The world as I see it.
We enjoy having our breakfast outdoors on our 5th-floor balcony. All is calm. In the distance, we hear the periodic soft “ding-ding” of a tram passing before the street side of our building.
The temperature is comfortable and the sky is blue. A squadron of martins is out swooping and diving in search of insects. A few large seagulls are on their rooftop vantage points, looking around. Other seagulls are doing shuttle flights to the shoreline a few miles away. A few doves fly around.
In the distance, I can see an aircraft that has taken off and is headed out over the Mediterranean.
A group of sparrows is flocked together in an olive tree in the garden below us. Later, a blackbird will arrive to serenade us.
All is tranquille.
Mark Louis Uhrich
Nice France, 11 July 2025
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