{"id":14529,"date":"2014-06-06T04:03:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T02:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=14529"},"modified":"2014-08-09T05:17:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T03:17:45","slug":"bird-by-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2014\/06\/06\/bird-by-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"bird by bird&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14533\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1918.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1918\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1918.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1918-87x64.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes that does happen to be the title of one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bird-Some-Instructions-Writing-Life\/dp\/0385480016\" target=\"_blank\">favourite books<\/a> by Anne Lamott, recommended to me by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instinctandgrace.blogspot.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">sweet Kylie<\/a> some years ago while I was writing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Heart-Wanders-Celebration-Wherever\/dp\/1741967465\" target=\"_blank\">My Heart Wanders<\/a>. It helped tremendously as I had spent many days sitting looking at a blank screen, wondering how to start the mammoth task of writing a memoir of that time of my life.<\/p>\n<p>But I digress! Do you recall this bird mobile I made for Laly&#8217;s room, which I featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/piajanebijkerk.bigcartel.com\/product\/little-treasures-made-by-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Little Treasures: Made by Hand<\/a>? It&#8217;s on pages 208-211, with reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/au\/shop\/ohmyeye#\" target=\"_blank\">Spool sewing<\/a> who released the pattern some years ago. I made the birds using the pattern then attached them to some twigs with ribbon, and embellished the mobile with vines and dried fern fronds. It hung above Laly&#8217;s cot for many months, but once she began to be able to stand &#8211; and reach up to the birds &#8211; I took the mobile down. The birds were added to her toy basket until a few months ago when I found an abandoned birdcage. I gave it a good clean and then Laly and I painted it in an array of her favourite colours. I let her paint it in her way (mixing colours together, with big dollops of dripping paint). We added a couple of twigs inside the cage <em>et voil\u00c3\u00a0<\/em>, the birds have come out again to play&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14530\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2833.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_birdcage_IMG_2833\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2833.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2833-58x87.jpg 58w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14531\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2835.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_birdcage_IMG_2835\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2835.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2835-87x56.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to have found a way for the birds to be played with again, relevant to Laly&#8217;s new skills: She&#8217;s right into inventing her own games and role play. To decorate the cage we went out to forage for some vines and ferns. Of course I had plans for her to be part of the photoshoot for this blog post, but she didn&#8217;t want to and I&#8217;m doing well now to let her make her own decisions when it comes to play. So while she was out with her Papa I took the opportunity to play with the birds and cage in my own way&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14532\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2837.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_birdcage_IMG_2837\" width=\"500\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2837.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_birdcage_IMG_2837-64x87.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy weekend <em>mes amis<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>xx<\/p>\n<p>PS new music on the way, I hope you&#8217;re enjoying <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/pia-bijkerk\" target=\"_blank\">my growing collection<\/a> so far. Thanks for your downloads and encouraging comments thus far, so appreciated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14535\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1482.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1482\" width=\"500\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1482.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PJB_LTMBH_birdmobile_IMG_1482-82x87.jpg 82w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes that does happen to be the title of one of my favourite books by Anne Lamott, recommended to me by sweet Kylie some years ago while I was writing My Heart Wanders. 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