Anyway, we enjoy a funny relationship with our regular avian friends, so much so that the family of blackbirds have taken to standing at the top of the steps from the yard (directly outside the house) encouraging us to give them the bread crusts. These cheeky ones even precede us as we tramp up the path to the garden-proper (the path is a good 50 yards along from house to garden – it’s an odd set-up and not for everyone). Anyway, Paul is always very good at naming our random animal encounters (and human ones too, it has to be said); he also does a good impression of Animal Magic’s Johnny Morris… do you remember him?). Therefore, I am quoting lyrics from Scenes from an Italian Restaurant because one set of blackbirds have been named Breda and Eddie, the other pair are Jack and Diane (from John Cougar Mellencamp’s song of the same) and the {stupid] pigeons are Johnny and Mary (courtesy of Robert Plant). It is not surprising that the neighbours must think we are nuts (and that’s just for the birds…!?*!).
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