Where is the water, where is the water. the Starling sang.
We have not visited here for a long time, as we thought that the coffee shop was still closed.
But to our surprise, new owners have opened it up again, and it was business as usual. Except that this time round, the fountain was not working due to a broken pump, and a guy took the pump to his workshop in order to fix it. The birds were not impressed, but they just carried on as usual, as there was still water in the levels. Imagine if this happened to you, when you undressed and stepped into the shower, opened the tap and no water!
I could not see the bird behind the crown, but the cascading water drops told me that there was some serious bathing going on.
Then another guy arrived to join the party.
And still another one came in.
In the end most took off but have a look at the face of the one that was now sitting at the top of the crown. There is normally a stream of water shooting out at the top, and now nothing. So that bird looked very unimpressed.
Now let's have a look at the bottom of the fountain.
Yay! The goldfish thought that I was coming to feed them, but no such luck.
Nevertheless, they kept on swimming around near me in case I had some food for them.
A while later, as we were leaving, another starling was landing and a pigeon had the same idea.
We will go back there sometime, as I want to show you the beauty of the fountain when the pump is running. The water stream that spouts out the top fills the top tier and then the water cascades down, to fill the lower tiers. For some reason it always makes me happy to see the sight, especially when the birds also come in to bath in the cascading water. Sadly this day it was not so, but the birds just carried on as usual.
The lesson for us here, is that we also get setbacks in life, but we should be like the birds, and just carry on with life. Things will always work themselves out.
Just something to think about!
I hope that you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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