There is a tree in an area close to my back garden which I can see from my chair as I sit and read and drink my Coopers Sparkling ale of an afternoon.
It is a magnificent thing-this tree-a phenomenon. It is a source of life for so many birds who squawk and squeal as they chase each other.
They are oblivious to the aimless meanderings of humans down below who think they are in control of everything and everybody.
The tree celebrates life.
It welcomes the birds into her bosom.
Nothing gives me pleasure anymore as much as this sight and these sounds.
On a perhaps related, but different tack, I appear to have lost all my interest in sport.
Older friends will remember me as a sports fanatic-particularly of cricket and golf.
But quite suddenly, in the past few months, I have lost all interest in chasing a little white ball around a golf course or trying to hit a slightly larger red ball with a flattened piece of wood.
I prefer the tree and the birds.
Retirement, Kota Kinabalu
This is where I would like to be after I have robbed the bank
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