Awww, so sweet❤️

Students in my Digital Society class had just finished their presentations, and I was putting the room back into good repair before leaving myself, performing all the usual courtesies like turning off the projector, pushing errant chairs back into place, and raising window shades that had been lowered for better clarity and contrast for viewing presentation slideshows.

As I raised the second of the two shades at the back of our small classroom, I noticed two surprisingly large seagulls strolling around on the gravel of the rooftop right outside our classroom window on the third floor of the science building. They hopped up onto the ledge, wings flapping and then ruffling back into place with a series of shrugs meant to get the feathers nicely layered together ladder-style, similar to how we might lace our fingers together when folding our hands in our lap.

I realized the two birds must be a couple when they sidled up close to each other and began doing something that looked for all the world like they were having a conversation. One would gaze out over the street and then turn to the other, moving its beak. The other would lean out and look down at the street in response. And so forth.

Then one of the birds settled itself down onto the ledge. The two birds leaned into one another while continuing to look around, occasionally swiveling a head back to share a comment on the scene.

So that’s all I’ve got today, just a sweet little vignette of two birds in love hanging out on a sunny day. Hope your weekend is likewise filled with love and sunshine!❤️