So true. When I was thirteen, I was bitten by my pet Tarantula, which was milder than a bee sting. The spider had a worse time, spending years in a glass box. I wouldn't discourage kids from catching bugs and lizards and such; it brings them closer to nature, but it always ends up teaching some serious lessons about life, death, freedom, etc. Maybe that's what "close to nature" means. Now I just spy on other life forms. I did help rescue a misguided warbler that got into the office building recently, but by and large we just see each other in passing. Then again, there's this (it's the sneakers that get me).
What warbler? In one eyeshot today
two Goldfinches, one Rosy Finch & a
Pine Siskin at the feeder with a pair
of Mountain Bluebirds busy at the box
all leery of some young magpies
buzzing Sister my mutt collie when Kris
pointed out a pair of Sandhill Cranes
way up & out there headed north.No
Warblers though. Where are they now
the warblers of my youth? That a man
could be so sad knowing he will never hear
those songs again. I mean we're talking
a serious sap for birds here.
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- alex 6-13-2001 6:20 pm
What warbler? In one eyeshot today
two Goldfinches, one Rosy Finch & a
Pine Siskin at the feeder with a pair
of Mountain Bluebirds busy at the box
all leery of some young magpies
buzzing Sister my mutt collie when Kris
pointed out a pair of Sandhill Cranes
way up & out there headed north.No
Warblers though. Where are they now
the warblers of my youth? That a man
could be so sad knowing he will never hear
those songs again. I mean we're talking
a serious sap for birds here.
- frank 6-15-2001 7:12 am [1 comment]