Comments on: Bird feeders stolen AGAIN - email to our neighbors http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/ Honey Bowtie Music blog: where sticky songs meet (occasionally) overdressed ideas. Sweet. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:49:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: krasota http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2502 krasota Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:58:23 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2502 The vine would provide shade/cover for birds. Since it has feet, it wouldn't grow on the metal poles, so you'd need to provide string or bamboo. After it flowers, the berries provide a native food source for native songbirds. I *highly* recommend poison ivy. Or, if your criminals are dumb, opt for virginia creeper. It's another native. While it can cause contact dermatitis, it's not as bad as poison ivy for most folks. And almost everyone I know mistakes it for poison ivy, mostly because they just don't *look*. The vine would provide shade/cover for birds. Since it has feet, it wouldn’t grow on the metal poles, so you’d need to provide string or bamboo. After it flowers, the berries provide a native food source for native songbirds.

I *highly* recommend poison ivy. Or, if your criminals are dumb, opt for virginia creeper. It’s another native. While it can cause contact dermatitis, it’s not as bad as poison ivy for most folks. And almost everyone I know mistakes it for poison ivy, mostly because they just don’t *look*.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2501 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2501 I know, it is WAY fucked up. I've been in a really, really, really foul mood about it. And I hate that almost as much as losing the feeders. Arrrrrgh. I know, it is WAY fucked up. I’ve been in a really, really, really foul mood about it. And I hate that almost as much as losing the feeders. Arrrrrgh.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2500 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2500 Yeah. Yuck. Thanks for your sympathy. Yeah. Yuck. Thanks for your sympathy.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2499 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:31:28 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2499 Indeed. Indeed.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2498 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:30:54 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2498 Thanks for your sympathy. Argh. Thanks for your sympathy. Argh.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2497 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:30:19 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2497 Oh, I didn't know you had ferns stolen. That totally sucks. And yeah, it does feel like a personal attack. Rationally, I <em>know</em> it's absolutely not, but I still feel like I'm being targeted. Yuck. Oh, I didn’t know you had ferns stolen. That totally sucks.

And yeah, it does feel like a personal attack. Rationally, I know it’s absolutely not, but I still feel like I’m being targeted.

Yuck.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2496 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:22:14 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2496 Yeah, that was the first reaction of one of our neighbors: "Is this some kind of sick joke?" But I don't think she has had as many encounters as we have with the homeless and deranged people around here -- it's pretty clear to us that there are just some incredibly desperate and bitter people living nearby. Yeah, that was the first reaction of one of our neighbors: “Is this some kind of sick joke?” But I don’t think she has had as many encounters as we have with the homeless and deranged people around here — it’s pretty clear to us that there are just some incredibly desperate and bitter people living nearby.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2495 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:20:01 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2495 One of our neighbors suggested poison ivy on the feeder poles. I <em>like</em> that idea. We have plenty of it in our yard. We'd just have to be very careful about transplanting it (using gloves and tools we can dispose of, etc). Even if it wouldn't keep the stuff from getting stolen, I would feel a small cackle of glee at thinking of the itchy thieves. One of our neighbors suggested poison ivy on the feeder poles. I like that idea. We have plenty of it in our yard. We’d just have to be very careful about transplanting it (using gloves and tools we can dispose of, etc). Even if it wouldn’t keep the stuff from getting stolen, I would feel a small cackle of glee at thinking of the itchy thieves.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2494 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:18:21 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2494 I'm feeling pretty close to ready to try it. I’m feeling pretty close to ready to try it.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2493 kateo Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:17:39 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/06/25/bird-feeders-stolen-again-email-to-our-neighbors/#comment-2493 Hmm. Thanks for the idea. Hmm. Thanks for the idea.

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