FROM THE ARCHIVE December 2014. You didn’t really think I wouldn’t reblog my cheerful little robin from last year, did you! There’s still time to buy your Christmas cards — if you have a sturdy, fast-moving writing hand, that is.
‘Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay,
And at my easement sing,
Though it should prove a farewell lay
And this our parting spring.
— William Wordsworth To a Redbreast—In Sickness
‘The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.’
― J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird
The original robin is…
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You can’t beat a Robin. They are always so endearing, and this one has been captured perfectly. I just voted in the national poll for the bird to represent Britain. Naturally, I chose a Robin.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Thank you so much, Pete. The original photo was lovely but I played with textures to cover him in snow! Great fun.
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Lovely to see darling Robin again. Despite everybody telling me it’s Christmas and the snow on the blog, it doesn’t seem to register.
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Bless. I’m feeling much the same although I heard a snatch of a carol on TV earlier and felt a sudden quickening!
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That little bird has a very delightful eye. 🙂
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Looks rather beady to me!
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