Fethered friends

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Little Binky, are you still in bed?

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Hey Granny, where are you going?

You’re back already?

And you have a surprise for me…

I love surprises… Coming…

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Granny, where is the surprise?

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I can’t find anything…

come on, Granny, tell me what it is…

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you made pictures…

with your handy 😦

while you were on the way  to do some shopping..

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There was a nest, but when the coot saw Granny,

she swam towards her to get some crumbs…

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Here you see the nest with 4 eggs..

Granny, can you give me your glasses…

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Mom Coot was very hungry…

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and Dad Coot helped her eating…

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Granny told her to get back to the nest…

because she didn’t stop eating…

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and she did…

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but then she returned to get some more crumbs…

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Granny gave them some more crumbs

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and then finally they were sated..

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and mom Coot swam back to her nest..

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rubbed herself up…

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and rubbed herself up…

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and rubbed herself up…

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while Dad Coot kept an eye on her…

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and Granny..

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and after half an hour of cleaning…

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she finally made a start…

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to go…

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and sit on her eggs again…

While Granny was giving the Coots some crumbs,

there were other Coots coming out of their hiding places,

They all were very hungry,

probably because of the long sit on their nest.

Usually they don’t come so near,

but now they’re starting to follow her

and she could almost pet them.

Maybe they remember that she was feeding them during wintertime…

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I need some caressing too right now, Granny…

yes, yes…purr purr…

What you say, there’s more to come,

but I have to promiss that I won’t slobber..

Of course I do, I never slobber..

it’s not in my nature…

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Here are the first little chicks,

with their mom and dad..

…and Coot the bodyguard..

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Granny, the chicks are so… so…

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tiny winy succulent cutie cute…

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No.. honest, I don’t dribble…

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I can’t stand it anymore…

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…honest, there’s no water running out of my mouth…

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but can you please open the door for me..

I want to surprise somebody take a walk now.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone 🙂

Granny’s new friends

Binky keukenGranny, what are you doing with all the bread?

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Oh, you’re gonna feed the geese and duckies …and chicken..

oh, no chicks..

waterhens and coots..

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Granny, yesterday there were two waterhens on the shed, they were hungry too, but when I wanted to give them food, they flew away.

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No, granny, I don’t tell fibs..

Why I’m licking my mouth?

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No, not because I’m thinking of the waterhens, but…

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because I finished eating the crumbs you left me, that’s all.

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Ok, I get off the sink.

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What, can’t I come to feed the duckies and geese? Why not?…

Of cause they’ll come even if I’m around, they won’t bite me…

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are you sure they’re bigger then me.it’s to cold for me outside..

well, in that case, I’ll wait for you at home and tell my (furry)friends about our new feathered friends.

This is the place my granny goes almost daily lately to bring our feathered friends something to eat.

They’re starving since winter  did appear.

When they see her coming in the far distance, they begin to  croak and run towards her…(this picture was made while biking, so it’s not very sharp)

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they already know it’s granny…

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and they’re sitting on her feet, between her legs and she’s talking with them…

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she has to, because otherwise they jump on each other to get some food…

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but she tells them that she has enough for all of them…

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and they seem to understand,

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because they’re waiting patiently…

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and when they’re not, she tells them to take it easy and guess what… they’re all standing still. Amazing, isn’t it 🙂

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And this one is a special one. He’s following granny the whole time, untill she leaves and is trying to get her attention and when he doesn’t get it, he is picking on her. She thinks he’s a beauty with expressive blue eyes….

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I think he’s the golden goose, I mean, the goose with the golden eggs..

Granny, maybe he is a she…

No, I’m not jealous… not at all…

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When the food is finish, granny tells the feathered friends that she’ll be back and tells them that they have to go inside of the water now, because otherwise they’ll be freezing…

and then they go, running or flying into the water and she wents home…

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where I am waiting for her under the table almost frozen to death

Oh, not outside.. I mean..

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…inside on the window-still and acting as I was asleep all the time…

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Well, I’m a little sleepy still now, but I  just want to say one thing more.

If it’s freezing outside, our feathered friends don’t have anything to eat. Besides they’re feeling cold, they’re starving. It’s necessary to feed them supplementary. They’ll be thankful at you and you make new friends and in time I take the eggs 😉

Help is needed.. don’t stay inside… like me...

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Granny, I need some cuddling now…purrrrrrr…

and purrr to grandpa for making the photo’s 🙂