Hello people!!! Hope you guys had an awesome weekend to keep you going though the coming week. Your comments to my previous post have been immense boost to my morale and spirits. Thnx a ton!!! Also, am sincerely following one of my favourite quotes that I often mention – “At times of distress, behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface, but keep paddling away like crazy underneath.” So I am keeping myself crazily-motivated from within and trying to keep my cool on the outside. One of my best friends used to say that distance makes the heart grow fonder. How true!!!
Now, let me take you from my virtual world to the real one. Hopefully, this should cheer up my blog from its forlorn state and bring back the ecstasies. This happened a few months back (as soon as I had come home for vacation). As usual, in spite of the sun shining brightly into my face through the window panes (so architecturally set up by dad!!!), I tried to cover up myself with the blanket and extend my trance. As I was battling my way to catch up with the additional 10-minute sleep I had bargained, I heard mumblings from the kitchen. As far as I could make it, I thought my mom was deeply intrigued in some soliloquy.
Slowly it turned into a tempest. I woke up grumbling at the morning disturbances and was startled at what I saw. My mom was taking out salt biscuits from the refrigerator and feeding it to the crow that was so perfectly perched by our kitchen window!!! Usually, we feed the crow with rice before we eat, a custom followed in many Indian homes. But this really got me stunned. She was talking (No, shouting!!!) to the crow saying that it was demanding a lot of biscuits nowadays!!! Ahan! So, that’s what all the cawing was about!!!
Later, I quickly brushed my teeth and returned to find out the whole story behind this 21st Century Crow. It seems, the crow was a regular visitor to mom’s kitchen. Its nest (home!!!) is just next doors - on the branch that extends to our kitchen window. Sincerely, at 9.00 am, it seems it will be cawing on top of its voice, calling out to my mom to give morning breakfast!!! No wonder, in a house where no one eats salt biscuits, there is always a mention of salt biscuits on the grocer’s list.
Its really sweet of my mom to be doing such a thing. The crow makes a lively neighbour for her. Of late, this crow comes in the afternoons as well, to feed the next generation of small crows in the nest!!! It’s a wonderful sight to watch it feed its little ones. Looks like my mom has got to add an extra pack of salt biscuits in her grocery list!!! Will these “scavengers” one day be licking my butter scotch ice cream, or demand for pizzas and burgers from a menu card???
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Will these “scavengers” one day be licking my butter scotch ice cream, or demand for pizzas and burgers from a menu card???
Hehehee... yenga namakke aapu vechidumnu ninaikiringala?
Seri, inna posted time 2:11 A.M nu irukku???? Ippo 11.50 dhaane????
Settings-ku poi modhalla time-zone a maathungo. Or is it Singapore time?
Crow nighbour...Thats interesting. Its really nice of your mom feeding that crow family...:)
~~Will these “scavengers” one day be licking my butter scotch ice cream, or demand for pizzas and burgers from a menu card???
Hehe...what if they does??...lol..:)
I think that is cute that your mom feeds the crow.My brother buys wild bird seeds and feeds all the birds that descend in his backyard.Every day there seems to be more and more. I think they spread the news that there is free food for all.
hehe...one day the crow will be eating from your plate, while you will be waiting ourside for salt biscuits... :-))
Hehe..that brought a smile to my face:-)
I've heard of people feeding cats,dogs,cows and so on..but never a crow:-)
Animals trust you..they are faithful in relationships!!It feels so nice when an animal or bird visits your house day after day for food:-)
Your mom is doing something really nice..:-)
Hey Prithz!
That's very nice of your mom to feed the Crow everyday...Its surely fun to watch a birds nest, I used to watch a bulbul's nest when I was in school.
Oor aalu kozhanthaiya ooti valatha
thaan kozhanthai thaana valarum'nu solvanga...
So probably your mom is following that policy, for your well being :)
Fast crow lol!
Keshi.
@ karthik b.s.:
Hiiii Karthik!!! Eppodhum, amma kooda dhan chocolate, icecream ku lam potti poduven, ippo kaka kooda. Ellam nelama... lol...
Ennoda location S'pore nu dhane irruku, so S'pore time it is. :)
@ contented:
Hehe.. Yes!!!
If the crow does anything of that sort, well, whats the point of a scavenger, that's suppposed to be cleaning our environment.
@ starry nights:
Wow, that's really sweet of your brother! Birds are really generous creatures. Crows call out to others when they find food somewhere. Its a very common behaviour.
@ ganesh ranganathan:
Who knows, probabaly, thats my plight when i come back for winter vacation!!!
@ sudarshan:
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Well, you rightly put it. Animals have so much trust in people. Actually, the custom of feeding crows with our food before we eat, was to test if the food is good for consumption (no poison or stuff like that). That must have been so mean!!! At least, now mom gets the satisfaction of feeding the poor bird.
@ kk:
Hi KK!!!
Kadaisila sonna dioalog nachunu irundhudhu...(*prithz heart breaks*).. lol!!!
I used to watch bulbul's nest too, but that was when i was in another house. There used to be so many birds. I used to reply to the cuckoo's mating call when i was a kid. Lol!!! Poor thing!!!
@ keshi:
Hehe, yeah!!!
Thats a nice gesture frm ur mom! Maybe once u r gone 2 spore, ur mom might give all ur fav's to the crow!! heeee heeeeeeeee!!! ;)
I've bird bath in my house & its such a beautiful sight to see the birdies heading straight into it for a bath/swim & quench their thirst.
and one day it'll demand bricks and cement to build itself a new home!
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :)
So sweetly written........ chinna vishayam than..niraya veetula nadakkarathu... My amma too daily engage in such animated conversation with the crow that frequents her kitchen..... But nee athai eluthina vithathula pinnite po.......
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"Will these “scavengers” one day be licking my butter scotch ice cream, or demand for pizzas and burgers from a menu card???"
cuttttttttttttttttteeee..
Hey! I too used to reply to cuckoo's mating call. I love doing that, though I feel pity for fooling it. I have replied to eagles call too, there used to be a eagle's nest on a coconut tree in my house. It used to sound like my sister's name so to irritate my sister I used to reply to the eagle's call :)
hahaha...enna kavala di unnaku...nice one di...When my grandparents were living in Mandavelli,the crows used to stay by the window...If my grandma was late by a few minutes,thats it...she had to talk to them to make them understand...now my grandparents have shifted to Adyar...and now she deals with monkeys...when I was in Chennai and they did not show up a day...I was anxious to see them the next day...
tht is so sweet of ur mom! :) my mom would do the exact opposite.. she shoos away anything that wanders into her kitchen... esply if it hapens to resemble me or my dad.. we're grandly escorted out! .. err.. cant really blame me for pestering kk for vendakka sambar no? :P
//Will these “scavengers” one day be licking my butter scotch ice cream, or demand for pizzas and burgers from a menu card//
ROTFL.... :-)
I do remember a crow which lived next to our apartment in chennai...we were bachelors and had lot of left overs every day, we used to feed that crow next morning...it became so friendly to us, on the other hand when ever it has new borns it will become more ferocious and attack if it finds new people in our balcony...
Ennanga 20th Century fox range kku solreenga?
touching one...nicely written....
i think ur mon would have thought "ooraru kakaku salt biscuit ooti valartha thaan pillai salt biscuit thane saaptu valarumnu"....:)...Just for kidding:)
caaw caaww!!!!! LOL :P
Did u take that image by yourself or from the net?
It's a nice image. :)
@ has to be me:
Hehe!!! I think so too!!!
So sweet of u to set up a bird bath. I love to watch birds fluttering their wings in the waters and swimming around!!! :)
@ the brown eyed one:
Thnx a lot!! Glad you liked it :)
@ harish(magix)
Hehe!!! Not even that trouble will it take. It mite ask for my bedroom and bed one day!!! LOL!!
Btw, Welcome to my blog!!! :)
@ r.subramanian:
Thnnnnnnnkkkkkkkkkkkkuuuuuuuuu!!!
Really happy that it turned out to be good though i thought i was writing another one of my self-centered mokkai's.
Nice to see that your mom loves to such things too :) Sweet mummies!!!
@ kk:
Oh is it!!! That's really funnny!! You sister would have been mad with you about that!!!
When i come to think about the stupid mating-call-replies that i used to give the cuckoo, i feel sorry now!!! :(
@ random thoughts from chennai to canada:
Hi di Suchi!!! What a coincidence theriyuma??? My grandma used to have monkeys for company in her previous house. Idhula comedy enna na, one dog and this monkey close friends.
Indha monkey will sit on the dogs back, and go around the streets!!! Also, they will play one game. The monkey will sit on one kutti sevuru, and let its tail hang down loosely. This dog will jump up and down to bite the monkey's tail!!! My patti pass time was to keep wathcin this monkey and dog play!!! LOL!!!
@ s0ulasylum:
ROTFL!!! Nice one!!!
>>cant really blame me for pestering kk for vendakka sambar no?<<
Hey, i am totally lost about this vendaka sambar thing that u and KK discuss very often. If you guys dont mind me asking, what's this about???
@ syam:
Hehe :) Exactly, as u said, crows are really wonderful, in a way that they eat the left overs and serve as scavengers.
Crows get really crazy and ferocious when its breeding time. Now, this crow will perch hard on my head if i peep out of our balcony!!! It flies so low and i peep out of the balcony with an umbrella held in my hand! lol!!!
@ harish(mask)
Hmmm... Adhe Adhe!!!
@ bharani:
Thnx Bharani!!! Welcome back after a long time!!! How r you???
Andha punch dialog nalla kadhaiya irruke!! KK yum adhe dhan sonnaru!!!
@ brute:
CAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW!!! Our crow is louder!!! LOL!!!
@ karthik b.s.:
I took it from the internet. The crow flies away when i try to catch it in my camera :(
hah!
Thats sweet and its really nice of ur mom to feed the animal!
These are the smaller things in life which keep our hopes alive about humanity!
Thats a good one! I heard people feeding cats or dogs but this one is new to me :)
Vendakka Sambar....
*Keep a tortoise coil in front of you and rotate it, if not click here for a similar effect while reading this flash back*
Long long ago, everyone knows how long ago...I had written a post regarding India's lentils export ban. In that post I had invited Syam for having Vendakka Sambar at my house. S0ulasylum struck a deal with me that she will provide dal and I will cook Vendakka Sambar for her...since then Vendakka Sambar has been haunting me :( booohoooo
Indha monkey will sit on the dogs back, and go around the streets!!! Also, they will play one game. The monkey will sit on one kutti sevuru, and let its tail hang down loosely. This dog will jump up and down to bite the monkey's tail!!! My patti pass time was to keep wathcin this monkey and dog play!!
eyyy.....comment ku reply panna sonna ramanarayanan pada story ah solra... appuram enna nadanthuchu?? nee, monkey and dog iceboys game vilayduveengala.? paatu paadite
pappa paadum paatu..kettu thalaiya aatu..moonu perum onnu thaane (athu ennamo correct thaan)..paati ku kannu thaane
btw un blog post than sweet and cute ah irukku paartha...... athukku vanthirukkara comments kooda soooooper ah iruku.. i think u shud consider putting a II part sometime compiling all of these
haunting eh? alright alright! peace!!!!!!.. i will settle out of court for this.. one lunch at india house.. and another at the cheesecake factory.. and one bucket full of vendakka sambar courtesy kk and onion sambar courtesy prithz and i shall stop haunting! :P..
Hey I remember even my mom used to feed this crow and a little squirrel that used to come at our kitchen window...some time back..it doesnt come anymore but she used to really enjoy the whole process of waiting for the crow, feeding it and watching it fly away content!:-)
came to say HI :)
Keshi.
@ anand:
Yeah!!! Very true.
So, how was ur trip down south???
@ bindu:
Welcome to my blog!!!
Oh is this new to u???? Probably, u have no crows around in your place to watch this funny thing!!!
@ kk:
Ahan!!! That flash back effect really got me dizzy!!! LOL!!!
Anyways, now i remember. As i said, u r welcome home to have sambar(after i learn that is ;p).. of course, i can make vethakozhmbu for u .. dont worry :)
@ r.subramanian:
Hehe :) Vitta, i would have played paandi with the monkey and the dog!!! LOL!!! Chinna vayasula, when i used to go out to village lam, i would pester my dad and mom to buy me a monkey as a pet. (you know wat their reply would have been)!!!!
BTW, compile ah??? Yedha????
@ ekta:
Wow!! That's nice!!! Its really amazing to see how these birds can think. They have an amazing sense of time. I really marvel at them!!!
@ keshi:
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!
so sweet! :) even if the crow demands..i'm sure u have the heart to give it all ! :P wat say? :)
@ krithika:
Oh sure... Yes!!! :)
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