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Category Archives: Sweet Robin
In The Joy And Memorial For A Friend
I tried, but I cannot write another thing until this man who meant so much to me is heard: a man called John who has left this earth for a better place but who gave my heart a safe place … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Family Memoirs, Sweet Robin
Tagged English Robin, Family Life, Family Memoirs, Friendship, God, Grief, joy, King Henry VIII, loss, Muse, Nature & Wildlife, writing
104 Comments
Birds of a Feather & All That
As much as I love birds, particularly my Sweet Robin (yes, I am still completely obsessed with him), I prefer them as wildlife, outside, not inside as pets. This is primarily because I have a real phobia of anything that … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, Family Life, Nature & Wildlife, Sweet Robin
Tagged Alfred Hitchock, bird food, birds, cats, Family Life, Humour, Pets, Phobias, robins, starlings, story telling, The Birds, White Cockatiels, zebra finches
8 Comments
What Has Your Blog Done For You?
Four months have gone by since I started this blog and after some (healthy, I hope!) introspection, I find that I am asking myself one question: “Why did I start this blog in the first place?”. Why indeed? Back in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Childhood Memories, Guest Blogs, Nature & Wildlife, Sweet Robin, Writing
Tagged Alcoholism, Blogging, change, Childhood memories, Fairies, faith, Foreign travel, God, Homesick, hope, joy, late bloomer, Mid-life, mothers, nature, writing
19 Comments
My Cats & My Robin Enjoyed the Sunshine – How About You?
It is funny how things change in life. From the age of ten, I grew up in a village in rural Suffolk and so spent many-a-day running across fields, walking in the nearby woods, climbing trees and such. Of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, CATalogue, Family Life, Garden Snippets, Photos, Suffolk Tales, Sweet Robin
Tagged Britain, cat photos, cats, Central Coast California, Childhood memories, English Robins, Family Life, Gardening, Home, Homesick, moving house, rain, Robin photos, Sunshine, travel
16 Comments
Spring Is Sprung & My Hummingbird Tale
Spring is sprung The grass is rizz… I wonder where the birdies is? Every spring time I think of this little poem; it takes me right back to when I was nineteen and working at the Post Office in a … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Garden Snippets, My California, Sweet Robin
Tagged California, divorce, England, English Garden, English Robin, Family Life, hope, Hummingbirds, San Diego, Spring, travel
30 Comments
Robin Feed Guarantee & A Cute Little Chiffchaff
Just when you think you’ve got it sorted, buttoned down all the hatches and preempted every foreseeable weather event (as in: Lopped off the trees in the back garden which were getting too tall and knocking against the neighbour’s fence; cut … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, Garden Snippets, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged birds, Black Dog, Blessings, Chiffchaff, garden, God, joy, Robin photos, Spring, Summerhouse, Sweet Robin, wildlife, Wind
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A Black Cat Reads the News, Sweet Robin Says Hello & A Happy Yesterday
Wouldn’t you know it, within minutes of hitting the ‘publish’ button on my ‘Maisy & The Missing Sun’ post yesterday guess who made an appearance? That old sun must have read it and ‘liked’ it, although a comment would have been nice…his general … Continue reading
Posted in CATalogue, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged birds, cats, Eddie, garden, Happy, Photos, robins, sun, Sweet Robin, Things that cats do
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Amazing Grace – Not Just Any Robin
“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.” How beautiful and powerful those words ring out, you’ve got to love that old-time religion. Back in … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life, My California, Sweet Robin, The Black Dog
Tagged Amazing Grace, California, Children, English Robins, hope, Hummingbirds, loss, nature, Somerset, Sweet Robin
12 Comments
Sweet Robin’s Antics & Last of the Snow Photos
So, hot on the heals after posting photos of Sweet Robin in the snow (and thank you so much for liking them 🙂 ) here are the last of my photos of the snow. How beautiful it all looked just a few short days … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, Garden Snippets, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged garden, Photos, snow, Sweet Robin
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Photos of Sweet Robin in the Snow
I thought I would share these photos I managed to take of Sweet Robin during our recent ‘snow day’ – hope you enjoy them! (c) copyright Sherri Matthews 2013 My daughter was the one who first caught sight of Sweet … Continue reading