after torrential rainfall for a few hours, the sun came out again. half a dozen little wet birdies turned up at my window (some sparrows, some tits, and some little drenched bunches of feather) and started to work upon the mosquito nets in my windows, tittering and twittering, and being rather industrious. they did manage to make […]

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4.12 a.m. some crazy bird wakes up and sings like there’s no tomorrow. 4.30 a.m. the local gull community decides to have a roll call. 4.50 a.m. the gulls fall silent but the crows wake up and do the same. 4.55 a.m. some mad neighbour is smoking worse than a factory chimney. 5.15 a.m. the […]

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