Maybe that’s a mistake. I do have something to say in that regard. I’m really happy about the change at the top here in our country. For the past eight years I’ve felt like a political outcast. Somehow, because I didn’t support the war in Iraq, some people implied that people like me weren’t really patriotic. I always knew in my gut that that was so much baloney. My disappointment politically has always been with the direction our country was going – not with the country itself. We do have a great country when it lives up to its ideals. In most respects, there’s no better place on earth than right here in the U.S. of A., but when we become proud and arrogant as a people, when we push others around as if we were the only people that mattered, when we act as if we here in the United States were God’s chosen people, that stinks! Either all the people in the world are “God’s people” or none of them are. You can take that to the bank! Cut this silly talk about the “evil” people. It’s propaganda. It goes with warring, whether it be between families or nations! It’s a tactic. Hitler used it against the Jews. Our own country used it against the Germans and the Japanese a few decades ago. Then it was the Russians. Now it’s the Arabs. Come on, folks! Get smart! It’s time to quit the name calling and focus on doing positive things to make this world a better place! I think our new President knows that. I only hope he gets the cooperation of the general populace! And, you know what? I think he just might!
ON TO OTHER THINGS
As I mentioned last month, I did get myself a new camera recently, the latest edition of the Canon Rebel, an XSi that boasts 12.2 megapixels in its sensor and takes such awesome detail that even yours truly comes up with some great shots from time to time.
Unless it’s a very gray day with no good sunlight, I always carry my camera on our daily walks. Lately, Dickie and I have been stalking a red-tailed hawk in the vineyard on the edge of our subdivision. I’m fairly sure he recognizes us now as the same people who pestered him in the past. I believe he even knows our car as we drive into the area (although Dickie doubts that!). In any case, he often sits in the top of a tall pine tree that appears to be dying. We find him there quite regularly. He has taken to screaming before he flies off in what I take to be a huff, sometimes before I can even get out of the car. I suppose I’d be irked, too, if somebody was regularly interfering with my hunting or my desire to take a nap, which I think is what we’re doing. Anyway, here’s a couple shots I got of him the other day. You can see why he’s known as a red-tail:
Birds are so much fun to photograph, especially the ones with rich color like the goldfinch or the bluebird. I snapped this bluebird on the roof of someone’s domicile just the other day:
Shortly the killdeer will be making their nests in graveled areas around the neighborhood. Here’s one that was inspecting a likely area for his/her nest the other day:
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Well, thanks for stopping by. See you next time!
