Lullaby of Birdland

Hummingbirds limit productivity. They prevent multi-tasking. When hummingbirds visit my cannas and feeder, I can't seem to do anything but watch in amazement.

An egret flies over just when the sky is at maximum Maxfield Parish. It seems to have captured all of the late sunlight, glowing intense white against the pink and blue.

Just before dark, my little wren puts in an appearance, hopping along the crossbar of the fence, and showing off its white eye liner. Out comes the bird book to compare Carolina wrens and Bewick's wrens again.

Limiting productivity enhances restorative relaxation! A song is in my head, though.

Oh, lullaby of birdland
That's what I always hear,
When you sigh,
Never in my wordland could there be ways to reveal
in a phrase how I feel

Have you ever heard two turtle doves
Bill and coo,
when they love?
That's the kind of magic music we make with our lips
When we kiss

And there's a weepy old willow
He really knows how to cry,
That's how I'd cry in my pillow
If you should tell me
farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland
whisper low
Kiss me sweet,
and we'll go
Flying high in birdland,
high in the sky up above
All because were in love

Here are some links to watch and listen to George Shearing, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEo6zQAxUl0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzsEYek8Cws&mode=related&search=

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Ella-Fitzgerald-Millennium-Collection/dp/B000084TSK © 2007 Nancy L. Ruder

Brown and white wren

Wren leaps in stage right
Over storage shed
& patio umbrella
To land on the fence rail
/flick tail/perpendicular/
Just as the last orange moment
Turns crayon Prussian blue
/90 degrees/pivot/flick tail/
Did you notice me?
Did you notice yet?
Next hop south
Right out of sight hop
& brown hot night
/Pivot tail/
Making sure you caught the runway model
In her vintage spectator shoes
To write home about it