
Remember last year when those birdy salt & pepper shakers from Target were all the rage in blogland? For Sunday Favorites this week, I thought I repost my Target birds on Holiday post from last year.
It originally posted on 4/15/09 on my family blog. I thought it would be fun to repost it here on my decorating blog for Sunday Favorites.

Well my little birdies Harold & Maude just got back. That is why I am late in posting, they got delayed on their flight back home so they barely walked in the door. We hurried up & downloaded their photos to share with all of you.
So I will hand off my post to them so they can share all their fun adventures with you.
Hello everyone out there in blogland. This is Harold here. Glad to finally meet you all. Kim asked me & Maude, or should it be Maude & I, anyways, she asked us to tell you what we did when we were on our little vacation, or holiday.
First off, we were just sitting on the table like we normally do when we got the word that all the Target birdies were taking a holiday. A holiday is something we haven't been on in a real long time. But where should be go for our holiday? Maude said "We should take a trip around the world!". That was perfect. Since we couldn't make up our minds as to where to go, we might as well see everything. Well everything that we could fit into the little time we were away.
So we hitched a ride with Teddy. He was already all packed & ready to leave. He said he had room in his suitcase for us, so Maude & I packed up & away we went.
Next stop, Venice. Here is Maude & I on our gondola ride in Venice Italy. It was so romantic. Just what the doctor ordered. Since I'm a pretty good singer, we didn't need the gondelier to sing to us, so I kicked him off the gondola to give Maude & me some privacy. Kim had told me how romantic Venice is & she was right. Everyone should go to Venice & ride a gondola. And if you can't get to Venice, you can ride a gondola in Vegas too. But Venice is soooo much better.
After Paris we went to London. Here we are visiting Big Ben. We went to visit the Queen, but she wasn't at home.
Maude next wanted to go to Transylvania to see if we could see Dracula. She loves Dracula and vampires. Here we are at Count Dracula's castle. We couldn't find Dracula, so Maude wanted our picture taken with one of his gargoyles. If you can't have Dracula, I guess a gargoyle will have to do.
Maude said she wanted to see some wild animals. So we stopped off in Africa to go on a safari. Wow! Seeing the animals in their natural habitats was amazing. We got a little too close to a lion during our safari (see below). But it was totally worth it as we got such a cool photo. I'm just glad we weren't dinner for him. You might not want to try this one yourself, we had some other birdies on the safari with us who did become supper. Just glad it was them & not us. Is that selfish?
After Africa we decided to give the Carribean a try. Found an island with people, a nice hotel with a nice pool. We met Rex while hanging out at the pool. Rex is the local celebrity. We lived the high life while hanging with Rex.
By this time in our holiday we were ready to head back to the states. We stopped off in Florida so we could swim with the dolphins.
Stayed in a haunted house down in Louisiana. Didn't see any ghosts though. Big disappointment. Maude was happy, she doesn't like ghosts (unless it's the Phantom of the opera).
And finally we arrived back home. Stopped off in the front yard to see if the strawberries had grown while we were away. Nope. Looks like no strawberries yet. Too bad, we love strawberry smoothies.
I hope you enjoyed Harold & Maude's little adventure. All the photos were taken around my house and/or yard.
Now fly on over to Chari's blog Happy to Design to see who else is participating in Sunday Favorites this week.
Harold & Maude World Travellers extraordinaire!!
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~Maggie~
Thanks for posting this cute story again. I enjoyed my trip around the world with Harold and Maude. I love that dolphin topiary at your pool. How cool is that!
ReplyDeleteOh you...I was finally getting over my bird envy from last year and you brought them up again.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have Target in Canada. Not fair. As I said in one of my posts recently "you guys get all the good stuff".
How fun! To be those birdies . . .
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ReplyDeleteHehe...I just adore Harold and Maude! I remember reading this darling post the first time around...it's sooo cute and what a GRAND story!!! I'm so glad that you decided to share it again for Sunday Favorites...it really did deserve a second showing!!! My two little lovebirds are hanging out on my dining room table! They're been pretty good about sticking close to home since their little escapade! wink!
How are you doing, Sweetie? I bet you're soaking up all of that warm California sun! It's really nice here today...72...a heatwave! I've been outside working on the patio...cleaning up for the first time this season! I'm hoping to enjoy some of my morning coffees out there...or at least an afternoon tea! Kim, just wanted to thank you for all of your sweet notes...for your prayers for our little Seth! I sure do appreciate that, my dear friend! Girl, we had sooo much fun in Vegas...sure wished that you could have been there!!!
Have a super Sunday, Sweetie! Thank you so much for joining in with Sunday Favorites today!!! I'll talk with you soon!
Chari @Happy To Design
I enjoyed my trip around the world with Harold and Maude.
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