tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post7752783880423268138..comments2024-03-29T00:49:12.347+05:30Comments on Madras Ramblings: Reading, learning, birding, blogging - I and the Bird #109flowergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13583733876810341137noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-83304209851262744062009-12-14T13:39:27.089+05:302009-12-14T13:39:27.089+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.petersteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957659701291810989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-29161098045061589412009-10-04T17:17:05.712+05:302009-10-04T17:17:05.712+05:30The "I and the bird" carnival seems to h...The "I and the bird" carnival seems to have gone off pretty well. Congratulations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354988177818684597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-91635714035742953532009-09-28T09:23:18.174+05:302009-09-28T09:23:18.174+05:30I know I took more than a minute
Its actually been...I know I took more than a minute<br />Its actually been a couple of days<br />But time, I just couldn't find it<br />To thank with a proper turn of phrase!<br />What with navaratri kolus,<br />sundal and payasam<br />My rhyming I was to lose<br />and my blog was so lonesome!!<br /><br />Har, har...flowergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583733876810341137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-25816964471055576222009-09-26T23:31:48.191+05:302009-09-26T23:31:48.191+05:30Dear Miss blooming Ambi Kach
Take a minute or two
...Dear Miss blooming Ambi Kach<br />Take a minute or two<br />If its not too much <br />there is an award waiting for you <br /><br />at<br /><br />http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/superior-scribbler-awards/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-19504560154267578522009-09-21T17:07:10.783+05:302009-09-21T17:07:10.783+05:30Anonymous's comment is the best!Anonymous's comment is the best!Kaminihttp://kaminidandapani.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-35750698735250121022009-09-21T08:59:43.210+05:302009-09-21T08:59:43.210+05:30I am truly amazed
In fact still dazed,
At all th...I am truly amazed <br />In fact still dazed, <br />At all the rhyming <br />and terrific timing, <br />Such hidden and latent talents <br />among the city's naturalists!flowergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583733876810341137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-9084014166569352742009-09-21T08:59:13.097+05:302009-09-21T08:59:13.097+05:30Thank you all! I've had many a rhyming repart...Thank you all! I've had many a rhyming repartee, in response to this post, which I should share here:<br /><br />Vijay wrote: <br />Eliot, Wordsworth, et al <br />Just felt a wee bit small <br />For to make birds sound poetic <br />Needs tune, and a quaint trick. <br /><br />Chitra responded:<br />Have you heard this one of Ambika, <br />a keen naturalist and blogga (blogger) <br />of birds and the bees <br />and butterflies and trees, <br />and birders from here to America! <br /><br />Arati - <br />the trees are jealous of the attention given to the birds - <br />"be they on our branches or within poetic words; <br />we are fascinating too", they cry, *a little green behind the ears* <br />and attach this link to show off their day in verse. <br /> http://ringsofsilverpv.blogspot.com/2009/08/tropical-tree-tales.html <br /><br />(Do check out that link - its a wonderful tree poem)flowergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583733876810341137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-53787282755232868912009-09-20T22:26:57.242+05:302009-09-20T22:26:57.242+05:30ambika, i loved your post - the rhyme and the link...ambika, i loved your post - the rhyme and the links. certainly among the best blog carnival editions i've come across!A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07716055882668357832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-23185401472774505352009-09-20T07:16:09.423+05:302009-09-20T07:16:09.423+05:30Lots of reading and reference. Good one!Lots of reading and reference. Good one!Capt. Anup Murthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517106772872301041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-2975597337523006722009-09-19T18:43:42.090+05:302009-09-19T18:43:42.090+05:30Excellent edition of IATB Ambika! I love your ver...Excellent edition of IATB Ambika! I love your verse and putting it all together with the photos and links, very artistic.<br /><br />Brava! Well done!Larry Jordanhttp://thebirdersreport.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-31788682720323755412009-09-18T20:32:49.563+05:302009-09-18T20:32:49.563+05:30Wow! That was great.Wow! That was great.RAJI MUTHUKRISHNANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767924355822361427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-37501353139772866782009-09-18T19:31:54.870+05:302009-09-18T19:31:54.870+05:30The little rhyme above
took just a little time
ple...The little rhyme above<br />took just a little time<br />please visit here..<br /><br />http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/flowergirl-birds/<br /><br />I've had more time to rhyme...The Butterfly Diarieshttp://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-64091141943666528582009-09-18T15:46:10.711+05:302009-09-18T15:46:10.711+05:30That was fantastic... rhymes to lead us down the b...That was fantastic... rhymes to lead us down the birding path! Now you've given me the perfect gift. More blogs to devour and relish. Thanks!Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-16728866113919438022009-09-18T11:18:25.303+05:302009-09-18T11:18:25.303+05:30Very well done! You still surprise me with a thin...Very well done! You still surprise me with a thing or two after 15 years together!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-56129716752365949742009-09-18T09:50:22.806+05:302009-09-18T09:50:22.806+05:30Thank you all! It was great fun to do this post, ...Thank you all! It was great fun to do this post, and also delightful to explore all the linked blogs and posts!<br /><br />Thank you for the rhyming words, Col Baindur!<br /><br />And Kamini, I wonder if "IATB" is to cock a snook at the grammar police?!flowergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583733876810341137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-88197924475802190802009-09-17T23:38:10.290+05:302009-09-17T23:38:10.290+05:30What a wonderful post, pictures and verse. Rooste...What a wonderful post, pictures and verse. Rooster Sunny (who is having rain today) will be proud of his mention. Now I'm off for some world birding travel from my desk :DSummerhttp://summerfeyfoovay.com/foovays_cauldronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-81676976011362310992009-09-17T18:33:53.302+05:302009-09-17T18:33:53.302+05:30:-)
Enjoyed the lines, the links & the photogr...:-)<br />Enjoyed the lines, the links & the photographs!Monanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-58139903708284504242009-09-17T18:16:17.584+05:302009-09-17T18:16:17.584+05:30What an excellent presentation! Great edition! Tha...What an excellent presentation! Great edition! Thanks for all of your hard work putting this together.wolf21mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699017294641611884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-19181426855103619422009-09-17T17:30:19.442+05:302009-09-17T17:30:19.442+05:30Wow Ambika, I didn't realize that you were a p...Wow Ambika, I didn't realize that you were a poet on top of everything else! Bravo for a wonderful roundup. I enjoyed your verses as much as the actual posts.<br />BTW, the grammar policewoman in me winces every time I read "I and the Bird": it should be The Bird and I, don't you think?!Kaminihttp://kaminidandapani.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-45361793302030630112009-09-17T14:33:13.948+05:302009-09-17T14:33:13.948+05:30To be feted thus and thus
by Ambika, makes me happ...To be feted thus and thus<br />by Ambika, makes me happy<br />The many posts a reading plus<br />Can now read for hours carefree<br />Rambling around Madras and setting birds to rhyme<br />Makes me envious of her all the timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-87030562425614692042009-09-17T14:21:10.455+05:302009-09-17T14:21:10.455+05:30Oooh, nice!
'rehabilitate & late' - ju...Oooh, nice!<br />'rehabilitate & late' - just loved the rhyme.3inonehttp://orange-fling.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-14974480746668531952009-09-17T11:55:41.822+05:302009-09-17T11:55:41.822+05:30What a star studded IATB, Ambika!
Geez, I hope som...What a star studded IATB, Ambika!<br />Geez, I hope some of them will get Bollywood contracts.Amila Salgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607756343837325575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-75061334171445298042009-09-17T10:24:45.059+05:302009-09-17T10:24:45.059+05:30Ambika, neat verse - great hosting, excellent post...Ambika, neat verse - great hosting, excellent post. Now I want to visit all the sites you've mentioned!Gowri Mohanakrishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060601235118339248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-22629660769313109402009-09-17T09:33:38.470+05:302009-09-17T09:33:38.470+05:30Great post, Ambika. Always enjoy your writings.Great post, Ambika. Always enjoy your writings.YChttp://besgroup.talfrynature.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673354812294353579.post-90696491379134895442009-09-17T09:27:52.637+05:302009-09-17T09:27:52.637+05:30Well done Ambika!Well done Ambika!Duncanhttp://www.bencruachan.org/blognoreply@blogger.com