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Do you have days when you just can't find a word or even remember how to spell it?
Or is it a sign of grow older.....
And why the Magpie?
Well, why not.
Magpies formerly known as 'Maggot-pot' (Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable) are seen as uncanny birds. In Sweden they are linked to Witchcraft.
I like listening to the one that comes into my garden. As it walks around looking for something to eat, it talks to itself. It has quite a long conversation with head gestures and nodding as though it's answering itself.
Hope you're having a great day too.
Best wishes,
Paula R.C.
Hi Paula .. Magpies are certainly interesting! I don't find them encouraging .. perhaps there are too many .. and like the other thugs (as I call them - the gulls and jays - come thumping into the garden when manna drops from heaven as it does sometimes!
ReplyDeleteBut you do wonder what they're saying .. cheers Hilary
Hi Hilary, Yes I do wonder what it's saying to itself. I think they are smart looking birds with beautiful colours in their feathers when you see them up close.
ReplyDeleteI do love magpies - I didn't know they were originally called Maggot-pots!! And I'm always losing words! Very frustrating when you know there is a word and you know you know what it is, but it just won't come to you! x
ReplyDeleteHi Teresa. I'm glad I'm not the only one hunting around for lost words. It's not like you can remember where you last had to look for it again. LOL
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for magpies even though they are wicked in stealing the eggs of other birds. But they can be so intelligent and playful bouncing around the garden and the young have almost no tail.....
ReplyDeleteLike you I do know what they are like, but they do seem so playful and a bit of a loner too.
DeleteThey are impudent birds. They sit in the trees at the end of my garden and call out "Chivychak! Chivychak!". And I call back at them, for I am afraid that they will go for the fledglings in the blackbirds' nest in the hedge below. But with luck a pair of buzzards with make their appearance and the magpies will go off an annoy someone else.
ReplyDeleteWe have Kites and Buzzards where I live which I love to watch when I'm out walking. Birds of Prey are growing in numbers all over England which on one side is great but at what cost I wonder as they feed on our other smaller birds.
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ReplyDeleteI'm so pleased to know I'm not the only one suffering from memory loss, i was putting it down to living inside my own head on the dark side. Mind you, it could be my age.
Regards the magpie, I wouldn't trust them. Lots of folklore surrounding birds. All my dark stories feature a raven or crow, not sure why, but I always feel drawn to putting them into my work!