While I created this Tamale Blog thing back in December 2007, it has taken me a while...like nearly an entire year...to get it up and running. So, I do have a little backloggin' to do. This post is dedicated to Aunt Lisa who was a witness to A Quotable Quote from 4 year old Jonathan...
In June we began to notice a very loud and aggressive robin flying around our front porch. Soon we learned why...she had taken up residence in one of our four hanging ivy geranium planters. The boys, most especially Jonathan, enjoyed peeking into her well-built nest -- three perfect Martha-Stewart-robin-egg-blue eggs! Each time our front door would open (which is often), Ms. Mama Bird would fly to the nearby phone line (see photo) and hover and fret about what might happen to her three soon-to-be's. Welp, one evening...it happened. We heard tiny chirping. Tom lifted Jonathan (their #1 fan) up to be the first to see the newborns. In his usual fashion, Jonathan's face lit up with wonder. Never one to be at a loss for colorful and descriptive words, Jonathan stood there
speechless after I asked him what they looked like. His eyes looked up and left. His lower jaw shifted. His fingers touched his chin in that Thinker Position...as he tried to formulate just the right words to describe this most amazing sight of nature. Long pause. Another long pause. "Hmmm. Well...(pause)....They kind of....um....well....um...(eyes suddenly popped with the ah-ha description for which he had been searching). They kind of looked like......HAIRY BALLS!" (Pretty accurate -- photo below.) And there you have it. One of those moments when you say to yourself, "I better write that one down!" And so I just did!
PS - All three hairy balls eventually flew to freedom a few weeks later. Mama Bird is now officially an empty nester. Maybe I will be thinking of her when my third goes off to college in 2025! Tweet Tweet!
In June we began to notice a very loud and aggressive robin flying around our front porch. Soon we learned why...she had taken up residence in one of our four hanging ivy geranium planters. The boys, most especially Jonathan, enjoyed peeking into her well-built nest -- three perfect Martha-Stewart-robin-egg-blue eggs! Each time our front door would open (which is often), Ms. Mama Bird would fly to the nearby phone line (see photo) and hover and fret about what might happen to her three soon-to-be's. Welp, one evening...it happened. We heard tiny chirping. Tom lifted Jonathan (their #1 fan) up to be the first to see the newborns. In his usual fashion, Jonathan's face lit up with wonder. Never one to be at a loss for colorful and descriptive words, Jonathan stood there speechless after I asked him what they looked like. His eyes looked up and left. His lower jaw shifted. His fingers touched his chin in that Thinker Position...as he tried to formulate just the right words to describe this most amazing sight of nature. Long pause. Another long pause. "Hmmm. Well...(pause)....They kind of....um....well....um...(eyes suddenly popped with the ah-ha description for which he had been searching). They kind of looked like......HAIRY BALLS!" (Pretty accurate -- photo below.) And there you have it. One of those moments when you say to yourself, "I better write that one down!" And so I just did! 
2 comments:
I am sure Jon will hear this at his rehearsal dinner.
Get Jon out to California so I can hear some of his maxims myself.
Aunt Elle
Oh yeah! That comment's a keeper! All children should get the chance to see fluffy peeps newly hatched...and to tell it like it is!
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