Look Out!

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SKYWATCH

LOOK OUT!


Out of a blue non-threatening sky a Springtime bird descends.
And he isn't coming your way because he thinks you're friends!

A chicky little garden bird that hops among the flowers?

No! A magpie is a creature with very martial powers!

In Springtime he's the scourge of all who come within his reach

Descending like an eagle with a very scary screech.

First, he's after human hair to line his little nest.

Later on it's parenthood that puts us to the test. 

He or she guards precious eggs with hovering ill-will;

Suspecting every passer-by and swooping to the kill.

The beak is long and razor-sharp  delivering injuries

That sometimes need a stitch or two! That's just the way it is.

Bike-riders wearing helmets are protected from the swoop

But walkers have to cower when a magpie loops the loop.

Some wear empty ice-cream cartons upside-down in case

A magpie should decide to dive and disfigure a face.

Australia's full of nasties......take snakes, and then take sharks.

But as an angry predator the magpie gets top marks.

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HOT STUFF!

Oh what a trap for the unwary!

A thought that's positively scary!

The fact that millions of years ahead,

After you and I are dead,

The sun will engulf the earth! It's true!

That is what it's going to do!

As it dies the sun will expand!

(Yes, I know it's hard to understand).

The earth will be swallowed-up by heat

And we will all admit defeat.

If mankind is still around

Into the oven we'll be bound!

This isn't imminent, of course;

Life is still a powerful force

And, in the event, should we survive,

It could be that we'll contrive

To tamper with an asteroid,

To spin us into a cooler void.

That would not exactly be a boon,

As we'd have to leave behind the moon!

Let's leave that worry to generations

Who'll have to deal with such situations!

Let us just enjoy our privileged place,

On earth, right heat, right time, right place!

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PS

My good friend, Pam (I have to call her that because she's giving me a lift next week!) has, at last, found her way to my blog. And, straight-away, she's complaining! 'Where are the photos of today?' she says! She's nagging already. She'll have to learn that I'm always a day behind with photos. 

Next week about forty of us are heading down to the South Coast to a place called Merimbula for about five days holiday. Shirley, our very efficient organiser, had a get-together for us all at her house today and I took a few photos, when I could spare the time from eating and drinking. 

This was just one end of the room. There were more men at the other end but this was the best photo.

The men will be outnumbered on the trip but at least there will be enough of them to gang-up on the ladies. Pam, the complainer, is in the pink scarf. Unfortunately, she's not coming on the trip as she's having visitors. She'll be missed.

And don't expect a personal message every day, Pam!