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Deterring Pigeons as well as Mice; and Chilling Bottled Beer
by
TheLastLeafGardener
(IC: blogger)
It's been nearly three weeks since I've been present on HT as I've been spending my time preparing for (and ultimately hosting) a visit with a friend (who now lives in Seattle with her husband), she can be seen (left) with yours truly on the carousel at one of the Chelsea Piers in New York City (as seen in the image below).
The day we took our ride, "Que Sera Sera" was the song that was playing, but as I have not seen my friend in over fifteen years, "Circle Game" might have been the tune that "shoulda" been playing:
"Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
"Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like when you're older must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
"Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
"So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
And go round and round and round
In the circle game."
The day we took our ride, "Que Sera Sera" was the song that was playing, but as I have not seen my friend in over fifteen years, "Circle Game" might have been the tune that "shoulda" been playing:
"Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
"Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like when you're older must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
"Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
"So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
"And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
And go round and round and round
In the circle game."
But then again, painted ponies were not going up and down, rather it was the carousel's non-traditional animals* which are replicas of those found in the Hudson Valley, including an array of birds such as the falcon my friend is riding.
Meanwhile Cam (my visiting cardinal) was relieved that my friend was visiting as she wanted a break from the writing we have been doing on our book ("Words in Our Beak").*
If you follow my posts on HT, dear reader, then you know I have written about a number of bird feeders that I've tried in my garden,* but at this point, I've given ALL of those feeders to friends as well as family, and I am now resorting to the simplicity of a saucer mostly filled with black-oil sunflower seeds (that I replenish continuously) which is atop a clay pot that is under a cage-like structure that cardinals and song birds can hop in and out of.
The male and female house finches (pictured above) have been featured in my posts on Blogger and tumblr, to read them please visit the following links:
The male and female house sparrow (pictured above respectively) have been featured in my posts on Blogger and tumblr, to read them please visit the following links:
The mourning dove (pictured above in two photo-ops) has been featured in my posts on Blogger and tumblr, to read them please visit the following links:
Pigeons (pictured above in two photo-ops) has been featured in my posts on Blogger and tumblr, to read them please visit the following links:
I hope to include other photographs of the bluejays siblings in the book, but since Cam is writing it with me, I will need to get her approval.
Cam and her beau have been featured in my posts on Blogger and tumblr, to read them please visit the following links:
She seems comfortable with napping now that it appears my garden has been rid of the mice that were living in the digs (container) of my Smoke Bush* as well as my 'Tamukeyama' AKA Japanese Maple** (pictured above).
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Published July 23rd, 2014 7:00 AM
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Douglas Hunt on Jul 24, 2014The peppermint oil mouse deterrent is such a good idea.
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