LOWERING THE TONE OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

.. Crows create an eyesore

  He-who-should-be-obeyed-but-rarely-is has landed himself in the dog house without even breaking into a sweat. The beautiful dovecot my mother bought several months ago has been languishing on the top of a fridge brought in to keep our workmen in copious amounts of fizzy pop.

EYESORE: Crows' handywork

ruins dove's des res

 It's bad enough the courtyard looks more like a junkyard while renovation work is being done, but the new occupants of the des res for doves have managed to lower the tone even further. The biggest crow I've ever seen has decided to squat in the handmade dovecot and to make matters worse she and her crow partner have virtually blocked the entrance with a bunch of unsightly twigs - some have fallen onto the entrance below.

SITTING PRETTY ... until the neighbours from 

hell moved upstairs

 The arrival of the rowdy neighbours is proving to be quite an unsettling experience for the dove below ... she has been sitting patiently waiting for a couple of eggs to hatch and now she has to endure the neighbours from hell. The crows are elusive and every time I get my camera at the ready they do a runner - or take flight to be more precise; but believe me, they are there.
 What should be focussing hubby at the moment isn't the dove or the crows but another impending arrival ... my mother, and when she sees her dovecot gift has yet to be installed she will not be happy.
 Suddenly, the noisy neighbours and their unsightly mess seem to pale into insignificance.