After spending some time in London, it’s quite evident that there is a fascination among the English with birds, ahem behrds. Maybe it’s the countless bread-fed pigeons that roam the streets or the mud-hen, which I find pretty and not muddy at all and have renamed the “two-color duck”, swimming in Regents Canal. Maybe it’s the swans along the Thames. So, a trip into Marlyebone to The Conran Shop made me squeal with delight when I saw this fanciful bird lamp. I’ve seen it before in magazines, but it’s different in person, like a handcraft your grandmother would give you if she owned a bad-ass welder and had a tiny, fake, feathered flock.
I want to own this lovely ornament but then, there’s the logical part of me that says, “Jimeney Christmas! This thing costs $640! I could buy a crapload of hangers, a bad-ass welder, feathers, some styrofoam Tweeties, and make it myself for that much money!” And so, I leave yet another store with plans to make something I see, but will find instead on Pinterest where Crafty Jane in I-have-nothing-else-to-do-with-my-time, North Carolina has done it much better.
In any case, I had an epiphany. I now realize why Englishmen call women birds. We’re complicated and beautiful. We primp. Some of us are swans and some of us are two-color ducks (mud hens). We make men squeal with delight. And there are just so many different types to observe. Maybe men should have a “bird” lamp to look at. I bet it would sell well on Amazon. So, about that welder….
Ha…this is funny! I suppose you’re right about why men call women birds. I guess we do fit the bill (no pun intended 😉
This comment is priceless!! Thank you for reading!
I must let the side down then, I have no interest in birds. I am scared of flocks of them flying at me. I hate pigeons. And all seagulls are good for are stealing your ice-cream. Hmm… does that could as an interest in them? I hope not!!
I’m also doing the blogging challenge. Good luck!
Ha ha! This really made me laugh. I like birds but am not fond of geese at all. I’ve been bitten by both a parrot and a goose and neither were any fun! I thought the parrot was going to take off my finger! And good luck to you on the blogging challenge. I don’t think I’ve slept in days from writing and reading. Maybe we April ends.
Fantastic! I love the way you weavve comedy into this.
I picked your name off the A to Z Challenge list. Here’s to a great April!
Thanks Liz! I appreciate the comments. I try to be funny sometimes and occasionally it works for me. 🙂
Thanks for the comments Liz! I really appreciate it. I try to be funny sometimes and occasionally it works for me. 😉
Good luck with your welder. I’m sure you could find a tutorial on pinterest, there’s one for everything else!
Rinelle Grey
Without a doubt there’s something on Pinterest. I’m afraid it might involve a hot glue gun though and I’m deadly with one of those!
American men call women…to be precise, a selective group of women… Chicks. Apples don't fall far off the tree..