The north wind

[kevq]

A little previous as we are only in Spring but I had the bits and pieces I needed. The verse is a very old nursery rhyme, I don't know if our American friends know of it.
Kev.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Air8OZyh8OEA7WQrvhPVm1oWkTCP_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Air8OZyh8OEA7WQrvhPVm1oWkTCP)

[smiles]

Hi Kev,
Nice job. I really like the layout.
smiles :)

[kevq]

Smiles,
thank you.
Kev.

[JulieM]

Kev: I've always been fond of that rhyme. Very nice job presenting it. Did you know that North American robins are not the same as those in the UK?

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1nV2fHsMs7f5NtcAmUAKFrbjPKkG9b_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1nV2fHsMs7f5NtcAmUAKFrbjPKkG9b)

[kroberts]

Kev,

Yes, I've heard the nursery rhyme--I used to spend a lot of time reading and teaching nursery rhymes to my kindergarteners!:)

Great layout! And your Robins are more colorful than ours, even the one JulieM posted looks brighter than those in my backyard.

That would make a great page in an illustrated book of nursery rhymes!:)

[kevq]

Julie,
pleased you like it.
I think that your Robins were called "robins" because to the early settlers they looked something like the ones in England.
Kev.

[kevq]

Kim,
pleased you like it.
Kev.

[quillabee9]

Kev,
My Mom used to read to us kids a lot and I remember that poem well. I always thought it was a Mother Goose rhyme. Thanks for the nostalgic trip.:)

[kevq]

Gail,
my pleasure.
Kev.

[karen donnybrook]

Kev,

Great montge and love the poem. We have many different robbins over here. Some are grey with a white breast, while others are black with a bright red breast.

Karen :)

[kevq]

Karen,
so pleased you like it.
Kev.:)

[Red Sky]

My robins look like Julie's robins. Since early this spring, when out in the yard, I have one that is almost like a pet. He (or she) follows me around at close range getting the worms as I overturn the soil. Comes quite close, as if we have a relationship. I have my headset on so I can't tell if I am being spoken to, but I converse with the bird and throw it a worm now and then to let it know I appreciate the company. It is probably a myriad of robins coming to visit, but I like to think it is only one and that one has accepted me.
Thanks for posting the image Kev, (nice job too) and giving me a chance to think about my yard buddy.

[Chuck S.]

Julie,
pleased you like it.
I think that your Robins were called "robins" because to the early settlers they looked something like the ones in England.
Kev.

Kev, exactly right. The settlers saw the color of the breast and decided it was similar to the color found on the European Robin. In fact, the American Robin is a thrush, an entirely different bird...

[kevq]

Chuck,
our Robin was classified as being a member of the thrush family, now it has been reclassified as a member of the flycatchers.
Kev.