Thank you, Lev, for brightening and cheering this dull anticlimax of a day. Son's gone back to university and the bitter wind and rain were rather overplaying the pathetic fallacy, so the nightingale song, cheery dunnock and prospect of seeing a swallow in the coming weeks was just what needed.
You write exquisitely! I happened upon this article as I blundered around in Notes for the first time (still finding my way around all that is Substack). Thank you for sharing your words!
This was such a great post. I thought I saw a swift last week while we were away in the Lake District but it was such a brief flash, I wasn't sure if I'd imagined it
Like others, I'm still not sure how I found myself reading your article, but it's good to find a place where the writing puts a smile on your face at the start of the day. And as for dunnocks, my impression of them changed when we saw 2 of them mobbing a red kite a few days back and seeing it off. Impressively courageous stuff!
Thank you, Lev, for brightening and cheering this dull anticlimax of a day. Son's gone back to university and the bitter wind and rain were rather overplaying the pathetic fallacy, so the nightingale song, cheery dunnock and prospect of seeing a swallow in the coming weeks was just what needed.
It was a bit grim today, wasn’t it? Glad you enjoyed it.
Lovely, Lev.
Thanks Barry.
You write exquisitely! I happened upon this article as I blundered around in Notes for the first time (still finding my way around all that is Substack). Thank you for sharing your words!
Thank you! So Notes seems to be doing good work.
This is just wondrous. Brightened my whole outlook on the day. Thank you. 😊😊
Plezh
This was such a great post. I thought I saw a swift last week while we were away in the Lake District but it was such a brief flash, I wasn't sure if I'd imagined it
Those brief flashes are frustrating, aren’t they? They’ll be back for sure pretty soon, though.
Like others, I'm still not sure how I found myself reading your article, but it's good to find a place where the writing puts a smile on your face at the start of the day. And as for dunnocks, my impression of them changed when we saw 2 of them mobbing a red kite a few days back and seeing it off. Impressively courageous stuff!
Oh I love it when little birds take on massive ones. Saw two great tits having a go at a buzzard last summer. Saw it off, too.