On the travelling tree...

This morning the heron was sitting on my travelling tree just to prove my point.

Ahead of me on the path - two young women, two dogs and a maybe four year old on her bike.

When she saw the heron she stopped dead. "Mummy, mummy, mummy. Come quick. Look, look!"

Ignoring her for a few moments, the mother said "Will you be quiet. I heard you. How many times! First day of the holiday and I'm fed up already!"

Profoundly sad! I know a little of the pressures on mothers, but still - profoundly sad that a child's excitement at a wonderful sight of nature should be choked off.