gulls

Saturday, 9th February, 2014

The sound of the alarm is different today.

not like the weekly alarm. get up, turn off the insistent beep from the tablet. Go to the bathroom wash the teeth. Put on clothes. It is later today, there is an appointment in Munich at ten. There is time to make a cup

of coffee, and to put two slices of bread into the toaster. The cat is fawning for attention. It stalks about the kitchen, looking for food and attention.

And when all is eaten and the coffee drunk. take the bag and the new number plates and leave the house. It is just starting to rain, the snow is melting away. The heaps of snow left over from the street clearing activities have been reduced, they are now smaller and took bedraggled.

At the las stop, all alone today. Watch the sea gulls fight and struggle over a large piece

of bread. One of the silly birds picks the big crust up and tries to fly away. It drops it in the middle of the main road. The

approaching cars drive the gulls away, the gulls show respect for the fast metal monsters. Then another gull picks up the crust and returns it to the safety of the sidewalk.