I’m not a huge fan of sparrows, but it was quite entertaining watching a little posse of them brazenly trying to share my lunch recently.
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I LOVE sparrows, probably because we have none in France. BUT I also want to share a funny ‚story‘ about those little thingies. On Easter morning, in a church service, my (Swiss, French spoken) Hero Husband wanted to refer to the ‚sacrificial lambs and lower animals‘ the jews killed to mark their door frames, but because HH is also dyslexic, he spoke about ‚boeufs & moineaux‘ (oxen & sparrows) instead of ‚agneaux‘ (lambs)….. this must be my personal best ‚use of the wrong word‘ – and I‘ll never see another moineau – sparrow in the same light!
I just find their ‚joie de vivre‘, their reckless abundance in their short lives, their bold cheerful little eyes and chilping so enchanting!!! We have lost much of our enthusiasm and ‚élan‘ / energy along the way and the little bundles of joy can teach us much…..
Sorry for this ‚novel‘ – you gave me really joy with this post and those lovely, lovely photos. Bless you !
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I love watching them dip-and-shake, dip-and-shake, dip-and-shake, as they bathe in the temporary little puddles left behind after a rainfall. They take “dust baths” as well — equally entertaining. 😊
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Yeah, I’m glad for everyone seeing those little joyful moments to share!
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They are reLly fun to watch 😀
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I’m so glad you like them — and thanks for sharing your moineaux story. So funny, and the stuff of family folklore.
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I already told my mum and one sister…. This will end up in the ‘retells’ until the end of our time 😉
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Kilki, what a lovely story! I, too, am moderately dyslexic, so your story stuck really close to home. Though my French is so ,rudimentaire’ that I have not yet made a similar mistake in French. Thanks for the moment of mirth 😊
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Well, that particular one (there are many others….) will definitely go down to our family history 🙂
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Oh my goodness! I haven’t seen sparrows in years! Thank you for sharing.
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Wow! They are everywhere here in NZ.
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Aw, I love little sparrows, they are such sociable birds. I get a lot in my garden and love to see them squabble over the food, bathe in the water and chatter in the trees. I think they have gone off to nest at the moment though as I haven’t seen many in recent days. Lovely photos Su.
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Thanks Jude. We’ve had some nesting in our guttering outside my office — so noisy!!
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Sociable 😀
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How lovely these sparrows posed for you, Su! They may not be the prettiest birds around, but their behaviour is truly endearing.
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I had food; they were determined I was going to share it!!
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They are cute Su, and they are a thinking creature.
Leslie
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Hehe. They were thinking about my lunch 😀
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Exactly!
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Nicely captured. 😊
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Thank you.
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Su, these pics are sooo beautiful. You only spent 5 minutes with these cuties and, yet, were able to capture their Joie de vivre so well. We have lots of sparrows around here and I admit I do like watching them. They make me smile.
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Thank you so much 🙏 They are very cute little beasties.
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Wonderful, Su. 🙂
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Thanks Hannah.
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Sue, what Theme do you use? I have noticed that it’s a new (from 2 years ago.) And are you happy with it, or thinking of changing?
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It is called Hemingway Rewritten. I changed a while ago because my old theme seemed quite squashed up and photos always seemed too small. I like the current theme (though I confess, I haven’t given it much thought).
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Thanks, Sue.
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Aww – so cute! I think sparrows are totally underestimated as photo subjects, just look at these cheeky little cuties! And somehow yours look much cleverer than ours! 😂 Maybe it was the food? 😉
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