...in Those Cotton Fields Back Home

Once upon a time...we took a back road to go birding in a small community here in the area along the coast, I had to make a 'u' turn and go back and photograph this house that once was perhaps close to elegant in its heyday. "This ol' house is gettin' feeble, this ol' house is gettin' old!" Yet, when I see one like this, deteriorating, of course living in a larger city, I can't help but think there may be vagrant inhabitants behind the clapboard exterior. Either of the human kind or perhaps wild ones like racoons or rats.

Linking to: Rubbish Tuesday...

...along the road behind this home, there is an outcropping, a motte, of trees. Perched on a branch were three Inca doves. I'm thinking the parents and probably a juvenile...

linking to: Wild Bird Wednesday

 

1. What would you say is the key to success? Accomplishing what you strive for in life. Aiming and reaching your goal. And that is NOT being given something 'cause of family ties...work for it!!

2. Have you ever been to the Florida Keys? Any desire to visit that part of the US of A? I'm glad I wasn't there this past weekend....with Bertha out there in the Atlantic.

3. When and where did you last see a real live donkey? Monkey? Turkey? Wild Turkeys and donkeys are all around this area if you travel away from the city, turkeys more so than donkeys....as for monkey, a zoo. In Brownsville, TX.

4. An old Portuguese proverb says, 'Beware of the door with too many keys.' What do you think this means? Share an example of how this has proven true or false in your own life.   I presume it means to be an individual. To do your own thing instead of being one of the flock by following others who go through the same door. Beware...the path is well traveled. But when it comes to key quotations my favorite is this: "Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks."

5. Besides your home, vehicle, and special jewelry, what is something you keep under lock and key? My chastity belt? [just kidding] --- that's difficult to answer. I guess it'd be legal documents.

6. When did you last get keyed up about something? At my age, I try to step back, count to 10, and relax 'cause the situation would be made worse if I get keyed up. Just like Scarlet says in GWTW --"After all, tomorrow is another day".

7. Who thinks we need an easy one right about now?  Key lime pie...yes please or no thank you? It's okay, but nothing exciting. If I didn't have a slice for the rest of my days I wouldn't feel cheated.

8. Insert your own random thought here.  On the way home from this birding roundabout mentioned above, I pulled off the highway along the back country and got out to take some photos of the cotton fields. Which always makes me think of the Boll Weevil song lyrics. The lyrics could also be a good fitting to my rubbish 'home' this week and maybe the immigrants from nearby Old Mexico?  I know that is a bit far fetched but these days with the illegal immigrants in the news all the time, I can't help but think---

Oh, the boll weevil is a little black bug
Come from Mexico they say
Well he come all the way to Texas
Just a-lookin for a place to stay
He was lookin' for a home,
Just lookin' for a home.
The chorus, which featured different variations of the "just looking for a home" line, spoke to anyone with a sense of cultural displacement, suggesting a spiritual search and a chance for a brighter future down the road. The song's subtle humor also gave the weevil a kind of trickster's mentality, as he outwits the farmer every time....

linking to: Our World Tuesday - Nature Notes - HODGEPODGE!!