14-07-2023, 07:06 PM
(14-07-2023, 06:14 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Fantails love it when we work in the garden, we stir up teeny bugs and they feast. They also love it when we peep peep back at them. Gorgeous creatures. I was amazed when I saw the South Island ones for the first time, they are much darker than our locals.
Are they? I don't think I ever saw one while up north, but they're lovely little creatures. When I was a kid there was quite a bit of superstition about them, if one flew into your house it was said to mean that someone was dead or about to die, but it seems not so much these days.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)