Jewel's Lane

The footpath I take into town is called "Jewel's Lane", and it seems particularly apt; it's the only green space in a maze of brick houses and tiny lots. Birds -- Eurasian Jays, European Robins, Common Chaffinches, Common Wood-Pigeons, Long-tailed Tits, Eurasian Blue-Tits and more -- swarm along the corridor, and the sound of the leaves stirring in the wind provides a subtle counterbalance for the noisier avian conversations. It always makes me wonder: why are natural surroundings "second thoughts" for so many developers?