Well, I have to say that what mama did to a bathroom window from which a kitty might plunge to the neighbor’s terrace below was certainly an improvement over the feather-ridden, pigeon-pooped-on screen that used to be there!
You see, when THEY found this place, the window had only ancient cross bars with big holes to fall through, so mama put up a wire thingy to keep me from exploring the openings, and after a few years it could only be called, in Italian, schifoso, which means disgusting, haha. Great word, no?
All thanks to myriad visits from loud dumb cooing pigeons who insisted on perching on the ledge and peering in the window to TAUNT me, whatever that means…
MAMA, THAT FEATHERED IDIOT IS STARING AT ME!
So now I have this nice view out the window and can even climb up on the windowsill and ka ka ka raspberries at those insufferably DUMB birdies, HAH!
But mama is weird this way—she loves bricolage, which is French for puttering around the house and fixing odds and ends that she has been meaning to fix but may not have gotten around to until it’s too late and a pigeon flies into our house and creates HAVOC FOR ME! Not to mention mama who was chased by a rooster when she was young and is still a bit wary of large birdies.
Papa loves that mama does this puttering, leaving him to be our Tech expert, Daily Life Organizer, and Golden Palate, and gladly offering his taste buds at the first whiff of anything sautéing in olive oil!
Well, says mama, it was a productively putter day.
Below is the grillage in the bathroom for your and my viewing pleasure. Those pigeon are in for a BIG surprise!
Mama left wires that stick OUT just where those birdies used to land, ha ha ha.
You send those nasty boids over the pond and we will give them what fur, right Rumpy, RUMPY, oh never mind
Right Rumpy, RUMPY, I like that!
Pigeon poop begone!
THANK YOU, Magician!
WOW! I’m impressed with your Mama’s carpentry skills! And love these intro-drawings!!! I can just see you taunting the pigeons now – they’ll have to find another window I guess. Mama is a bit woozy from too much Limoncello last night, but tried your mama’s recipe with the fava beans and everyone raved!! Goes nicely with Tamarind shrimp and black rice, hehheh…..
Yes, everyone eats broad beans on May 1st, who knows why? We love beans!
Such a good mama to keep you safe.
…and the birds out!
Great job, Mama!! You may have noticed Christiane has put up similar barricades on our front gate and the balcony rails so their kitties can’t run into the street or fall off the balcony/terrace!!
Oh, I’m so glad. One day I’ll have to meet them!
Your mama must be very handy to have around. So she’s good at wiring things, is she? 🙂
Ha, ha, not the real kind of wires. I think that might be shocking to her…
Dang, you really are all wired up!
Hey, Wire not?
We only have a one-story house, but all our windows have such screens and, in some cases, burglar bars, because over the years various Ones Who Have Gone Before have swung out into the Wide World, Brava for Mama !
Well, at least tat dumb bird cannot get IN!