Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Billy & Betty Buzzard


This is a new home in a subdivision where I walk. The area is large and wooded but only 7 houses have been built and of those only 3 have been sold and have people living in them. I always see a lot of buzzards in this area and lately I've noticed them sitting on the roof of this vacant house.

This is Billy Buzzard and here is the story he told me one day when I was there taking pictures. Believe it or not!
"I was a single guy, a little shy but not bad looking and I was lonesome. I started cruising around looking for women. I heard about this place they called "The Roof" so I decided to check it out.
I strutted around a little and showed my stuff and soon I had the attention of this cutie named Betty.
She seemed a little shy at first but soon we were chatting and getting along really well.
We had a few dates and flew around together for a while.
In no time she had me hook, line, and sinker. Old Billy Buzzard was IN LOVE!
We settled down together and right away she changed into an entirely different person. She either ignored me or....
it was NAG NAG NAG.
My friends made fun of me and said I was "buzzard pecked".

One day I had enough and I just up and left that Betty Buzzard.

Now I'm foot loose and fancy free again and LOVING IT!"

34 comments:

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Cute Dot.... You have a Billy and Betty--and I have a Pete and Petunia Red-bellied Woodpeckers...
Hugs,
Betsy

JunieRose2005 said...

:)

I loved that story Dot, and I believe every word of it too!
THAT happens all too often in this world of ours, so how can you NOT believe it!

....But sometimes it might be a case of the Old Bird getting his feathers ruffled all too easily, rather than being Buzzard Pecked! haha

Junie

Becky said...

What a cool story Dot, I believed it was true...! It would make a good kids book.
B.

judi/Gmj said...

A story for the birds! cute, wonderful pictures. come back, it's a slide show.

Jan said...

Very creative. Love your photo series and prose.

Patty said...

Oh how cute..I love this story and the photos fit so perfec(PS..I never could find out anything about that staute in Franklin you ask me about..sorry)

Malyss said...

Your story made me smile;Even the buzzards get the blues!and you made the right pictures to go with it..
But those birds are very impressive.I don't know if I would like so much to live in their neighbourhood...

Carletta said...

What a great photo essay!
Great photos.
I'm not sure I'd want to live there. :)

KOSTAS said...

Wow!Great story and great post with marvelus photos!
In my country these big birds live in the tall mountains and long from the persons!

Anonymous said...

Very clever!

UP said...

Great photos and story. Every once and a while I see two buzzard around here also. I really enjoy traveling around your state with you.

EG CameraGirl said...

Bwahahaha! Wonderful, Dot. Must be a true story, for sure. ALL of it. ;-)

Kerri Farley said...

Oh I LOVE this Dot!! What HOOT!

Dick said...

Oooooooohhhh, what a great post, I love the story.

Latane Barton said...

What fun you had with those buzzards. Cute story and what an imagination you have.

Daryl said...

Fun ... I am glad he confided in you before he flew off .. now are you going to tell Betty?

Skeeter said...

Cute story to put a smile on my face today! We have big crows in our yard each day nibbling the corn we put out for the deer...

I am Catching up on some missed posts today:
The Saint and I love to check out different BBQ places so we may have to take an expedition to Jessup, GA some time. I must find it on the map first as we dont explore much further west then Atlanta. lol

Your New Years meal looked yummy but you can keep the greens. tee hee, We settled for Ham, Black-eyed peas and cornbread dressing and cornbread! Cant have enough of that Martha White ya know :-)

They have been making the Smart Cars in Germany for many years, We left there to relocate to GA in the year 2000 and the Smart Cars were already there before we left...

We have those cute anole lizards all over our yard. They enjoy hanging out on our brick wall to bask in the sun shine. They are all sleeping now. One fell through the flu pipe of our fireplace a few days ago. Good thing the cats were upstairs sleeping.

James Brown is our areas (Augusta) famous singer in the Hall of Fame. He had his troubled past and family still fighting over his will after 2 years of passing but he did make his mark in the music world...

The Hornets nest was a neat find! I would be afraid there may be a stray or two around so scared to try and pluck it. :-)

Rose said...

Great story, Dot! And great pictures as well!

Anonymous said...

Adorable! Like Junie said, how can we NOT believe it?! I love it!!!

Anonymous said...

Hey yeah, a kids book like Becky said

tina said...

Absolutely adorable! And so well told and illustrated!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Dot: I loved your story and loved your photos even more. I have never seen a buzzard on a roof around here. I wish I would. They did some great poses for you and those flying shots are super.

Carole said...

This was inspired, Dot. Loved it.

Zaroga said...

LOL... that was cute, Dot.

Tina Leigh said...

OH MAMA THAT IS HAY-LAR-REE-US!!! LOL!!! I would have to 22 ball them if they started roosting on my house tho!

happyone said...

Loved the buzzard story!!

PERBS said...

I, too, think it would make a great picture book for young children. I think you ought to look into publishing it. Great photo connection and words. I'm not usually interested in LOVE stories but this is a good one for kids!

Craver Vii said...

You're so funny! Great pics, Dot! Buzzards look mis-matched, don't they? I mean, they have a gorgeous wing profile, but their heads... ugh!

Judy said...

Cute post Dot. I have never seen a Buzzard in our area. I have seen a few out in Oklahoma.

Barbara said...

Very good story Dot and you photos are impressive.

AVCr8teur said...

Gosh, I have never seen anything like that outside a zoo. You told a hilarious story.

Lilli & Nevada said...

Ok i am really wondering what is going on . I have checked you blog every day and i have not seen any of your post since the BBQ post. That is so weird. Well anyway i love Billy & Betty Love the rest of the shots as well.

Deborah Wilson said...

lol -

And buzzards eat dead things.....

Maybe Betty thought Billy's breath was too horrible - even for her!

Wayfarer said...

Cant wait for the movie!! LOL!!

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