In which I have been meaning to post this since Sunday!

[impulsereader]

I can't quite seem to catch up. I'm writing the first Interlude and trying to plan a trip for my birthday in a month and I have to clean the house, and things are just a mess right now.

But...I was out on Sunday, walking and plotting the Much Ado year. I ended up in a park, going off-road as it were, looking for a sculpture, and I saw something flapping around in the branches of an evergreen. My first thought was, 'Wow. Whatever's flapping around over there is larger than your average bear...' And it was...

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[kizzia.livejournal.com]

Oh he is beautiful and the photos are fabulous. I'm now ineffably jealous that the birds of prey I see don't politely pose for me. Maybe I should start taking lures with me on my walks? Except the dog would eat them and people might be a bit funny about a weird woman wandering about clutching bits of dead animal and looking hopefully at the sky!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

I am reliably told that in the Chilterns you can wander around yelling and Red Kites will drop out of the sky like so many chickens looking to be fed. So your proposal, if carried out in the correct area, is a good one.

I was really so lucky, and I felt it at the time! I couldn't believe I was the only one taking pictures of him. Even if no one else had spotted his flapping, surely someone was curious about the woman repeatedly circling this tree and taking pictures...

[kizzia.livejournal.com]

*starts packing bag and fetches map before remembering the house, the dog and the job*
Right, next spring I'm going to the Chilterns :)

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

LOL. quarryquest is always happy to provide location assistance, so feel free to drop her a line for more details.

[kizzia.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you, most useful!