printemps perturbé

Once upon a time

Once upon a time…there were some very bad crows

Flying in the dark cloudy sky.

They were happy because they could have finally

Something for them without looking for too much.

Then, as the evening fell

From the windows, a lot of handkerchieves ran in the mist.

It was for thanking, all the doctors, surgeons

And nurses for their work during this awful period.

Sometimes, a little ray of sun, to cheer up our sad lives,

But unfortunately, we must stay at home to avoid

Bad matches given by our usual best friends.

Even our grand-children must  stay in their house

Because, their friends were, themselves at home.

On the church-yards, no place enough to bury our friends…

Then, came Christmas…. Finally we would be able to meet our family

And friends, and even to go out on the Christmas night

No, impossible….  you must stay at home, and alone.

Even « don Ballaguere » usually so greedy, must stay eating

Water and bread, without other meals he appreciated so much before…

Same things for the new year, without fireworks, nor dinners

Or something else: only TV, with always the same information to watch:

Only, this huge mountain of deaths’ average?

But, very slowly, the spring gave a big kick to the winter

We had found a vaccine for this disease, which annoyed us for such a long time..

It wasn’t the end of the tunnel yet, but the hope was coming back.

It was at that time, I watched on the edge of my hedge, a wonderful bird

It was so tiny, but it cried so strongly, that even it was not possible

To hear the church bells

Why do you cry so hard?

Ooh, – he answered to me, – don’t you see, this blue sky and these tiny clouds

Dancing around the yellow sun?

And in addition, look up there, on the top of the chimney, my wife is there

Waiting for new babies in her soft nest

Then I understood, that the winter had finished, and its nightmares

The nights were coming very nice, and then, were coming very nice dreams

Finally, I will meet again my parents, children, grand-children,

But also, and certainly, and essentially all of my friends which I missed so much.

And even, perhaps, go on…

 

Jade

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In the garden I installed two bird feeders, a bird dispenser, and every day I drop some seeds on the terrace and in the garden….not far from the window.
This accommodation gives us (my husband and myself) the opportunity to watch the birds all year round.
During the lockdown this is a very lovely occupation.
I will first speak about the birds we see all year round with their different plumage.

These are the occasional visitors

At this moment I see two new birds coming over from Afrika for their breeding time.

I hope that reading this information might be the start of your birdwatching experience during the lockdown.

I hope you are successful.

Véronique

Anne-Marie T

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