Spring has Sprung the Grass is Risen

**67hardtop** · 23rd September 2016, 09:17 AM

Hi everyone, this morning i had a reminder that spring is here. I was walking through my garage to open the roller door to let old snoopy out the front to have a snoop around. As i was walking back i seen a movement in the corner of my eye. It was a very young bird, (feathered variety), hiding behind my floor jack against the wall. I retrieved the little birdy and it was squalking a lot but i held it gently in my always warm hands and took it out back. It's squalking had mummy and daddy flying around me concerned for their youngsters welfare. I walked over to the tree in my back yard and checked the little fellow out. Seems ok. No broken bits. The wing feathers were developed enough for flight but the tail feathers were still coming through. I said bye bye to the little one and threw it up into the tree. It flew very well and dissapeared, as did the parents. A short time later the parents did a fly through my garage but the little one wasn't able to make it, due to, i think, not having enough control over flight yet. I picked it up and i tossed it in the air as the parents flew back through the garage and all 3 landed on the tree out front. Isn't life grand.

Today i go to a funeral of a grumpy old bastard i call my mate.
Bruce.
A better man at working bog and a spray gun i've never met.
RIP Brucey.
I'll miss you mate...😢😢

Life goes on...

Cheers Rod
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**carjunkieanon** · 23rd September 2016, 09:25 AM

Never fun going to the funeral of a friend. Hope it goes well.

Spring is sprung, the grass is ris,
I wonder where the birdies is?
They say the bird is on the wing,
but I say the wing is on the bird.

**jx2mad** · 23rd September 2016, 03:39 PM

Spring has come the grass is ris,
I wonder where the mower is

I have mown mine twice in two weeks

**Dinty** · 23rd September 2016, 04:23 PM

I have mowed the lawn twice in less than a week, but you can't help but notice 'spring has sprung' here LOL

anyway cheers Dennis
ps sorry to hear about your mate Rod,,.

**bblaze** · 23rd September 2016, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dinty

I have mowed the lawn twice in less than a week, but you can't help but notice 'spring has sprung' here LOL

anyway cheers Dennis
ps sorry to hear about your mate Rod,,.

that's what they make roundup for, delays the mowing
cheers
blaze

**JDNSW** · 23rd September 2016, 07:02 PM

When I get back from Camden I will have to see if I can start the mower - if it ever gets dry enough to mow! Dunedoo, 40km upstream from here, has set a new September rainfall record, beating a figure eighty years ago. And there is another week to go.

John

DiscoMick · 23rd September 2016, 07:12 PM

Spring has sprung
The grass has riz
I know where
The bindi is

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**67hardtop** · 23rd September 2016, 07:34 PM

Thanks for the well wishes guys. Seen my mate off tonight, had a couple drinks. I havent had a drink since 1985. I havent missed much. Ill miss my old mate Bruce tho. I dont make friends easily but when i do there usually mates for life. Bruce was a friend like that, but his chosen female partner was very hard to deal with. But he's gone now. Probably argueing with St. Peter at the pearly gates knowing him. He was quick with a joke or he had a comment or opinion about everyone. But generally a very decent man. Give 'em hell Brucey.

RIP mate.
12/11/1950---20/09/2016

Rod.

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**LandyAndy** · 23rd September 2016, 07:41 PM

Rod.
May you retain many fond memories of Olde Mate Bruce.Its always a sad time when a good mate moves on.
By the way,spring has sprung here too,mowed the lawn for the first time this season.Looks so nice with the yellowing winter weeds mowed down

Andrew

**Narangga** · 24th September 2016, 06:25 AM

Rod, my wife will tell you that as one life ends another usually begins.

Unfortunately you had to farewell Bruce but the story you told about the little bird says that spring is here and the new life does abound. Thanks for sharing the two stories and doing so honestly.

We have had some early season rain recently so our grass will soon be shooting up where brown earth has been for the past three or four months.

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