Exchange on the Mobirds egroup:

I enjoy visiting resorts which, apart from their purpose of hospitality, are created with any eye to detail and perfection, and which aim to use vernacular architecture with traditional touches.

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Pretty, lively, and young; A head full of dreams A prattling tongue; Once Upon A Time.

I’ve often watched raptors (that’s birds of prey) zoom in on land or water and catch their prey, which they then take to the nearest roost and devour, with great promptness.