Dove - always a good reputation

Yesterday I showed my youngest the house my grandfather rebuilt after the Second World War. It was his second project. He exchanged his renovated house with a view of the 'Biljoen' with a vet for this bombed ruin.

You could have lived here, I said, instead of the pathetic place you live now. She shrugged her shoulders, my past sounds like something that never existed. There's not much left of the 'rich' life I once experienced.

At the top of the attic is the maid's chamber, I tell her and we walk to the back. Frankly speaking, I am shocked by what I see. All this my grandfather cared so much about, cherished. I wish I could have bought this house sold for 2 million euros. I remember how it was here I heard doves for the first time. I still associate them with warm summers, that is if I hear them even though they are a burden today. I have no idea where they all came from but suddenly they appeared, only a few years ago, and today my home looks like a shelter of doves building nests and raising their offspring at least 4 times a year! Doves have nothing to do with summer they arrive out of the blue and stay. They do not bring peace but are bugging my wolves and the heaps of poop they leave behind are shocking. I wonder what they eat.

Ever seen a dove's nest or a pigeon's?

_{house rebuilt by my grandfather}

While I watch the house I spent a part of my childhood I wonder if the inside is still the same. The street hasn't changed much and the church looks clean so does the square around it. It looks new and so does the religion ruling this church today.

Goodbye house, I will not live long enough to buy you, I hope those new people love you.

The village is quiet I can't hear a single bird. Perhaps it is because it's winter again and all birds hide? It is so different from the countryside where it is where all the birds are gathered making so much sound that one can hardly hear himself think let alone have a normal conversation.

To those who believe doves (pigeons) are rare because cities fight them don't worry there is no lack of birds and for sure not if it comes to doves. Those dove-lovers are keeping plenty of them alive even if they kill each unwanted offspring. Have you ever seen a person do this, they just grab the small one and throw it against the wall. The best dove comes from a long lime of incest which isn't much different from all these dogs and cats, or other animals, with a pedigree.
Doves not living in captivity are all gathered at my place if not on the average square in cities.

I never ate dove or is it pigeon although it was on the menu of my favourite Greek restaurant. Although I talked a lot with the owners and knew them for years I never asked who delivered these birds.

'dove' the word reminds me of my friend Marie. She died on March 9th of a 'kidney failure'. She said: What idiot calls a piece of soap dove (dove means deaf in Dutch). It's good enough for me not to buy this brand.

A dove seems allround. It's strange how a bird far from good for the health can still have and keep a good reputation. It must be a human thing to be brainwashed enough to trust what is (mostly) white. I doubt it was about delivering the mail otherwise we all would totally adore the post (wo)man (I do mine by the way).

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23-4-2024
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