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In which I’m attacked by evil hoodies

Filed under: Diary, Photos — English Mum @ 3:02 pm

So I got tagged by Jay over at The Depp Effect to publish a photo of something quirky. It was supposed to be something from my area, but seeing as there’s only trees, fields, cows and wabbits, I couldn’t find anything exciting. Then I was doing the laundry (our tumble dryer’s in the garage), minding my own business whilst doing my bit for the ozone layer (not) when I was divebombed by these two little reprobates who have set up home in the eaves. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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They’re up to no good.

Comment by Medbh — May 22, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
Crikey! But what ARE they? They look like cheeky little devils! LOL!

Thanks, EM! That made me chuckle!

Comment by Jay — May 22, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
What did you do? Own up, you did something to upset them didn’t you?

Comment by Thriftcriminal — May 22, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
I thought you had a new whirly clothes dryer?!?
We have swallows nesting under our eaves – amazing really, since the house is only 6 months old. Tessie’s new favourite hobby is to sit by the window on her cat tree watching them fly by. She gets all twitchy and her tail whips back and forth as she watches.

Comment by Don't Bug Me! — May 22, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
Bless…are they housemartins? Good job Harry will NOT be emigrating…X

Comment by Grandma — May 22, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
Medbh: They SO are. I think they’re planning a big party, with all their mates and a keg and all sorts of goings on. Hoolies.

Jay: Yes, housemartins. Not content with nesting outside our bedroom window and bloody twittering all the time they’ve now invited their mates to lodge in the garage.

Thrifty: Erm, I think it might have been turning the tumble drier on that pissed them off. They weren’t at all happy, I can tell you. One came so close I thought it was going to smack me on the back of the head!

Bugs: I love watching the swallows here in the evening when they’re attracted by all the midges that come up in clouds from the lough. The housemartins are just bloody yobs though – they divebomb all the other birds minding their own business on the lawn, and me when I’m out walking with Bert (they really don’t like Bert). Yes, I have got a new whirly clothesdryer but unfortunately it’s stuck in the hole that’s made for the parasol in the garden table as it has no stake. And anyway, this is Cavan. It’s raining. x

Ma: Yep, housemartins indeed. I reckon they’d give even Harry a run for his money. They have knives. I swear.

Comment by englishmuminireland — May 22, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
Cheeky monkeys……. well birds. I think we have a little family of birds who have set up home at our house. Boooooooooo. Used to have house martins when I was little, fun to watch but pesky little critters at the same time

Comment by Ruth E — May 23, 2008 @ 8:37 am
Ruth: Yeh, they’re cute AND evil. Kind of like those little Gremlins in the film! x

Comment by englishmuminireland — May 23, 2008 @ 8:43 am