Hadada Ibis reading at the watering hole / myLot

South Africa

May 12, 2017 1:55am CST

My hubby repainted my stone in the garden the other day and decided to put it at the watering hole (of stone). Yesterday a flock of Hadada Ibis's arrived and munched on all the worms in and about the grass and then approached the watering hole for a sip. So poised at the waters edge that it looked like they were reading the verse on the stone. "The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth,-- One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth." ~ by Dorothy Frances Gurney who was an English poet and hymn writer. Happy Friday to you all, may you find inspiration in everything you see, read or hear. There is plenty of goodness out there.

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ARM

@responsiveme (22926)

• India

12 May 17

Did they break out into song there?

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

12 May 17

if you can call their loud crock a song, then I can say they do!

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

13 May 17

I went to a garden centre and saw this plaque for the garden I could not resist it with my school boy humour. I am sure it will make you smile! It says When i'm in a sober mood I worry work and think. When i'm in a drunken mood, I party laugh and drink. But when my moods are over and my time has come to pass I hope they bury me upside down so the world can kiss my ****!! I will go to church in the morning and say three hail Mary's.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

15 May 17

I love it - you might be saying hail Mary's for a few weeks!

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

12 May 17

Hmm... Last time I spoke of the loud haaa de da call of the ibis hadada in Addis Ababa, nobody believed me. Now I can add that in South Africa they have learned how to read

. Nice picture

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

13 May 17

ha ha ha - thanks for enjoying my loud Hadada's new reading exercises.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457412)

• Switzerland

12 May 17

I am glad that they learned how to read

so now they can spread the word.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

13 May 17

thats a great thought

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325377)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 May 17

Thanks for a lovely post. I seem to be thinking a lot of my mother today and her love of her garden and all things natural. Maybe it's because it is Mother's Day on Sunday. Thanks anyway.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

13 May 17

you are welcome - so glad you got my feeling across all the waters between our continents. I am missing my mom too.

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