For ten long years and more the apple bird-box sat in the holly tree empty of birds. These days the once vibrant colours are dulled, a crack is developing down one side, and some boring insect has lived up to its name and bored a few holes on the underside of the faked fruit.
My posts seem to get shorter then shorter still, colours dulled, cracked and full of holes. Perhaps that’s a good thing? I don’t know. I doubt it matters much, I don’t think there are too many people waiting breath all baited for them to hit the web.
Ten long years of waiting, clean as a whistle and no expectation of that ever changing. Until, with a flash of yellow and blue and a tweet, out it flew to gather food for the hatchlings that surely must lie within. And then another; a pair, as you would expect.
Worth the wait?
I wonder how many young will fly from that apple?
out of focus - but I like it.
ReplyDeleteYes, Andy is pften out of focus. Or maybe he just focus on something different to what we are. Or maybe he's out of focus.
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