enthusiasm is contagious

this morning a hungry hawk scared the little hearts of all the monk parakeets and finches in our neighborhood and eyeballed my dog like she might make a delicious breakfast. I tried to look menacing but I don’t have talons, so it was hard. As for the hawk, and the many bird feathers that have been turning up in the neighborhood that look like they are from small ground birds, I’m blaming the acorn problem and my leaf bag eating squirrels know all about it. Quoth the NYT, “Now the field mouse population is expected to crash — about 90 percent have died off in similar glut-dearth acorn sequences in the past. And the outlook is not good for the low-nesting birds, which face an increased threat from hawks and owls.”

this picture has nothing to do with hawks and everything to do with cousins. Also, hand me downs. I think those overalls jacob is wearing I also sported. that car in this picture had really sweet upholstery and once we crashed it in a snowstorm on our way to florida. earlier on that trip I marred an antique desk at the home of the royer grandparents with my very deep handwriting and I think my dad freaked out. 

recursivemuffin:

The cousins in 1985.