The Bird Book...

I developed a love for bird watching at a very young age.

I would sit for hours and hours at Aunt Dot's dining room window

watching the birds come and go from her feeders.

Dining on her homemade suet and special seed mixes,

Pop always kept everything filled.

This is a story about a book, a very special book.

 

Have you ever held something in your hands,

something so special, it makes you smile from the inside out?

 

 Something so meaningful that just the sight of it evokes a wonderful memory?

 This was her bird book...

 The book she shared with my sister and I.

We would mark the page with a small "x",

once a bird had been spotted and identified.

Copyrighted in 1949

 it is one of the few things I have from this very special woman.

 Another peak inside, the book is just beautiful.

 

Only 4 x 6 inches, it has a hard cover...it is old, faded and worn.

But for me, it could not be more special, it could not hold more love.

I spent much of my childhood with my Aunt Dot and Pop,

I really loved them.

 

I didn't know that my sister had this book.

When she told me she did, I asked if I could have it.

I think that was a little selfish of me, but I really wanted it.

 

My sister Kathy reads my blog everyday, it's how she starts her day!!

So, I want to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart,

for sharing this book with me.

I will treasure it always.

 

And if I "go" first, you can have it back!!
(wink)