The sea-wash never ends. The sea-wash repeats, repeats. Only old songs? Is that all the sea knows? Only the old strong songs? Is that all? The sea-wash repeats, repeats.
[Sea-Wash by Carl Sandburg originally appeared in the February 1920 issue of Poetry magazine. Listen to Sea-Wash at the Poetry Foundation.]
13th March 2012
On this day, six years ago, Algy’s adventures began… here on Tumblr @adventuresofalgy
As you can see, Algy was a much younger bird in those days. Like most birds, Algy’s appearance was somewhat different when he first hatched out of the egg, but in due course he acquired his adult plumage 🙂
Even as a very young chick, however, Algy loved poetry, and he loved the sea, which washes up on the beach beside his home in the wild west Highlands of Scotland. So his very first post for The Adventures of Algy featured a photo of him perching on a rock in the surf close to his home, reciting Carl Sandburg’s poem Sea-Wash.
Algy has been sharing his adventures on Tumblr for six years, and although they are now published on other platforms too, Tumblr is his first love and his true home, and the place where he finds the majority of his friends. Over time, Algy has acquired many thousands of friends, from all around the world, and it has been his great pleasure to get to know you, to share this Tumblr world with you, and to see all your wonderful images and your unique points of view.
Algy hopes that this happy situation will continue for a very long time to come 🙂
He sends his fluffiest thanks and hugs to you all – for your friendship, your “likes” and comments and reblogs, your enthusiasm, and for brightening his life with your own wonderful images and thoughts. He loves you all, and so now…
Let’s Party!
Algy’s Amazing Tumblr Birthday Party is just about to start over on his sideblog @lovefromalgy 🙂
The party will include a fantastic exhibition of images and greetings from Algy’s friends, a very special offer on all Algy’s books, and many fluffy surprises…
Algy’s furry and fluffy friends all gathered round to watch the candles on Algy’s special chocolate brownie birthday cake, waiting for them to burn down so they could start eating the cake 🙂
It may look like just a wee silly cake to you, perhaps, but Algy can assure you that there is enough for all his friends, all around the world 🙂 Would you care for some cake?
Happy 5th Tumblr Birthday Algy!
Algy is holding a very special Tumblr birthday party TODAY on his sideblog @lovefromalgy.
He has already received lots and lots of wonderful contributions and messages from his amazing Tumblr friends – in fact, he has received so many that the party will be continuing for many hours yet!
So Algy hopes that you will all join in the celebrations and submit your own images to share with all Algy’s Tumblr friends 🙂
As you may have heard, it’s Algy’s 5th birthday today…
So some of Algy’s fluffy friends got together and presented him with a bouquet of beautiful pink roses, and a pretty little windmill, as they thought that – given the weather typical in the wild West Highlands of Scotland – it would have plenty of occasion to go round and round 🙂
Happy 5th Tumblr Birthday Algy!
Algy is holding a very special Tumblr birthday party TODAY on his sideblog @lovefromalgy.
He has already received lots and lots of wonderful contributions and messages from his amazing Tumblr friends – in fact, he has received so many that the party will be continuing for many hours yet!
So Algy hopes that you will all join in the celebrations and submit your own images to share with all Algy’s Tumblr friends 🙂
The great day has arrived! It is Algy’s 5th Tumblr Birthday.
Algy’s surprisingly fluffy 5th birthday party will start at midday, over on his sideblog@lovefromalgy
It is YOU, Algy’s wonderful Tumblr friends and followers, who have made these five years of Algy’s adventures possible, and YOU who have kept Algy going through good times and bad. Thank you all so very much!
A HUGE THANK YOU to all the thousands of almost-invisible followers who Algy does not really know but who see his posts and leave notes from time to time…
And a VERY SPECIAL HUGE THANK YOU to those hundreds of amazing friends and followers who Algy has come to know and love over the past five years – who frequently “like” Algy’s posts, leave kind comments, and send Algy messages.
Algy loves you all and sends you all lots of surprisingly fluffy birthday hugs, and hopes that you will be able to join in his birthday celebrations xoxo
To take part in Algy’s birthday party on @lovefromalgy, submit one or more images, or post on your own blog and send Algy a link (your own original work, please). If you post on your own blog, please be sure to let Algy know, as the Tumblr notification system for being mentioned on another blog doesn’t work…
And of course come along to @lovefromalgy and enjoy the fun whenever you can. This very special party is likely to run on into the night here in Scotland (GMT).
Submissions can be made at any time from now until the end of the party. Here’s the link to the Submit form again: again:http://lovefromalgy.tumblr.com/submit
To celebrate, Algy is also running a small retrospective of his 5 years of amazing adventures, on his main blog @adventuresofalgy. This was originally planned for just two days, but Algy has now decided to spread it over 5 days – one day for each year 🙂
On Monday 13th March 2017, Algy will celebrate his 5th birthday.
That’s 5 years of Algy’s Adventures on Tumblr!
Five years is a long, long time for a fluffy bird – even for one who is surprisingly fluffy. When Algy started his adventures in March 2012, he never dreamed that he would still be adventuring in 2017!
This could never have happened without YOU – all of Algy’s wonderful Tumblr friends and followers 🙂
So Algy is holding a very special Tumblr birthday party on his sideblog @lovefromalgy on Monday, and he hopes that you will all join in the celebrations and submit your own images to share with all Algy’s friends 🙂
Algy apologises for celebrating his birthday on a working day, but hopes that you will all be able to join the party at some time on Monday.
When? MONDAY 13TH MARCH 2017, from 12 noon GMT until late…
How to join in the celebrations? Submit one or more images, or post on your own blog and send Algy a link – your own original work, please. And of course come along and enjoy the fun on the day, and late into the night 🙂
Algy will also be running a small retrospective of his five years of amazing adventures – on his main blog @adventuresofalgy – on Sunday 12th March and on Monday 13th March.
Submission details…
Submissions can be made at any time from now until the end of the party. Here’s the link to the Submit form again:
Happy 3rd Birthday to you! Happy 3rd Birthday to you! Happy 3rd Birthday dear PWS, Happy 3rd Birthday to you!
Dear friends at PWS, Algy sends you his fluffiest congratulations on your 3rd Tumblr birthday and his warmest thanks for all the amazing work you have done over the past three years to promote and support the photographers (and fluffy birds) on Tumblr, and to brighten up all our lives. Algy is looking forward to many more years of PWS :)))
Algy managed to rescue three slightly battered gladioli from the storms in time for your birthday, although they are a wee bit damaged by the wind and the rain. He hopes you like them.
Lots of extra fluffy hugs to you all, with love from Algy @adventuresofalgy xoxoxo
And the fluffiest hugs to the probably most famous bird on Tumblr. Thank you and Jenny @jennychapmanartwork for making our Tumblr experience wonderful and magical! And thank you for your most wonderful words and this beautiful submission!
PWS – Photos Worth Seeing
It’s PWS @photosworthseeing 3rd Tumblr birthday today! Let’s all celebrate and thank the wonderful team who work so hard to promote original photography on Tumblr 🙂
Algy thanks all his wonderful Tumblr friends from the bottom of his surprisingly fluffy heart for making this birthday so very special! It was undoubtedly his best birthday ever, and his best Tumblr party ever, and it was all because of you and your amazing contributions to his party 🙂 He sends you all the fluffiest of fluffy hugs.
The afternoon light was fading fast and it was beginning to get dark, so Algy decided it was high time for refreshments… A crowd of furry and fluffy friends gathered round to watch Algy’s birthday candles burn down, eagerly waiting for the homemade chocolate brownies (with cherries!) and banana splits to be served 🙂
There’s plenty of cake and ice cream for all, so if you haven’t joined Algy’s party yet, hurry on over to @lovefromalgy – everybody is having a wonderful time!
And for those kind friends who were wondering, it’s not too late to join in, as the party is set to run long into the night 🙂 Just use the lovefromalgy submission form or send Algy a link to a post on your blog.
On the morning of his birthday, Algy’s assistant brought him a basket of pretty spring flowers. As he sat on the damp grass looking at them, a bright green frog jumped out and landed on his leg. Algy was astonished! But his assistant explained that this very special visitor had been sent by a dear friend especially for his birthday, and that this beautiful frog would keep him company and bring him luck from now on 🙂
Algy has been overwhelmed by the kindness of all his wonderful friends and he thanks you all very much indeed for all your lovely tributes, posts and messages on the occasion of his birthday – and for all your support for his adventures over the past four years. It has been an amazing experience and Algy hopes that he will be able to continue to share his adventures with you for many more years to come. He sends you all lots of exceedingly fluffy hugs xoxoxo
p.s. Don’t miss Algy’s Birthday Party on @lovefromalgy today, with all the fantastic contributions from his Tumblr friends!
Today is Algy’s 4th Tumblr birthday – Happy Birthday Algy!
Algy is holding a big birthday party all day today on his sideblog @lovefromalgy – don’t miss it!
You are all invited… there will be lots of fun and ice cream, wonderful images from Algy’s friends, and all
kinds of fluffy surprises! To join in the fun and celebrations, please
use the lovefromalgy submission form or send Algy a link to a post on your own blog.
And don’t forget that Algy is offering the Kindle version of his latest story book The Tree with a Golden Heart FREE TO DOWNLOAD from any Amazon site, all day today.
The Adventures of Algy 