Late afternoon as I walk along the beach front I see, what seemed like to my fertile imagination, these tourists being terrorized by the seagulls. Reminding me of that Alfred Hitchcock horror movie “The birds”.
Meanwhile, with a cool wind blowing from the snow fields down south and the temperatures plummeting to approx. 19C (!), one brave soul was going for a swim. Maybe he was escaping from the birds…
Living in Paradise... 
Ohooo, what temp in the water?
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Actually warmer in the water,approx 20C or so Jack tells me. He goes for a swim most days….
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20 is ok with me, but then it has to be warmer in the air… Jack is a real iron man.
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Actually with the wind factor it is usually colder out of the water
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Jack’s a brave man!
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He sure is. I donāt even swim in the ocean in summer
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Oh my gosh, Pauline. How often when I’ve seen a bunch of birds or gulls swooping and squawking have I thought of that movie! My first impulse is to keep my eyes covered. š
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You and me both!
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I didnāt have my camera with me so My first impulse was to grab my iPhone for a photo. I immediately thought of that movie
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LOL I so remember how scared I was at that movie! And youāre right Pauline, it IS reminiscent!
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Hitchcock movies were in a scary class of their own
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A very Hitchcockian shot, Pauline.
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I thought so too Tish. His films were very memorable in a scary way
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They pester people outside in the hospital campus where I work, trying to take sandwiches from peoples hands!
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On the beach it is stealing peopleās fish n chips…
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Great shot Pauline. I never finished watching The Birds. I found it Hitchcock’s creepiest movie — and I watched an awful lot of his others while I was writing my thesis.
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I agree itās one of those movies that prey on your mind
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Plummeting? 19 degrees? Sounds perfect to me! Weāve been getting that cold snow wind too; itās a feature of August.
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Itās been in the mid 20ās for a couple of weeks. Wonāt be long before the hot weather arrives now
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Have you read the book? By Daphne du Maurier. Living here with the crows and magpies, I often think of it. Especially when occasionally one will come right up to my window and tap its beak on the pane as if to say, “I’m watching you…”
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No I havenāt read the book,I think it would give me nightmares.
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You know Alfred Hitchcock?! He lived part time here in Scott’s Valley! A friend of mine still drives his old Ranchero! ‘The Birds’ was filmed up north in Bodega Bay in Marin County. Parts of ‘Vertigo’ were filmed locally, including scenery on Highway 9 between Boulder Creek and Saratoga. I think of him a s local character more than someone who would be known in Australia.
Do you know what would be scarier than ‘the Birds’? . . . ‘the WALLABIES’!
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That is interesting he lived in your area. He was a master movie maker. I saw the movies when I lived in UK. More scary birds in todayās post.will have to find some wallabies for you…
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Oh, not need to trouble yourself with that.
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Alfred has a lot to answer for. That movie was so scary and I always think of it when magpie swooping season begins. Gaaah!
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The swooping season is due to start any day now!!!
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Don’t remind me. Gaaah!
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