Folklore holds that a swallow nesting on your roof is lucky. If it flies into your house, it’s even more fortunate. I hope that’s true.
I watch the chittering birds bringing twigs and dreck into the garden, piecing together their roosts. Hurricane season is near, and they must be settled before the storms come.
Concrete vessels, stained green with rainwater algae, are a perfect foundation for a brooding family. Their constant back and forth doesn’t bother me. I enjoy watching the progress and activity, but I don’t know if swallows nesting on my tomb is all that lucky for me..
Thin spiral notebook 
I love that twist!!! Lyssa M x
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I love when you teach me something even as you write. It’s the little stories inside your stories that are my favorite.
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Now and then we’ve had swallows trying to build nests near the front door of our house. We’ve always tried to discourage them from building there. Maybe if I’d known they were supposed to bring good luck, I wouldn’t have shooed them off!
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The house opposite has swallows nesting, I will think of this tale whenever I see them.
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Hopefully, they will bring your neighbors some luck.
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Love this! Great job!
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Nice work! Swallows are great little guys…… Provided they don’t crap on your floor!
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It’s hard to imagine they could prepare and withstand a hurricane.
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They have to do something, the little birds survive some of the worst storms around here.
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