CASology #4, BIRD

Aaaccckkk, it's August Already!!

I got a call yesterday to go to the office today and do an emergency Power Point presentation.  (Not "do" the presentation, as in be the presenter, but "do the presentation," as in prepare the materials.)  I had my container of bird stamps open in my Playhouse when the call came in.  So many birds, so many ideas, so little time, this will have to wait until tomorrow  . . . then I remembered that I had a print photo of my birdhouse in my "to do" slot, waiting to be made into a card.  So that's what I did.  Thank you, Serena Dippity.

As you've no doubt guessed, today's cue word at CASology is "bird."

Here is my photo of the cute little birdhouse hanging in the back yard:

And here's my card, made from a previously taken photo.  I should have taken a picture from another angel, too, to show you better how the little "hello" is attached so it can be closed over the birdhouse entry hole.

~~~

Okay, you guys, so in Wild Kingdom news, you know that cute little squirrel I showed you a few days ago, the one who was eating some mystery item up on the fence, which he's still doing and which I think are undeveloped sunflowers, and the one who brought out the hatred for squirrels in some of you?  WELL!  Looks like I'm going to be joining the ranks of squirrel haters.

Wait, first, back to the birds.  You see, without the birds, who just happened to be the focality of this post, I wouldn't have caught the squirrel.  So there I was, getting up and down straightening out my stamp cupboard yesterday and this bird caught my eye, hopping along the patio right under my window, where birds don't normally hop, so I stopped to watch it.  Turned out to be a mama.  Here she is:

She turned around and hopped over to the big decorative boulder where, by now, this other bird was waiting.  Turned out to be her baby: 

Here is mama feeding baby. Sorry, it's so blurry, but I get a little picture-taking-tremor when I get excited by these critter moments.  Not to mention, baby is all a twitter over getting fed:

And here they are unblurry:  Aaawww . . .

So, as I'm taking that picture, I notice one of the jade trees right there starts to shaking.  I focused and could just see a furry little brown bottom:

What the heck?  I can't even imagine what he's doing in there.  Just then, Mister came home and Squirrel scampered away: 

I mentioned it to Mister and we walked over to instigate.  Oh my gravy, that little sheet was EATING one of the jade trees!!  We've had them five years and this has never happened before:

That was a big 'ol chunk.  I can plant it in another pot and it will probably take root, but I hope he got a first-class tummy ache so he doesn't do it again!  Man, oh, man.  And here I was telling the whole world how cute he was.  That's the thanks I get!

It's amazing I get anything done, huh, what with my ADHD interrupting my OCD like that.

Okay, gotta run.  If you haven't checked out CASology yet, please go over and join in the fun, even if "clean and simple" isn't your normal "go-to style." The creations are always amazing, always enchanting, and a lot of the time, ridiculously brilliant! 

Enjoy!   As always, thank you for stopping by to visit.   Special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower or leave a comment!

Paper:  SU white

Stamp:  "Hello" SU, set unknown

Ink:  PTI dark chocolate

Photo:  © Darnell J. Knauss