Although bathed in early spring sunshine, Algy discovered that the day was nothing like as warm as it appeared. So he found a low-lying spot out of the wind, sheltered by a bank of golden daffodils, and settled down on a soft bed of moss and dry grasses to soak up the sun and dream lazily about this, that, and the little blue monster who was going to travel across the ocean for him to hug!
![Algy has made a special “Thank You” message for all his kind friends and followers, and especially for those who sent him congratulations on the occasion of his Anniversary.
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Algy has made a special “Thank You” message for all his kind friends and followers, and especially for those who sent him congratulations on the occasion of his Anniversary.
[And his assistant struggled for hours with Tumblr’s GIF restrictions and then faced repeated image upload failures for photo posts: “Error Uploading Image”. Aaaarghhhh!.]
Sitting in pensive mood among the dancing daffodils, Algy was inevitably reminded of Wordsworth’s famous poem:
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
[From I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth.]
Algy was in pensive mood. Smoke drifted slowly across the ridge from the hill fire behind him, but he paid no attention to it.
His old friends were having a difficult time and had to visit the hospital today. Algy sat quietly among the daffodils, listening to the birds, and thinking of his friends.
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The Adventures of Algy is an original work in mixed media by artist Jenny Chapman.
Algy, otherwise known as Algernon, was blown inland one dark and stormy night, on the back of a Hebridean gale. Weary of the effort and monotony of life on the wing, he decided to settle for a while in this remote corner of the wild West Highlands of Scotland, a land of wind and water in every form.
Provided with a comfortable rock or tree, he reflects upon life, the universe and the sea, recites poetry, rehearses operatic arias, and tells tall tales of strange adventures, past, present and future, some of which may actually have happened ... some of which perhaps may happen yet.
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Although some of Algy's tales may be fanciful, the land of his adventures is real. Discover more about life in this beautiful and remote area of Scotland in:
Kilchoan – Diary of a Scottish Village
A diary of daily life in a West Highland community.
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