tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post3558919018644166733..comments2024-03-26T01:22:19.803-04:00Comments on Notes From ABroad: Friday PhotoNotes From ABroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-5226798466261798662014-03-16T11:45:53.714-04:002014-03-16T11:45:53.714-04:00Madison, when ours nested in the tree one time, th...Madison, when ours nested in the tree one time, the "father" always sat nearby , on different tree branch .. watching over the family.<br />I agree, very heart warming !Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-28313019625070692132014-03-16T11:18:22.363-04:002014-03-16T11:18:22.363-04:00For years turtle doves used a place on my balcony ...For years turtle doves used a place on my balcony to build their nests. The only time I saw the babies was when it was time for them to leave their nest. I have pictures of momma with her 2 babies and the father a few feet away, looking on. Every year, it was always two babies. Those are the things in life that warm the heartMadisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-65703833975281935562014-03-15T20:38:21.001-04:002014-03-15T20:38:21.001-04:00We would walk down the street sometimes and see br...We would walk down the street sometimes and see broken little eggs on the sidewalk :(<br />The doves used 2 geranium plants for nests , off my kitchen window .. where I had the workers build in a beautiful black wrought iron window box .. I had no heart to kill a bunch of baby birds for a plant. Which came back to life once the babies flew away.<br />I have lived in country settings for a good amount of time but I was never so close to nesting birds as in Buenos Aires :)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-36150521235000529312014-03-15T15:31:11.787-04:002014-03-15T15:31:11.787-04:00I had a Dove couple, who for years nested on my ba...I had a Dove couple, who for years nested on my bathroom window ledge...<br />Laboriously layering twigs, until the big day arrived...<br />Unfortunately, most of the particularily ugly chicks, ended up on the walkway below.....only to have the entire process started again...usually at least 4 batches of eggs....<br />After we had new windows installed, they could no longer nest there...as the window opens out....<br />They tried, but when I would open the window, the gathering of twigs, would get swiped away....<br />No eggs were lost...they just gave up!<br />Man....that was a long boring story.....sorry about that!<br />Cheers<br />Linda :o)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682800877894439940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-74267114480336174282014-03-14T22:24:32.396-04:002014-03-14T22:24:32.396-04:00Yes, this is the way it is here , people are not c...Yes, this is the way it is here , people are not connected as they used to be . In Argentina it is still very much the old fashioned way of stopping and talking and noticing your neighbors and being involved in life around you.<br />I knew someone in NYC who never ever met his next door neighbor.<br />It is not so noticeable when you have someone with you, it is when you are alone that you notice more, how alone you are.<br />Rent CDs .. Ricardo Darin , anything Argentine !Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-73391422662531566902014-03-14T22:07:34.461-04:002014-03-14T22:07:34.461-04:00I am behind reading your posts – I have been tryin...I am behind reading your posts – I have been trying to go to every blog that left a comment on mine and then we went on a couple of day trips, but I read all your past posts. On feeling lonely in America – I think this is the way the country is – people are busy, mostly interested in their own lives. We have no neighbors who we know, or visit. The culture here is so different and if you became used to Argentina, then the culture shock is great when you return, even if you are a US citizen. I have a US friend who went to Pisa, Italy for 5 years for work and it was extremely hard for him to return to the US life. I know many other French people who came to the US along the years, and most of them thought they would stay, but all of them went back to France– they just could not enjoy life here, even if they had more money here, they left. Life in the US is not as easy as some people think – it is very impersonal. I hope with spring you will be able to get out more. We went to the Library Sale last week and I bought a travel book on Buenos Aires – just to read and see – why not.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.com