Vandal by any other name

I was lounging around the garden, feeling a tad bored.

Mr Bingley

Then it occurred to me.

Why sit around waiting?

I should go forth ...

.. to where THEY are... (birdies)

So I did.

First I climbed the tree ...

... sitting still by the birdie treats 

(no birdie could see me, I felt sure!)

.. then I clambered up to the very tree top where the birdies swoop in ...

(but eventually I found myself yawning again)

I came down ...

.. and then the bombshell hit!

I should go forth to the birdie meal station direct!

Even though Mrs H came outside at the exact moment I had this bombshell,

I just went right ahead!

Once I had the meal station on the ground (albeit a bit broken), I was most disappointed to discover 

NO BIRDIES!

However, on the positive, I wasn't bored anymore because Mrs H was with me while she went about mending the bird table.

It was a good 45 minutes of entertainment because she never has the right screws.

illuminate

Katie Isabella won an award called 'illuminate' and now she has asked me, her friend Mr Darcy, to participate too by illuminating something about me!

Darcy

One of the special things about me is my voice.

I have a lot to say and do.

I can hold an ever rising note for at least 20 seconds.

Sometimes I just walk around yowling and sometimes I prefer to hold eye contact and do it.

If I am coming to find Mrs H, then I shout out that I am coming from the very moment I set off, until I locate her. This is especially enjoyable if I know she is making an impawtant telephone call and the person she is speaking to thinks she is at work!

chase

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing” 

~ George Bernard Shaw

Darcy                            Bingley

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double trouble

birdie patrol

At this time of year we like to assist Mrs H with birdie patrol and support duties (her words not ours). 

But sometimes we get the sense that she would rather we occupy ourselves doing something else.

We go ahead and assist anyway!

Bingley 

... here I am... what needs doing?

a spot of birdie food tasting?

... checking on the nesting furs (yes its ours)

Darcy 

Personally, I like to take on the job of sorting through the seeds..

... but sometimes I get distracted - now let me see what the flies are up to in the greenhouse ..

Bingley 

Now all the birdie food is in place... I STALK ... 

sit, stare.. and wait

 .. and perhaps doze a little (relax is my middle name)

Darcy

I watch and wait too... 

 AND if YOU were a birdie this is what YOU would see...

Note:  in 3 years: birdie catches = Nil 

Stepping out with Mr Bingley

 “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking”

~ Friedrich Nietzsche  

 Featuring in this post:

My dear Mum bonding with Mr Bingley during 'walk-about' duty (though of course it is not a 'duty' it is a joy) while on holiday in Cornwall!

“For pleasure has no relish unless we share it” 

~ Virginia Woolf

peeping toms

Privacy? 

What privacy!?

on the shelf

Bingley

the springboard pose

Darcy

the stalk pose

the two Bookends pose

One’s destination is never a place

Bingley on holiday in Cornwall

“Not all those who wander are lost” – J.R.Tolkien

Mr Nosey

Hello, can you see me..? 

I am undercover so if you CAN see me I would appreciate it if you could be discreet and simply assemble quietly in front.

Mr Bingley

 ... now, when ready, follow the Tail .....

Not bored by tail following are you ..?

I have a special remedy (beloved by all cats) ... PLAY with my face instead!