There’s a war/not war going on.

We may be at war right now. This may have started in 2014. Or it may not have ended in 1945 after V.E .Day. That’s the problem with wars. They never really end and go on for ages. That doesn’t stop us from celebrating victories.

As is my custom, I started writing this four days ago. There’s so much to write, and so little mental energy too. I think that looking at a work laptop saps all the energy to want to look at my home laptop. My keyboard is starting to wear out as well, but I’m not entirely sure that I’m losing the ability to type.

Covid. I haven’t mentioned my Covid! I may have had it before, but this time I definitely know I had it. My first positive test, when I thought I needed to check was 21 Feb 2022, and my second negative was today, 4th March. Luckily, I had enough food in. The one thing I don’t know is how ill I was. Being at war with a virus is a strange thing. It plays tricks on you and plays an information war with your head. My heart rate was higher than it should have been, my brain turned to mush, and my face looked red in the mirror. My eyes may have become red too. I don’t know. All I know is that I seem fine now. But that’s viruses for you!

One thing it did do is make me decide to upgrade my old camera for better bird photos, and enjoy my local sparrowhawk – as seen with a goldfinch! I haven’t seen him for a while, because my goldfinches have decided to fly somewhere else for a while. They will be back in a week or two, emptying my sunflower heart feeder. I like this feeder as it’s the only squirrel-proof one I have. I’m expecting fledglings in about six weeks. Then there’ll be robins, blackbirds, starlings, blue tits, great tits, and I have hopes for others. All of this will be captured on my new camera.

Birds don’t know about wars. And these days, many people aren’t allowed to know about the. Writing a blog can be a crime. This is the reason I do it. It’s the act of self expression that matters, not the quality. How long will it be before even this simple act becomes illegal?