A Lost Budgie

[poliphilo]

There was a bright yellow budgerigar perched on the bathroom window sill yesterday morning. There was no way I could catch it. I noticed the local magpies making a big fuss earlier- and wonder now if it was the budgie they were fussing at. Poor thing. It won't last long- out on its own, exposed to the mercies of an English summer.

We had some imposing weather yesterday afternoon- first thunder and lightning- then a heavy downpour.

I kept waking up last night with David Niven on my mind. He seemed terribly sad. 

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[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

David Niven had a sad life. His first wife died falling down the cellar steps and he grew to loathe his second, whom he feared to divorce in case he would break up the family.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

When I was a little kid I wanted to be David Niven- or, at least, the debonair English gent he played in Round the World in 80 Days.

He was a charmer- and his memoirs are a delight.

It's a shame he was so unhappy.....