I woke up to birdsong this morning!Not just the soothing coo-ing and scratching of the pigeons in the open gutter outside my window (- as they had kept me company through the long winter), but the gentle clear song of the swallows, excited at their return to the eaves of the chateau, darting to and fro, inspecting last year's nests and what restoration work needs doing, and discovering new sites for brand new homes.
The chateau, standing, as it does, with its feet right in the river, and with a roof that offers sites facing in every direction of the compass, is an ideal - and much loved spot - for the swallows during summer.
I look forward to watching them once again industriously building their little 'mud huts' under the eaves, coming and going as the little ones arrive, and then teaching their young to take to wing and soar the skies.
Swallows Travel To And Fro
Robert Louis Stevenson
Swallows travel to and fro,
And the great winds come and go,
And the steady breezes blow,
Bearing perfume, bearing love.
Breezes hasten, swallows fly,
Towered clouds forever ply,
And at noonday, you and I
See the same sunshine above.
Let us wander where we will,
Something kindred greets us still;
Something seen on vale or hill
Falls familiar on the heart;
So, at scent or sound or sight,
Severed souls by day and night
Tremble with the same delight -
Tremble, half the world apart.
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