18 August 2005
I ran a couple errands today after work: got some treats for the birds (both inside birds and outside birds), bought flowers to take photos of for a book cover, picked up a few random groceries. I was going to extoll the wonderful deliciousness of M&S's bakery products (sorry, France, but they have the best croissants I've ever tasted), but when I got home, I'd gotten my Tesco voucher in the mail.
This is sure to be one of those things I look back on and think, 'Oh, so young and naive, to get excited about that,' yet I am so excited about this. Tesco signed me up for their club card when I registered to see if they'd deliver to us (they do, but we still go to the store), and this is the first voucher I've been sent. £3.50! And they track your purchases and send you coupons for extra points when you buy, say, Benecol drinking yogurt. And I do anyway -- it's so easy! Those Tesco folks is geniuses. And I don't mind.
Another thing waiting for me when I got home was Ira, who was proudly carrying a piece of linen I'd put in their nest. Neither of them had been inside the nest, as far as I knew, yet here was little Ira hopping from perch to perch, proudly showing off his great find. I went to check on them after they'd gone quiet for the night (getting earlier every evening), and -- what was this? Had they both disappeared, squeezed through the closed door of their cage and flown the coop? Nope, they're just sleeping in their nest. Sweet little birds.
Birds in nests are the sweetest things, ever. Especially when they sit inside during the day, looking out at you.
posted by Pamela at August 19, 2005 12:00 AM