Until recently, I had refused to wear feathers in my bonnet. I have recently started, however. You see, I take a three mile hike around a lake every morning here in Colorado. The birds have, of course, been migrating. I was out walking about 2 weeks ago in a snow storm and a little duck crossed my path. I don't have the picture of him uploaded yet. He saw me and turned onto the path in front of me, waddling away as fast as his little flippers would carry him. In the process of trying to outrun me, he lost a couple of his tail feathers. They were absolutely beautiful and I thought to myself "What a wonderful little gift! How can I pass those up?" So I picked them up and have been wearing them ever since. And to make matters even more interesting, I ran across a lady recently who makes things from feathers. She's using my duck feathers and some turkey down to make a cockade for my hat badge. So having refused to wear feathers in my bonnet for my whole life, I finally have started- two lovely duck feathers and some down from turkey feathers.