THE PEACOCK

at the cityfarm 't Akkertje.
In the morning Piet Hein and I mounted the bookcase, made it solid against the wall. For now only 3 shelves in it. A puzzle to put which books where. work in progress.
After lunch I started my cycle tour. First I had thought to cycle along the shore towards Hook of Holland, but with the wind today it seemed not the best idea.
Looking at the map I decided to cycle through Madestein and The Uithof towards Rijswijk, where a very nice cityfarm is.
I followed the system of knots, they are at the map and along the paths.
But if one is a bit lazy and does not want to look all the time at the map one easily goes the wrong direction, for a while at least.
When I discovered that I was heading towards Delft, I knew my mistake and tried to find the right track again.
I came upon a stork that walks the street. The stork is in the coat of arms of The Hague, but it was a first for me to see a real one between houses.
But why not, in our own block there stands a heron nearly all the time waiting till she gets the cheese or fish, or sausage. (Not from me!!)
Eventually I arrived at the cityfarm, it was full of visitors (holiday?) and I found the peacocks, to my big surprise I saw that the tall feathers were lost on both of them.
I did not bother to find someone to ask about it, I stayed there for a short time, knowing that it would take some time for my return.

My haiku:

Not inclined to pose
For me or someone else I guess
The haughty peacock

And the proverb or rather the quotation by Samuel Johnson in The Rambler.

Hope is necessary in every condition.