Labor Day

Oops... sometimes these babies hang up in draft....

As usual the day was for serious labor, including ducking into the chateau from time to time to bang out a contract.   Outside it was vines removal.  This puppy had been clinging to the NW corner and was home to many critters.

I figured I'd have a lot of angry birds, real ones.  The sparrows in particular inhabited this hanging forest throughout the winter, and I figured a few would stick around and make a claim.  But as it happened, not a sound.  No nests, no remnants of nests.  Some chewing or pecking away at some of the exterior, but mostly pretty clear, once the brush was down.

It's late summer.  They probably have more to worry about than some middle-aged guy on a ladder with a pair of clippers.