Wrote this little while ago. We’re just observing, things will get better but maybe not strait away.
Not sure if its sound or smell first notice when wake up. My small black cat, usually leaping up and down waiting for food. Sometimes very early he paws the window to wake me up then walks in front of me. This seems to be his thing. Still dreaming, try not to fall over him. He is little funny and very determined. When he is hungry, doors i shut – he headbutts them open. Food means a lot to him and he doesn’t have thumbs – so someone who does is crucial.
The last few years have been for us impossible to travel, missing very much – think about first travel – sound of pop pop bikes disappearing into the distance summer nights from quiet village squares in France, where lorry drivers slept in their cabs and my parents used to pull up nearby with us to sleep. They were busy driving long distances somewhere far away from England and didn’t want to spend money on hotels. Also crickets.