The Far East Coast. The Birdlands.

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Sometimes you will go to a place and it just feels different- a bit special.

You can't put your finger  or mind on exactly what it is but something feels unusual.

Yet looking around everything appears normal and ordinary enough.

Now what could it be that makes it stand out?

Maybe the landscape?

Something in the air perhaps?

Or the surroundings?

Or out to sea?

Nope. Nothing there.

 Sometimes mysteries like this one just can't be solved.

Not a clue.

The same old ordinary surroundings.

Maybe in a film perhaps? Something by Hitchcock?

And then it's gone again. Ambiguous and intangible. Beyond reach.

Just ignore the feeling and maybe the strangeness will go away.

A pleasant river walk in bright sunshine will do the trick.

But it still keeps bugging you. What is it that's different? Think boy think!

Maybe a seat will help beside a group of long tailed tits in the trees above.

Nope, keep going down the river to the sea.

The grass seems nice and short here for some unknown reason.

Still, nothing comes to mind.

Beautiful river walk though leading down to the sea.

Can start to smell the beach now and even feel the waves. I'm very attuned to my surroundings at all times you know and pride myself on being hyper observant.

But I couldn't shake the impression that something very different made this place special.

but I'm buggered if I knew what it was. Why do I keep thinking of Tippy Hedren?... and Canada?... and fresh boiled eggs for dinner? No idea. Sometimes things just pop into your head with no clear explanation or apparent cause at all.

A lovely walk though , taken a while ago now.....just before poppy time.

After last weeks slightly downbeat post this is the most upbeat and catchy song I know. A French high tempo, high energy, electro swing number. A breath of fresh air in the music charts. If you don't like this you may be already dead :) Who says there's no great songs anymore? There's thousands of great new artists and acts if you only look for them. To suit all tastes. For some reason they just don't appear on television much these days where the same old faces and bland middle of the road acts tend to dominate proceedings, often lacking any truly catchy new material and melodies.