On this very day in 1989 I went to see the Baillon's Crake which was "frequenting" (as they say) a tiny scratty park lake in Sunderland. The odd thing about it was, "they" had had to put out a request for people "not to pick it up."! Now that's a pretty strange thing to have to say, but it was truly mega-tame. there we all were lined up in a giant row along the edge of the lake, and the bird itself calmly strolled along the waterline pecking at invertebrates ( this probably includes some of the attendees). It had a good peck at my shoelaces, and the bloke next on from me watched it walk onto his boots and peck at them. Crumbs. It was also remarkably tiny. Another strange thing was the close proximity of shoppers ...and indeed, shops. Plus, the weather was good and the journeys ( all by myself) there and back were OK. It was my approximately 358th UK tick. I'll find the list soon I'm sure. Hmmm. I HAVE found my photograph of the event but, typically, I can't currently find the blasted camera.I'll stick it on here tomorrow. But I'm posting this now because I want it to be the same date as when I saw it ... I'm a nostalgic old Hector. Right ... that's enough nostalgification for now .... let's have a burst of top music with Klee and "Erinner dich" ... ( erinnern = to remind (of)) ... Die Sonne scheint Es riecht wie Frühjahr und die Farben leuchten Erinner dich An die Zeit als alles noch neu war (Alles so neu war) Erinner dich, an die Luft und an das Licht und an mich Erinner dich, an die Farben an das Licht und da war ich Erinner dich, es riecht nach Gras und deine Hand hält meine Hand Erinner dich, meiner Liebe, deiner Liebe Die Sonne scheint, nur einen Moment nur ein Gedanke Erinner dich, an die Farben an das Licht und da war ich Erinner dich, an die Luft und an das Licht und an mich Erinner dich, da war ich Erinner dich, da war ich Erinner dich, da war ich Erinner dich, an die Farben an die Luft und da war ich Erinner dich und an mich Erinner dich Erinner dich, da war ich I hope you all noticed that descending riff nicked from a Cure song at 1m 40-ish . Right ... I've found the camera and here's my magnificent picture ... but to be honest, I'm not totally sure it's the right one. Luckily, it doesn't really matter.
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