Today is football Sunday here at This Old House….
where the men are men and the women are useless.
Unless they’re serving up a plate of cranberry meatballs
or crackers and cheese with pepperoni, please.
Now I like football, I watch it when my team is playing
(Go Patriots!!)
but hour after hour gets a bit redundant and what’s left of my hearing
is in jeapardy with all the hooting and hollering that goes on in that cave.
So a walk with the dog(s) it shall be…
and a little admiration of the one thousand common grackles that have decended
at the feeder outside my kitchen window.
I’m guessing this kind of encounter inspired good ole Alfred Hitchcock for
his movie, THE BIRDS.
Did you see Anthony Hopkins in the movie..Hitchcock?
He’s one of my favorites, but in this movie he was particularly wonderful.
Amazing, no?
I personally believe the common grackle is one of the most beautious birds around.
If I could convince one to stay as a pet, I’d be tickled all the irridescent
colors these birds show off – they literally glimmer –
why they got such a common name is beyond me.
Seriously looking dude..
