So, urm, I did this reply earlier to someone else's Plurk and I realise that it probably sounds very po-faced and supercilious.
I know I can be that, so that has automatic apology generation. The thing is, in this case, I'm really lucky and not expressing that well.
I had the chance to be bought up seeing various animals are they are in the wild. So I love LOLcats and stuff but there's a difference.
how various animals are* I don't tend to anthropomorphize all the time.
Every day this summer I've seen breeding pairs of Red Kites en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re... come fly over house.
Beautiful birds, amazing and a blessing to see fly. I'd love one to be a visitor, but the thing is they aren't mine. They never will be.
They can't be pets, they can't be made to be "ours", they are themselves and it would be a great world if we could just watch and feel.
Not everything has to be ours or be made cute or understandable. Its just what they are.
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this does not sound supercilious - it sounds reflective and wise.