What a lot of fond Australian memories these postings have brought me! Here, my friend Joy, Melinda's mother, was sharing her daily routine, feeding the "Maggies" (another of those abbreviated words!) Unlike anything we had the capability of doing back in the states, she'd feed them "mince", as in "minced kangaroo meat!" If we HAD been able to purchase it back home, I can only think it would have been "exotic and expensive"! Those birds were clearly fearless, and I had one other print with one sitting on the couch to the right in the picture!
While on the subject of "exotic foods", we did go one night to a wonderful restaurant in Sydney that served only indigenous foods, both meats and vegetables! It was all quite good and beautifully served. Nowadays I always photograph a menu at the restaurant, but I failed to do it then. My loss...
They are such an intelligent bird, she must have been a five star restaurant!
Nice to meet a fellow crafter, I have been making cards since the mid eighties, my stash is huge and embarrassing to say the least!! But I do use everything! I have a wonderful craft room which hubbie sorted for me last autumn after living with a very messy do everything room. I love it and now everything is in order and I can see the floor!!
@craftymeg Oh, I saw your marvelous craft room unfold! I have one also, but I still seem to be spilling out of it! If I'm not "working on a project" or filling my day with a photo project, it depresses me! So yes, I love following all the projects you share; I count my art-and-craft circle amongst my best friends (and when we can't always get together, we have a zoom gathering at least once a month to update all we've been working on!)
@haskar Interestingly, in Australia, many of the indiginous birds will feed from people's hands! Most with "a parrot shaped beak" will gladly feed, and the Maggie, like our crows in the US, is a very intelligent bird, but I think they are more fearless than ours! "My crows" will come to the yard when they know I'll give them food, but they will not engage with me!
Magpies are the coolest birds and we don't have them around here!
Nice to meet a fellow crafter, I have been making cards since the mid eighties, my stash is huge and embarrassing to say the least!! But I do use everything! I have a wonderful craft room which hubbie sorted for me last autumn after living with a very messy do everything room. I love it and now everything is in order and I can see the floor!!