Flying the nest

Today the swallow chicks made it out of the nest and onto the garage window frame. Mum and Dad are still on the feed run non-stop.  Then this evening we saw some fluffy shapes on the telephone wires... either from this brood, or perhaps another nearby.   It's been wonderful to watch them.

Another rather hasty blip, as we made a trip to Armagh today, with Diana (R's sister).  Armagh is very interesting, being possessed of two large cathedrals (one Protestant, one Catholic of course), and a very bitter and difficult history during the Troubles.

I'll blip about that at more length another day, perhaps with a collage of some Armagh images. No chance of catching up with other journals at the moment, but that will happen later in the week I hope!