There are a number of memes and cartoons currently on the go which purport to show the disintegration of parents wrestling with home-schooling and the sense of their normal selves being overwhelmed. This morning I saw a starling busily collecting nesting materials, going from the rosebed to the base of the retaining wall, until it had a beak stuffed with pieces of straw. Then it went to have a bath. There was a cascade of water from behind the marsh marigolds and eventually, the starling reappeared at the edge of the water tray with one limp wisp of straw still grasped in its mouth. It flew off over the house, but a starling reappeared at various points to carry away more straws during the day.
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put the kettle on and gaze out
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