[ I hope I'm not repeating myself here .... I might have put this on before, ages ago.. but I don't think so. I need to make a list of what I've done, otherwise I'll be endlessly repeating myself, which is probably what the entire universe is doing.I hope I'm not repeating myself here... ] Here's a short ( and funny) clip from a " Hulot" film ... but what the hell are those birds singing in the background ? As soon as you get to the actual tennis court, at about 32 seconds, there they are squeaking away in the background. They sound like those squeaky balls that go "squeak" when you tread on them. Grrr. Bear in mind that it's a French film.... even though this clip is subtitled in Spanish. I hope I'm not repeating myself here... Surely some of you out there will know. And/or maybe I'm just showing my ignorance. There's plenty of it. Enough to go round, but round what ? ¡ Empecemos ! ... get started. ¿ So ... any ideas about those squeaky birds ? Here's a bit of music .... it's a hell of a song actually, and a wonderful, kaleidoscopic video, and, some birds..... Joan Osborne ... " One of us " ... what would you ask if you had just one question ? If God had a name what would it be? And would you call it to his face? If you were faced with Him in all His glory What would you ask if you had just one question? And yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' to make his way home? If God had a face what would it look like? And would you want to see if, seeing meant That you would have to believe in things like heaven And in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets? And yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' to make his way home? Just tryin' to make his way home Like back up to heaven all alone Nobody callin' on the phone 'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome And yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good And yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' to make his way home? Just tryin' to make his way home Like a holy rolling stone Back up to heaven all alone Just tryin' to make his way home Nobody callin' on the phone 'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome Just as I'm finishing this, there's curlews calling somewhere up there. The curlew has a plaintive call especially just before the Fall don't try to set your watch by it its timekeeping is utter shit It doesn't mind, it doesn't care it has no need for underwear unlike us, who, in wintertime wear it almost all the time we're not designed for cold, that's why but live in it, and then we die .. we should have stayed in Africa where we'd perish much less quica.. And the Significant Otter and me were amazed to see a couple walking their cat earlier in the day ... no lead, nothing ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This next bit is the "answer" to a task I'm going to set you in the far future ....... ......... sorted .. and where did they come from .... ?
My ancient 1969 copy of "A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe" ,by the Top Trio of Roger ( Tory) Peterson, Guy ( Fawkes) Mountfort and P.A.D Hollom.
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