Warbling Magpies & Laughing Kookaburras

Maggiemaw

This is not a piece about self-pity although some may think it is. I will admit it has been a hard week and it’s even a real effort to put my thoughts in print.

It’s been a week where I haven’t had the energy to venture too far from home but our house backs onto a main road where every day ambulances speed backwards and forwards with lights flashing and sirens blaring; issuing their warning that they are on an urgent mission. 

While I’m grateful not to be a patient in that ambulance - I always spare a thought for the person who is and hope that they will be transported to hospital in time to get the treatment they need. 

When I’m not feeling my best it’s always good to remind myself that there are many people who also have challenging events in their lives.

Being housebound is not all bad – not only can I begin to catch up on all the TV programs I’ve recorded but even better than that are the birds that fly into our yard or sit on our back fence.  I love to listen to the warbling of Magpies and also Butcher birds who sound similar.

Kookaburras also “laugh” early in the morning and sometimes in the evening.  Occasionally a bird will splash around in the bird bath but of course all of this depends on whether our little dog Mischa is inside or outside.  I think Mischa sees it as her ‘job’ to make sure nothing enters our yard. 

If she is on my knee and sees a bird in our yard she will launch herself into the air, land on four feet, tail curled up on full alert and giving vent to any intruder to “get out of my yard”.  Usually they do - even though some of them are nearly as big as she is.

So it’s been a bit of a nothing week but that’s ok once in a while.

Who knows what next week will bring?

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I have always wondered how to explain the noise a magpie makes :-)

A warbling magpie and a laughing Kookaburra always relax me and make be feel happy at home.

I hope you feel well soon and manage to get out and about.