Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Wildlife and Scary Movies

Normally I write about what’s going in my workshop on Wednesdays, but there’s not a lot to talk about there. You’re probably more interested in what my camera saw while I was out on a walk today, right? I see nodding heads all around, so let’s go with that.

You need to enlarge the photo if you’re looking at your phone. Note that he has brown paws and is clutching a green leaf. It doesn’t get much better than that, especially if you’re as easily delighted as I am.

Playing peek-a-boo with a cardinal. He thought I couldn’t see him. I took another photo just for fun.

I guess it’s just as well that birds and animals are skittish about us humans getting too close. I’m a little skittish about them getting too close to me, too. I spent some time cultivating a friendship with a squirrel once and when he finally got close enough to eat something out of my hand, he promptly bit me on the thumb. Let’s call the whole thing off, as the song goes.

I’m not too fond of the idea of birds flying too close to me either. I blame it on the movie “Birds,” an Alfred Hitchcock production that was foisted upon me in junior high. Well, it wasn’t exactly compulsory viewing, but they were showing it in the auditorium during the lunch hour and I didn’t have anything else to do. How did I know it was going to scar me forever? I saw some of those kinds of birds today, too.

You can’t tell me that those birds aren’t DIRECT DESCENDANTS of the evil birds in the movie. They may look innocent, but their every waking thought is about poking people’s eyes out. I told you I was scarred forever.

Well, wasn’t that fun?

I’ll probably delete this in the morning unless there are birds lurking around. *shudder*