It broke the neck of our wooden bird.. you know, the one that goes "klunk, klunk" when the wind blows lightly. (I'll have to remember to post a picture after I fix it. It is one of a kind.)
It knocked down our hanging fairies. (Think about that for a while.)
It blew our imitation wasp nest off of the porch. Luckily, I found it crouching in our front yard.. in pretty bad shape, but maybe I can fix it.
It upended our hanging red bird feeder and spread bird seed all over the side porch. As soon as I climbed up and fixed it, the wind upended it again. But, even in that condition, the sparrows are attacking the seed.
It tore our windsock out of it's base and completely destroyed the cords that held it together. This may be unfixable.
It curled up our porch rugs and even shoved bird seed way underneath them.
However, the weather brought us a new friend. A brown thrasher visited and began searching for bugs to eat in our mulch. He must be a good searcher because he is certainly a chubby bird. Twice as big as any of the sparrows in residence.
Wildlife
Elaine and I were just tabulating all of the creatures that inhabit the area where we live. Here is a list of some of the ones we have seen or have interacted with:
Raccoon
Squirrel
Deer
Fox
Chipmunk
Rabbit
Groundhog
Sparrow
Blue Jay
Cardinal
House Finch
Golden Finch
Cowbird
Red winged Blackbird
Crow
Hawk
Turkey Buzzard
Robin
Blue Bird
Humming Bird
Cat Bird
Mourning Dove
Chickadee
Geese
Duck
Piss ants
Black ant
Big Black Spider
Earthworm
Common Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Tomato Worm
etc
Wow! Ain't it great to live out in the country!
How many of these creatures have workable brains? All of them, I'll bet. Then.. they should have a right to live, just as we do. I have always gone out of my way to catch house creatures and put them outside.. so they can live their lives. Now, I admit that this is hard to do with big black spiders. But I do try to catch them somehow and dump them into the toilet bowl, where they might have a chance at life if they can swim. And, of course, I do swat mosquitoes and flies... even though I feel bad about it.
Tonight I am going to eat veal.... isn't that baby cow? How can I do that in good conscience? Should I become a vegetarian? But, even then, many people think that vegetation has a form of consciousness. Whole cults in India believe that... they may be right. Have you ever noticed trees outside of the house of a person who had died of cancer.... take a look. You may be surprised to see gnarled and misshapen limbs.
I know... you think that I'm going off the deep end. Maybe. Let's just say that I love life and I love to see other people and creatures enjoy it as much as I do.
But... I do love to eat lobsters.
And crabs!
So... eat what the hell you want.. and be HAPPY!
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