It is strange how even quite weird living conditions become accepted as normal once they have turned into a daily habit. This morning I was reading a magazine peacefully in the 'bathroom' for a few minutes and when I 'flushed' hardly registered an outbreak of wild squawking and flapping apparently coming from inside the lavatory. Every year, in Spring, several pairs of jackdaws appear like salmon and rebuild their nests in holes in the walls and under the roof. The entrance to one of these is with the outflow pipe and obviously widens into a comfy space under the floor beneath the 'bowl'. Our family has become totally deaf to all this but when a passing visitor uses the facilities it is not uncommon to hear an echoing scream of 'OMG!!'.
- posted by Iris @ 4/06/2004 10:45:00 AM comment