One of the disadvantages of having two babies in the house is as any parent will state, the lack of sleep.Being awake and perhaps sitting next to a restless little one at 4 in the morning isn't a rare occurence for most parents. I tend to spend the time mulling over problems to be solved and sometimes just staring at the jewel like perfection of a sleeping baby. The last few weeks have however been made even more pleasurable by the presence in a nearby tree, of a blackbird.A still relatively common denizen of suburban gardens the blackbird due to its sombre colouration never gets any real acclaim or recognition. The song however of a lone blackbird on an English summer morning is a joy to behold and for me is one of lifes greatest if modest treasures.
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Blackbird singing.
One of the disadvantages of having two babies in the house is as any parent will state, the lack of sleep.Being awake and perhaps sitting next to a restless little one at 4 in the morning isn't a rare occurence for most parents. I tend to spend the time mulling over problems to be solved and sometimes just staring at the jewel like perfection of a sleeping baby. The last few weeks have however been made even more pleasurable by the presence in a nearby tree, of a blackbird.A still relatively common denizen of suburban gardens the blackbird due to its sombre colouration never gets any real acclaim or recognition. The song however of a lone blackbird on an English summer morning is a joy to behold and for me is one of lifes greatest if modest treasures.
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I completely agree. We have many blackbirds here. Up on the downs, you can't beat the skylark, but down below, it's the blackbird. One of them has trained itself to do a superb imitation of a mobile telephone ringtone.
I am doing my best to protect them from magpies.
Idle...A couple of seconds of skylark song and I'm back as a child questing fruitlessly to find a skylarks nest.
The song however of a lone blackbird on an English summer morning is a joy to behold and for me is one of lifes greatest if modest treasures.
Waxing lyrical there, thud.
James..it's all this new baby stuff...I'm getting in touch with my feminine side!
I've got them in my garden and I agree with you.
So has that robin stopped its incessant warbling since I left?
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