Squirrel and Random Stuff...
Greetings from Don The Squirrel...
Thank heavens for that old NovaBird camera. Without that, you'd be looking at crayon drawings. (Actually, we've ordered another cam to replace our super-saturated Canon.) Anywho, there's Don in all his glory. (Don is a relative of Lafayette and Gomez in Minnesota, but that's another story.)
Hey... Not too much new here... The snow is almost completely gone... The crows still call for food, and the seagulls steal what we put out for the crows. Sigh... We did however see a wood thrush. (That's a new one for me. They run along the ground like terns... Very cool...)
There is one final observation... I helped a local merchant with a small contest (the total prize amount was around $2,000), and we saw a kind, but almost frightening behavior. Two of the winners refused part of their prize packages and instead asked that we find more needy recipients. They asked that they remain anonymous (and so they shall), but the fact remains that these people gave away a serious chunk of change. Quite frankly, that is a little disconcerting here on Cape Cod - land of the Kennedy's, home of the late Tip O'Neil, and stomping ground of the Clinton's and the Obama's. To put it bluntly, there's a lot of money around here. Still, the Cape is facing a serious economic problem (just like the rest of the country), and people are reacting instinctively. It's noble, but a little scary at the same time.
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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