Today, I took the afternoon off since we had to take care of a few things in Cannes. At 4:18 p.m., near the Forville market, we spotted this beautiful parrot in a Real Estate agency; it flies back and forth between this rope inside the office and a perch that has been set up for its benefit outside the agency. The bird is not limited in its movements in any way; it could easily fly off if it wanted to, but apparently, it doesn’t have any intention of doing so. And why should it? It’s well cared for, fed, loved... what more could a bird want? The one thing this particular parrot does not do is speak; at least, we didn’t hear it make any sound at all. If it did have the gift of speech, however. we know what it would have said today: Happy Birthday, David! We are only to happy to parrot this.