It's March 20th and the air and light is changing again. We're heading into Spring with its fresh air and occasional rainy day.  But living above on the 6th floor of our building make it seem like we are never buried in the darkness of winter or a gray day.   So different than Seattle.   And so much better!

With my window open I can here the happy shouting from the children in the schoolyard below.  We share the inner manzana courtyard that had been intended by Cerda to be greenspace for all that inhabited that outer edifices.  Somewhere along the line greed or practicality won and the courtyards are all paved over some with parking and others school brick play grounds.

The birds seem to be squawking more loudly now.  I say squawking because there is a sizable and  noisy parrot population living in Barcelona.  The other day while sitting in the gardens of Palau Robert, the parrots were boisterously bickering overhead about who would be able to build a nest in which palm tree!  One bird would fly low with a long bit of twig in its mouth and then make is way to the top of a palm. Then a whole discourse would begin with whomever else was squatting there!  And then another parrot would do the same and then more clamor.  It's definitely a problem because there are more parrots than trees in Barcelona!

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