The Crows

Taking video today of a crow perched on a branch, ten feet away and being very vocal. A lady walked by and asked what he was saying? I wish I knew. He (she?) definitely had something on his mind.

I find crows to be fascinating. They seem to have personalities. They appear to be showing off for us humans. When on the ground, they strut around like members of a marching band. They let you know when they are nearby.

Words To a Friend

To a friend ……. I know that you've been through some frightening stuff and you've been dealing with a lot of trauma from that. But I'm not out to frighten or hurt you in any way. I imagine that it's difficult for you to just accept and believe those words but it is the truth. I don't want and I swear not to cause another second of anguish or pain in your world. I don't know how to prove that to you. I had hoped my actions would have done that by now. Sometimes I think the only way that I could demonstrate my sincerity and intents to you is to just turn around and walk away. Maybe then I'd get really incredibly lucky and win your faith, trust and friendship. After all, I'm at a point in my life where truly that's all that matters to me.

Rain!!! ..... and Footnotes

I wasn't foolish or naive enough to think that maybe we were done with rain for the month but was sure hoping we could go another day or two without. I can't hear it falling but the radar shows that it is upon us. Hopefully it won't delay the usual March cherry blossoms from revealing themselves at their proper moment.
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You ever walk around all day with the sensation that the bones in your foot are one step away from fracturing? Just feeling in a total state of fragility? At the mercy of the ground you are walking upon.

Spring Forward Bummer

Next time around I'm going to "spring forward" a week or two ahead of the appointed time. I keep looking at the one clock that needs to be adjusted manually and which I've procrastinated in doing so and then after a second or two delay, getting disappointed when I realize that it's actually one hour later than it reads and I'm that much closer to having to return to work in the morning.

I consider all this manipulation of the time to be a major pain in the ass. We don't need an extra hour of anything. Just leave the time alone. Let it do it's own thing!!!

Change In the Air and Other Miscellaneous Notes

Finally today, a hint of Spring! I can't pinpoint exactly what it was but it just felt ever so slightly different.

Received a photo in the mail today of my mom's hometown. Butler, South Dakota. Taken in the early 1900's (turn of the century) I'm told. A small town then that barely exists today. Most of the buildings wiped away. It's fascinating studying this image from history (with a magnifying glass) of what used to be. I get lost in my thoughts. My mother's roots, at least twenty years before she was born and at least half a century before I was born. Americana!! Amazing!!

I found this button the other day while passing time in an antique shop. I do believe!! Well sort of anyway. For conversation sake. A couple weeks ago I thought that I had experienced a Loch Ness Monster sighting. There was something brown and scary looking swimming through the slough at Riverfront Park. Turned out that it was a beaver ….. I think. There were several other onlookers wondering just what it was. I took several blurred and grainy photos just in case the gossip tabloids want to offer me millions for the image. So what's next for me? ….. Abduction by aliens?

For those who say the music in physical format is dead ….. The local record store sure seems crowded each time that I visit. And many of those people appear to be twenty-somethings. People still enjoy and are learning to enjoy the experience.

Twitter Notes and Musings

• How great does your content have to be to have 81.8K followers while following only one on Twitter? It actually feels arrogant and obnoxious. And what are my chances of becoming number two person followed?
• I enjoy black and white photography as much as the next person but it seems to be the chosen view of about 90% of the people posting their personal shots. The actual color image without filter editing is still cool you know.
• It seems that people "follow" and then "unfollow" you on Twitter for no particular reason. Following is not nearly as committed and lasting as friending is. 
• I like how I can tailor my "news feed" on Twitter to be pretty much items of specific interest. If I did that on Facebook, I'd probably have to unfriend a third or more of my friends.

Superpower

Sometimes you just shake your head and wonder ….. Thirty-Seven degrees outside. A mix of snow and rain falling. Bald, chubby guy walking along the downtown sidewalk in a short sleeve polo shirt, shorts and ankle high socks (yes he had shoes) and no hat, looking like he hadn't a care in the world.

It must be a superpower!! Hey look over there! It's Impervious To Cold Man!!