversing about important things...each sharing their opinion, the back and forth of it. But time does march on and things evolve into whatever they are supposed to. You'll fall into that marching line, I know you will.<br />And except for the painful parts, aging is OK by me.<br />In the first pic, what you see as a bird, I see as the left eye (the only eye) of a woman's face :)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185798765137874091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-25784128381505734982014-09-04T11:35:55.345+02:002014-09-04T11:35:55.345+02:00oh Dee, you're actually there......one moment ...oh Dee, you're actually there......one moment I'm angry 'cos there's mess and spillage everywhere and suddenly I realize how empty the house feels when everyone's gone (although in my case they do come back most nights)<br />I'm glad you have a Project to keep you busy and the mind and heart excited, preoccupied and creative!Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-73933822139596992082014-09-03T23:13:37.799+02:002014-09-03T23:13:37.799+02:00"time is a fleeting nothingness, their faces ... "time is a fleeting nothingness, their faces and bodies show me proof of lives evolving and how suddenly we've slipped into the future" -- <br />this is by far and away the hardest part of the empty nest (Day 9, here)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-1225543527489691442014-08-28T23:29:04.570+02:002014-08-28T23:29:04.570+02:00oh I do Grace, I'm more upset or whatever I sh...oh I do Grace, I'm more upset or whatever I should call it, by the undeniable fact that the boys are becoming men and they are 'leaving'<br /><br />not in the literal sense at this moment in time, but more & more they are moving towards their own future, their life, without me <br />Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-83605636583572770602014-08-28T16:33:11.027+02:002014-08-28T16:33:11.027+02:00stop a minute and really look...
you are still you...stop a minute and really look...<br />you are still young in many ways.<br />really let yourself appreciate that.<br /><br />it is this last year that i have<br />, or really my body has, succumed to <br />skin and bones. I still look and am surprised by this. I'm getting to be a lot like your "road toads".<br />grace Forrest~Maestashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853978388902544613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-90933598396861745292014-08-26T00:07:58.409+02:002014-08-26T00:07:58.409+02:00thanks Mo, for all of your kind words - it is fasc...thanks Mo, for all of your kind words - it is fascinating, all of it.....Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-21156522908668116942014-08-25T23:31:37.318+02:002014-08-25T23:31:37.318+02:00I love the bird head appearing in your dye and re ...I love the bird head appearing in your dye and re gettin' old... here's one from Keith Richards-<br />"Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get the older you want to be."<br />& he's still doin' just fine!Mo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.com