[AGL] Birds/lunch or art

[Kathy]

Think how different the world would be if only we humans were all  
rational creatures ( and could agree on what  rational is).
  Well , if they're still in the freezer next time you're here, you  
can do the plucking honors, but you can be certain I'll be fixing us  
something else for dinner!
kathy.
On Mar 8, 2007, at 11:55 PM, Bill Irwin wrote:


> I would be happy to pluck the little birdies for free, of course  

> you would

> have to pay the travel expenses.  Afterwards we could try your recipe.

> Strange about peoples limitations - OK to keep the dead birds in  

> the freezer

> but no-no to pull the feathers out!!?

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> The art work is not my style but I can see that they would be big  

> sellers.

> Ewie

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> From: "Kathy" <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com>

> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

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> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:03 PM

> Subject: Re: [AGL] Birds/lunch or art

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>> Mmm! ligustrum berry stuffed wax wings with mistletoe garnish !  A

>> seasonal delicacy.   No, not really. It's because I am friends with

>> Sharon Warren who does art of flower petals, insect wings and bird

>> feathers of "found" dead critters  and  I'm  saving them for  her.

>> But neither of us is willing to pluck them, so first we need to find

>> someone not too squeamish with time on their hands to pull the

>> feathers. It sure ain't gonna be  me.  Whenever we find a butterfly

>> or other pretty winged critter or bright feather on the ground ( or

>> in a car grill) we save them for her.

>> Here's a blurry image of one of her small simpler pieces which she

>> gave to my son when we visited her studio. It's a little flower fairy

>> with a feathered skirt. dancing on a blossom from her garden.

>> kathy

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>> On Mar 8, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Bill Irwin wrote:

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>>> Nice snap of the birds.  But I gota ask why you are keeping some

>>> dead ones

>>> in the freezer?  Got a good recipe for them?

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>>> ----- Original Message -----

>>> From: "Kathy" <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com>

>>> To: "survivors' the 60s reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in"

>>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>>> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:11 AM

>>> Subject: [AGL] Birds

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>>>>   A tree full of cedar wax wings.  They like, among other things,

>>>> ligustrum berries, which we have.   This was their 3rd visit to   

>>>> our

>>>> yard, when the pickins were thin.  After the first visit we found 2

>>>> dead ones ( dead drunk) that are presently in my freezer. They are

>>>> beautiful with soft downy yellow bellies, bright yellow tips on  

>>>> their

>>>> tails and bright red tips on the wings ( males only I think)  I  

>>>> took

>>>> 6 pictures of the tree full of birds and in everyone the birds were

>>>> each facing in almost the same way so you cannot see the wing  

>>>> tips on

>>>> one of them.  What were they all watching- the big cinema in the

>>>> sky?   They don"t really twitter - make a high pitched sound  

>>>> instead-

>>>> it is easier to notice their arrival by the plop- plopping sounds

>>>> that accompany them.

>>>> kathy

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