Weave has requested a more light-hearted post from me, so here is a rather beautiful image of bird-shit.
There is a very friendly (to the point of aggression) little robin which hops around me and the workshop most days, and I have to cover up stone and marble because - especially at this time of year when blackberries are in season - they can leave some stains on the pale things which are very difficult to shift.
I covered some pieces of Portland stone with a large sheet of drawing paper the other day, and it is a good thing I did. This is what the robin left for me.
No respect whatsoever.
Indeed a very creative gift. And the color is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLike a flower.
DeleteA bwautifully coloured splodge.
ReplyDeleteYes, bwautiful.
DeleteWeave’s heart is light today
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how bird shit can lift the spirits.
DeleteMahonia berries are even worse.
ReplyDeleteThe tannin from oak is second worst only to rust stains on white marble.
DeleteStains on stone are most difficult to remove. My blue stone walkway has a small brown stain and nothing (so far) has removed it.
ReplyDeleteThey are usually so difficult to remove because they don't just sit on the surface, they soak in by up to a quarter of an inch or more.
DeleteOh, what a beautiful souvenire! You've clearly got a friend who enjoys your company. Thanks, Tom, for a giggle this morning at the base of the mini-mountain in Maine.
ReplyDeleteI am glad all my friends don't enjoy my company so much.
DeleteThank you for a spirit-lifting post you old codger you.
ReplyDeleteThis is the sort of news you like, eh Weave?
DeleteSo much more delicate than the offerings the pigeons leave in our garden …. great big splats of blackberry coloured poo !!! Your robins offering is worthy of Tate Modern ! I have two robins that follow me round the garden when I’m digging …. so cute and so tame. XXXX
ReplyDeleteI should teach them to come straight to my sheet of paper every time and sell the results. I think that if robins were the size of dogs they would try to kill us, just for the food.
DeleteBeautiful colours!!
ReplyDeleteGood that you are careful with your materials
I have learnt through bad experiences.
DeleteCould be a snake´s eye with a slit pupil.
ReplyDeleteCould be...
DeleteBigger the bird, bigger the poo. You need to entice a wren to like you.
ReplyDeleteI have had wrens nesting in a hat which used to belong to Joyce Grenfell, a famous British comedy actress who was also a keen birdwatcher. This hat was her birdwatching hat.
DeleteUnfortunately I don't feel the same about the almost irremovable seagull shit on my car!
ReplyDeleteIf you lived in Bath you would feel even less positive about them.
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