5/19/09

Mr. Bird

Sunday, I arrived home and found a little bird on my porch. When my son arrived home he fell in love with this fussy little bird. We discovered he must have fallen out of a near by nest and unfortunately he wasn't old enough to fly yet. So we set out some water for him and cut up bread crumbs. Sunday night my son asked if he could check on mr bird before going to school. Monday morning he checked and Mr. Bird had parked himself in this corner and would not look away from the corner. Long story short, Monday is lawn day at my apartment and Mr. Bird unfortunately must have been run over by the lawn mower tires. Well my son cried for at least 45 minutes. He finally decided we should barry the bird, which I though was a good idea. He wrote Mr. Bird a note and folded it up so I couldn't read it and we put Mr. Bird in a napkin with some bread my son had cut up for him and the note and placed him in a hole I'd dug up by his favorite spot (in the corner facing the wall). As I put him to bed tonight he talked about what a great bird Mr. Bird was and sniffed some more...:-(

9 comments:

winna said...

Very well and beautifully done...

Capt Elaine Magliacane said...

Oh poor Mr Bird... sorry he didn't make it. Great drawing of him.

Alex said...

It's a very lovely and sweet drawing. But I am so sorry for what happened, and it's truly heart-breaking to accept the facts of life sometimes. I hope your son's feeling better. :(

Thanks for commenting on my Rachel Weisz sketch, I appreciate it very much.

Ann said...

That is a great drawing. So sorry about Mr. Bird and your sweet son.

bubblemunch said...

Beautiful and fragile.

kazumiwannabe said...

Oh, poor mr Bird, and poor little boy! Very cute stoy, and your drawing is great, perfect with it!

seesue said...

lovely sketch. You can tell that he's a baby you've kept his head feathers so downy soft.

Margaret Ann said...

Beautifully composed spread.

Dan Kent said...

I too have gone through periods of great loss, and feel for you and your family. March is not long ago, and this loss for your son is like an echo of your larger loss. It seems you are beginning to turn your loss into poetry/art, and I hope it will be healing for you. Thank you for commenting on my recent sketch, especially because it brought me to your blog. The picture of Mr. Bird with the diagonal writing, and your picture "Hiding" are both very creative, quite touching, and well done.