I went into the living room to take down the Christmas lights on the balcony – and there was a bird sitting in the tree! I almost got a heart attack and Michi and I spent about 20 minutes trying to get it to fly out of the open door instead of into the closed windows… And if you know my phobia of dead animals, especially dead birds, you can imagine the nausea and panic that gripped me whenever it started flying around.

But all’s well that ends well, and the little bird hopped out through the door after I had the brilliant idea of carefully (as not to scare it) closing the curtains until the door was the only opening. And here are some photos to prove this (as usual, click for full-size image):

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