At the same time everyday* there is this flock of pigeons that circle above a house across the road from our place. One of my favourite things to do is go up to the street and stand underneath as they fly around and around- the sound of all the beating wings is achingly beautiful, it stops me and forces me to listen everytime.
* According to my Dad, these are homing pigeons and the reason they appear at the same time everyday is because their owners let them out. Which makes a lot of sense, but isn't quite as romantic or mysterious as my thought that they somehow "just knew" to circle at that same time. Ha.
On another note, I watched a really beautiful/sad Australian film last night, Look Both Ways, that had a few silent scenes of a pigeon flock circling in the sky. I enjoyed the lovely coincidence and it made me feel good and strangely comforted, as coincidences do.
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