See I love birds, not in that crazy Alfred Hitchcock way, but so much that I have a hard time turning down a good vintage bird print or figurine when I see it! So needless to say you can find a bird or two or three in just about every room in the house. This new birds in flight set will go nicely with my other wooden birds in flight set that CollectoratorOne gave me as a present awhile back. These are really superb. Navy blue to go with my blue glass topped furniture, and they are wood! How cool is that?
And if that isn't enough bird watching for you, CollectoratorOne found me a 1952 chartreuse Claire Learner bowl (finally!) for Christmas, and it came with an egret figurine to boot. It also makes a really nice home for my other Claire Learner bird figurine which has needed a home for a very long time...
All of the birding is very apropos because it has been in the news lately that two families of whooping cranes have decided to make Granger Lake their home for the winter, which is just right up the road a piece from our fair city. Of course I am dying to see a bird that is as tall as me, but they are discouraging people from flocking out there...hee hee... Apparently they flew to Aransas, Texas from Canada as usual but decided the foodstuffs were better in central Texas. Apparently we are becoming more of a foodie town than I thought! =) Anyway, I'll settle for seeing them on the news, and looking at all the birds around my for now. Of course, now I just have to pack up the new additions to my nest but I am happy to welcome them home.
Love them all! I collect birds too and this morning read on a post about Friday the 13th that some people think that keeping images of birds in your home is bad luck. Either/or...keeping the birds! :)
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Nice to meet a fellow bird lover! I thought birds were a good thing the feng shui world? Keeping them regardless!
ReplyDeleteYour birds are wonderful! I'm a bird lover too. I'm nuts about Oiva Toikka glass birds, and I have a collection of 1...LOL They're so expensive and so hard to find at an affordable price that I doubt my collection is going to grow very fast. I also have to own an Eames house bird before I die...definitely on the bucket list.
ReplyDeleteLove that you have collections of 1, sounds like something I would say as I am ever optimistic! And wow you introduced me to two bird families I had yet to discover....uh oh......
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely gift from your hubby.They are beautiful birds.Absolutley love the bowl and figuring.so elegant.x
ReplyDeleteHi. I inherited a chartreuse heron(?) from my mother that looks very much like yours. It's marked CL 265 and then C.L.S. I'm wondering how yours is marked.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the pond!
Hi! Sorry for the delay in responding... I've been in the throes of packing moving etc! Actually it's packed so I'll have to check back in with you later once I unpack it. I know the bowl is marked but I can't recall if the bird is marked or not. Stay tuned!
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