Writing for life

Saw my first swallow of 2007 on April 13th….

We were sitting outside having lunch (making the most of the unseasonally warm spell we’re enjoying in West Cork) when the bird swooped low over the lawn, circled once overhead and promptly disappeared. I haven’t seen another since… though I’m sure they won’t be far behind this trailblazer.

In celebration I’ve changed the header image of this site to a photograph of young swallows at the nest. This is the last brood reared in our old out-house before we converted it into my office. The following year the swallows moved into an old barn on the farm next door — so no harm done.

They say one swallow does not a summer make… but with the weather we’ve been having in West Cork for the last few weeks, I’m not so sure!

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