Albert has sat in the front living room window with his head cocked to the right for most of the morning
From time to time his teeth chatter
It’s a cat’s way of expressing excitement
Secreted inside the honeysuckle which has cascaded over the front door sit two female blackbirds. One on eggs the other on chicks. In another nest higher up is a sparrow mother and deeper in the cover lies another nest but I haven’t seen it’s occupants as yet although the path outside is covered in bird droppings.
Four avian families in one place .
I’m thrilled
Its like Rear Window with birds.
In the brief sun that caught the front of the cottage around nine, the air was filled with the sound of hundreds of honeybees visiting the scented flower heads, their buzzing, even louder than Albert’s purring as he splashed drool on the back of the Trendy blue sofa.
Today I’m going to decide if I’m going away for a few days .I’ll probably go on Thursday as my sister has invited me to see Top Gun tomorrow and it’s Choir today. I’m open to any experience as long as it’s away.
I need to be away , if that makes sense
I need not to be here
I understand that need to be anywhere but here.
ReplyDeleteAre the birds’ nests safe from Albert? (Poor guy.)
Lol , where do u go?
DeleteLike you, I go into the city (Málaga) and just wander, or hit the museums. Sometimes all it takes is a walk to the other side of town. Just nice to get out of the neighborhood. But the pull to leave home can be strong sometime, so we’re going to Norway for the month of August. After that, I’m sure I’ll be happy to be home for a while... or at least I think I will.
DeleteRe previous post, we stayed at the Hotel Gravina (now Grupotel Gravina) in Barcelona. It's in a quiet side street off the top of Las Ramblas, not far from where the airport bus drops off. Might be too quiet for you though!
ReplyDeleteI will give it a look, thank you
DeleteI well recognise that teeth-chattering from Albert on his having birds close at hand yet, for them, maddeningly out of reach - accompanied by a weak little, pleading 'miaow'. Sweet. It makes me feel rather sorry for them, but happy for the birds.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a funny sound when they chunner
DeleteMust be their way of saying "Yum-yum".
DeleteThe path is "covered" in bird droppings? Perhaps it's a golden eagle. They do a lot of poo-poo.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a dodo , the amount of it
DeleteMakes perfect sense to me it takes me all my time to get up and dressed. But at least today the sun is not only out but also warm.
ReplyDeleteAmen
DeleteGo as a foot passenger on the ferry to Dublin for a couple of nights.
ReplyDeleteAnne Bee - for obvious reasons I recommend Dublin too but bring a lot of money. It is horrendously expensive to stay the night there, anywhere in the city.
DeleteDavid and Anne, I’ve got an Irish trip planned in august already x
DeleteI bet he is beside himself, I hope the nests are nice and secure.
ReplyDeleteOh I know the feeling of needing to be away, the only time it left me was when I lived in the caravan, something about the atmosphere of a caravan park and the changing neighbours took the need to escape away completely. It's probably the reason I have lived in so many different places over the course of my life.
I’m usually such a homebird ,
DeleteI hope you get your get away soon.
ReplyDeleteMetoo x
DeleteI remember that teeth chattering from my 2, now long gone, cats. I always knew when they were eyeing up a bird! How lucky are you to have 4 families in your honeysuckle. I hope Albert (and any other predators around) can't get to them. xx
ReplyDeleteHe’s too big and heavy for the honeysuckle
DeleteMust be my age but the older I get, the more I understand Dorothy and 'there's no place like home...'
ReplyDeleteEven your beloved Amalfi Coast?
DeleteThe honeysuckle is wonderful. Hope the birds stay safe. Dublin or Edinburgh might be nice. Hope you get away, when you feel like that a change is necessary.
ReplyDeleteI’ve already planned for Ireland . The tickets are booked
DeleteThe honeysuckle in my garden is winding around a yellow rambling rose up my gazebo -What about a luxurious spa if the darlings ones don't mind x
ReplyDeleteI can’t think of anything worse, on my own
DeleteI sure understand the 'away'. Your heart was set on this trip. In your case, home is not where your heart is, right this minute.
ReplyDeleteI’m feeling on the “ verge” of something Debby, unsettled and wanting
DeleteI recognized that yearning right away
DeleteI hope you get away to somewhere fun!
ReplyDeleteWell if not fun, perhaps different …will reveal tomorrow when it’s booked
DeleteIf my 4 were ok to be left in capable hands -I would be off on a salsa holiday and to the Kalista temple x
ReplyDeleteWe all need a holiday flis
DeletePraktik Rambla was the very nice hotel - quiet, affordable as things go, and in the center of the most interesting area (a personal call of course). Nice if small rooms.
ReplyDeleteThe monastery (message yesterday) was a trip highlight - get there via trains, lots of tourists who leave with the trains making at least an over night stay there magical.
I clearly need to revisit Barcelona!
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Yes I googled it and was intrigued . In Sydney I booked a hotel that was an old fever hospital and which resembled a prison camp , it was a lovely stay
DeleteI am thinking of booking the
DeletePraktik Rambla looks lovely
I do very much understand that need to be somewhere else. I do not have it so much anymore but I used to yearn to step away, for a little time, at least, from my usual life.
ReplyDeleteYes. My troll thinks it’s a negative trait…it’s just a bit on wanderlust
DeleteIt's been unseasonably cold and windy here until the last couple days, and there are no bees to be seen -- in spite of the fact that we left the yard full of dandelions as long as we could, in hopes of helping them out. We are worried. Most years the yard is full of their buzzing. Fingers crossed it's only a delay due to weather. -Kate
ReplyDeleteThe butterflies were out here on the wide headed blooms
DeleteThat definitely makes sense. I feel that way too. I hope Albert doesn't get out of the house and climb up into that honeysuckle!
ReplyDeleteHe’s a bit old for that Steve, what with his bad leg…he still manages the odd small rabbit though
DeleteHoneysuckle: the most lovely of summer fragrances! Mi the bees as you go in and out your door!
ReplyDeleteHope you find the perfect not-too-far-away place to go that will satisfy your wanderlust.
Hugs!
I’m not using my front door babs , the bees and chicks can live in peace for a few weeks
DeleteI hope you can arrange a little getaway for yourself. You deserve it. xx
ReplyDeleteI’ve got something planned now but I won’t count my chickens until tomorrow ..thank you for that
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ReplyDeleteCoward
DeleteNope , I’m not putting up with crap
DeleteGood for you!
DeleteGood to hear you have something in the works. Fingers crossed for you
ReplyDeleteWatch tomorrow’s post x
DeleteYour honeysuckle seems to be choice real estate for nesting birds. Seeing baby birds emerge and take their first flight is always lovely. Getting away for a few days and having a change of atmosphere is great medicine.
ReplyDeleteLovely to have feathered neighbours.
ReplyDeleteOnce you have planned to be away, that's what you need to do.
I’m a long time dead
DeletePirate always says "there are no pockets in a shroud"...
DeleteYou love pottery so why not visit the Potteries. Middleport pottery is lovely, it’s where the great pottery throw down is filmed. Also a trip to Wedgwoods at Barlaston is a must too. Their restaurant/cafe does the most delicious food.
ReplyDeleteI went mushrooming yesterday and walked through a Chestnut plantation. Not only was the scent of the flowers overpowering, but the sound of the Bees was actually 'noisy'.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to that need to just be away. Even more so after the last couple of years. It's as if we need to somehow "reset" ourselves. Loved reading the exchange about the Barcelona hotel and monastery!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy "Top Gun" today. I loved it.
It's a lovely time of year. Lots of birds are nesting in my garden and I have a family of starlings who have crept up under the eaves of the house. My cat is 16 and her catching birds days are over - thank goodness!
ReplyDeleteI need away to.. I read that a new museum opened at Cape Canaveral..The Wizard of Oz, with an inside exhibit also on van Gogh,
ReplyDelete2 favorite things..had hoped to time a trip to match up with a rocket launch at night time..
I priced rooms and add that to the increased cost of gasoline..well it's a no go ...
On the brighter side...a night red side..I have a pair of cardinals in my yard.
I'll go later when summer season has passed and prices go down.
Yes my cat does the same thing outside on the balcony. Chattering to the starlings.
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