The Scotch mist kept sweeping across the sea and the hills in huge fuzzy waves, obscuring everything as it smothered the land with a swirling wet blanket of pale grey. Algy found himself a perch on a damp but comfortable rock, and looked around. The landscape as a whole had mostly vanished, but as he gazed at the damp mosses and lichens on his rock, and the tangled stems of last year’s bracken, he found that the colours began to glow, despite the general greyness of the mist. Higher up in the branches above his head, a robin started to sing in a beautiful, clear voice, and Algy smiled. It might still look like winter, but tomorrow was his birthday and that meant that spring, with all its flowers and songs, was just around the next corner!

Algy sends his fluffiest thanks to all his wonderful friends who have already sent birthday posts and greetings for his birthday celebrations tomorrow.

Algy invites you all to his 4th Tumblr birthday party on Algy’s own sideblog @lovefromalgy tomorrow (Sunday 13th March 2016) – there will be lots of fun, free Kindle books, 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.

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A Date for Your Diary!

Next Sunday, 13th March, Algy celebrates his 4th Tumblr Birthday!

Algy can hardly believe that he has been sharing his adventures with you all for four years, but that’s what his archive says! Algy’s first Tumblr post was on 13th March 2012, and he has had many exciting adventures since then – and has had a truly amazing time getting to know so many wonderful Tumblr friends and seeing all your inspiring images 🙂

Help Algy celebrate his birthday next Sunday, 13th March – on his sideblog @lovefromalgy. All submissions, greetings and birthday celebrations welcome 🙂  Algy will hold a Tumblr birthday party all day Sunday 13th and well into the night to share all your posts and contributions.

Use the lovefromalgy submission form or send Algy a link to one of your own posts for him to reblog.

Please share this invitation – and don’t miss Algy’s Birthday Party!

A Date for Your Diary!

Next Sunday, 13th March, Algy celebrates his 4th Tumblr Birthday!

Algy can hardly believe that he has been sharing his adventures with you all for four years, but that’s what his archive says! Algy’s first Tumblr post was on 13th March 2012, and he has had many exciting adventures since then – and has had a truly amazing time getting to know so many wonderful Tumblr friends and seeing all your inspiring images 🙂

Help Algy celebrate his birthday next Sunday, 13th March – on his sideblog @lovefromalgy. All submissions, greetings and birthday celebrations welcome 🙂  Algy will hold a Tumblr birthday party all day Sunday 13th and well into the night to share all your posts and contributions.

Use the lovefromalgy submission form or send Algy a link to one of your own posts for him to reblog.

Please share this invitation – and don’t miss Algy’s Birthday Party!

As most of Algy’s friends will know by now, Algy has been spending this weekend celebrating three years of The Adventures of Algy on Tumblr. (Join Algy on lovefromalgy for his all-weekend dance party.)

Algy’s very first adventure was posted on Tumblr on 13th March 2012. On that day, young Algy perched on a rock in the sea and quoted this poem, which he repeats now from a different rock, to celebrate three incredible years:

          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.

Algy thanks you all very much indeed for your wonderful kindness, congratulations and good wishes on the occasion of his 3rd Tumblr birthday xoxo

One of Algy’s Tumblr friends asked Algy to tell his assistant that “we want to celebrate with all of you the 100th birthday of those adventures“. Even 3 years of adventures is really quite a lot for a fluffy bird, and 100 years sounds quite alarming! But who knows, maybe Algy’s adventures will still be carrying on through his books – if not on Tumblr itself – in 100 years time! He hopes so 🙂 Perhaps, like the sea-wash, Algy’s adventures will never end…

[ Algy is quoting Sea-Wash by the 20th century American poet Carl Sandburg; the poem originally appeared in the February 1920 issue of Poetry magazine. Listen to Sea-Wash at the Poetry Foundation. ]

Let’s Dance All Weekend…

…to celebrate three whole years of The Adventures of Algy on Tumblr, and the forthcoming publication of Algy’s first book, which has grown out of his adventures. Three years ago, Algy had no idea that any of this would happen, and none of it would have been possible without YOU!

Algy thanks you all from the bottom of his fluffy heart for your kindness
and good wishes on the occasion of his 3rd Tumblr birthday (Friday 13th
March), and for all your support, kindness, encouragement and friendship
over the past three years. It has been truly wonderful xoxo

One of Algy’s friends, carolinedattnerblankstein said “Let’s dance all weekend”, and Algy thinks that’s an excellent idea 🙂
So Algy will be celebrating all weekend on lovefromalgy, and invites you all to join in. Come and join the dance 🙂

If you have a fluffy or joyful or dancing image to share with Algy, please send him a link or use the lovefromalgy submission form.

And, for those who are interested, Algy wants you to know that his first book A Surprisingly Fluffy Bird
is making very exciting progress and should be available in six to
eight weeks time. It will be a wee bit later than he had hoped – of
course! Nothing runs on schedule in Algy’s world, and it has been a very
stormy winter… But it should be ready by late April, and Algy will then hold a big and very fluffy book launch party here on Tumblr 🙂

Algy was absolutely delighted to find that his birthday was an unusually calm and sunny day, and he was able to spend a wonderfully happy afternoon by the sea. Once he had admired the view from the higher ground on the headland, he flew down to his own special beach. The March sun was almost warm, so he leaned back happily on a barnacle-covered rock and watched the waves playing merrily in the sunshine.

Algy sends a huge THANK YOU and lots of fluffy hugs to all the kind friends who have wished him a Happy Birthday today xoxoxo He has indeed had a very happy birthday, and he hopes that he will be celebrating many more birthdays on Tumblr in the future 🙂

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Algy’s birthday party is about to begin… as soon as he has eaten his fruit trifle 🙂

If you would like to join Algy’s birthday celebrations, please send Algy a link to an image to reblog, or use the lovefromalgy submission form. Everyone is most welcome xoxo

p.s. Algy is truly thrilled to discover that this image has been given a blue Tumblr “Portrait” tag – what a wonderful birthday present 🙂

Today, March 13th, is Algy’s 3rd Tumblr birthday. Happy Birthday, Algy!

Algy posted his very first adventure here on Tumblr three years ago today.

Algy is going out for a wee while to have a birthday adventure, and then he will hold a small birthday party on lovefromalgy later on this afternoon and evening (Scottish time). You are all most warmly invited to join him 🙂

Algy would like to take this opportunity to say a few words…

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Thank you all for your amazing support and wonderful friendship which has made three years of Algy’s adventures not only possible but a truly remarkable experience – in fact, almost certainly a unique experience, even in the contemporary virtual world,

Thank you all so much – this would never have happened without you! xoxoxoxo

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!

Algy and his friends were utterly amazed and overwhelmed by your fantastic response to his 2nd Tumblr birthday on 13th March. Your huge numbers of comments, notes, messages and fabulous contributions made it a very special day indeed. As some of Algy’s American Tumblr friends say, “YOU TOTALLY ROCK!” :))))  Algy loves you all ❤

And for those who are late in arriving at Algy’s party – who have travelled a very long distance, or got lost on the way – please don’t worry, there is still plenty of ice cream and cake left, and he will save some especially for you :))

Algy sends you all the fluffiest possible hugs, and wishes you all a truly wonderful, happy weekend xoxoxoxo

It’s Party Time!

Welcome everybody, to Algy’s 2nd Tumblr Birthday Party! There is cake – homemade chocolate brownies with sour cherries and nuts: Algy’s favourite :))  And ice cream – banana splits with homemade real vanilla ice cream, yummmmm.  And a wee dram of Bruichladdich for the cognoscenti.

Algy has been amazed and utterly overwhelmed by all your kindness today – your many, many lovely contributions (still arriving!) and all of your wonderful messages and notes. He thanks you all from the bottom of his heart, and sends you all lots and lots of fluffy party hugs xoxoxox

Now Algy really does have a reason to continue his Adventures for another year – so that he can do this again next year! What a wonderful thing to look forward to :))))

Enjoy the party!