Quotation for Monday 1st June 2020

Good morning everyone,

When I woke this morning, it was to the unmistakable and beautiful song of the blackbird. Generally I'm no good at identifying birdsong, but I recognise the song of the blackbird, and it is, in my opinion, one of the loveliest and most haunting to be heard in UK.

Its song brought instant peace to my heart and all I wanted to do was to sit and listen and I was able to blot out the background noise of all the traffic and other sounds that that are the backdrop of my location.

How could I not then, dedicate my quotation today to the beauty of nature and birdsong.

Here's a quotation from Alison Croggon, which I suspect must come from one of her books.

"At these times, the things that troubled her seemed far away and unimportant. All that mattered was the hum of the bees and the chirp of birdsong, the way the sun gleamed on the edge of a blue wildflower, the distant bleat and clink of grazing goats."

All or any of those things mentioned are the beauty of summer. I think we have to try extra hard at this time to make sure we hear and see them all.

Please have a good week everyone.

Picture Mabel Amber Pixabay.com

[sassy59]

Good morning Callendersgal. I also love birdsong and find it so easy to listen to now while things are nice and quiet. The starlings always bring a smile and I like to see the blue tits on our butterfly bush.

It’s another lovely sunny day here so I’ll be out in the garden enjoying it.

Have a lovely day. Xxx😀💖💝🌈

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Great sassy59. It's looking like another glorious day so make the most of your garden! 😊☀️🌺🦋🌿

[FredaE]

A woodpecker on the lawn today. The village facebook page showed photos of a parent feeding litle fledglings by the river so they no doubt need to stock up on the woodpecker equivalent of chicken nuggets. Swallows are wheeling about a blue sky... The birds drink so much water when it is hot and dry. My bird book says that if they eat seeds and fat they need more to drink than if they eat nice juicy caterpillars and squishy greenfly. I have this wonderful vision of Mrs Sparrow saying to her neighbour - come in and rest your wings a minute and have a nice cup of caterpillar - There's always someone worse off than you are i suppose.

[Hidden in reply to FredaE]

That was a lovely post Freda£. It conjured up some lovely pictures in my head! I'm definitely glad I'm more likely to be invited to rest my feet over a cup of tea! 🤣