Where's The Sunshine?

"What say we promenade through the yard, Mushi?" (Amazingly, this is the same little man that will do anything he can to stay out of the rain.)


Marcel Duchamp
Skin Hill, The Rock
February 2008

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Marcel loves the snow.

Heading out for his morning rituals, he plows through the snow — chest-deep (as well as everything else that hangs down below), head down, snorting loudly — on the trail of who knows what. Leaps and bounds, trying to get the jump on whatever he smells.

"Where's the sunshine? When is this weather going to end? Enough already!" people gripe — when we finally see them. But we won't be seeing them for a while. (It's only 4:30 — the crack of arse.) So, we enjoy the weather.

Marcel loves the snow. And, so do I.

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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Fun In The Sun
Splashin'
(Buy: Maceo Parker : Southern Exposure)

Count 'Em If You Got 'Em

Tenth Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
February 16-19, 2007

If you can count, then you can count!

Get over to The Great Backyard Bird Count website to see what you can do. Then, Look. Listen. And, if you see a bird, count it. It's that simple, and it'll get you outside on this beautiful weekend. (Abacus welcome!)

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I Like Birds
(Buy: Eels: Daisies of the Galaxy)

Flight Test
(Buy: The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots)

And because I just can't get enough of this band these days,

Nature Springs
(Buy: The Good, The Bad & The Queen: The Good, The Bad & The Queen)

Hey, Mr. Natural!

Keep on Truckin' (through the woods — and clicking off those pictures!)

Nature photography, as well as cards and prints, available at Kirk Gentalen Photography. Really, get over to his site and buy something — he's some of the local talent!

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David Bowie: Nature Boy
(Buy: Moulin Rouge: Original Soundtrack)

Eels: I Like Birds
(Buy: Eels: Daisies Of The Galaxy)

David Byrne: Marching Through The Wilderness
(Buy: David Byrne: Rei Momo)

Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life
(Buy: Talking Heads: True Stories)

Music To Watch Birds By

Babette and Maneki Neko, birdwatching.
September 2006

Let me make one thing clear — I do not, in any way, condone the use of any type of illegal substances, but — I love the cats.

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Brazilian Girls: Pussy
(Buy: Brazilian Girls)

James Taylor Quartet: Music to Watch Girls By
(Buy: Lounge-A-Palooza)

Polly Is A Crackhead

Lutino (Buttercup yellow) Indian Ringneck Parakeet (Really, a parrot.)
Psittacula krameri manillensis
September 24, 2006

This bird should not be here, but, sat in the maple tree out in the front yard for over an hour, with something to say.

Coldplay: Yellow (Buy It!)
They Might Be Giants: Birdhouse In Your Soul (Buy It!)

Wik-a-Wik-a-Wik-a, My Friend Flicker

My friend Flicker, R.I.P
November, 2005

Unfortunately, this feathered beauty got locked, or made it's way, into a summer residence and never made it out. But, even in death, the Northern Flicker has got the looks.

Check the Northern Flicker out, in life and sound, at my favorite 'College of Avian Knowledge'.

Syd Barrett: Birdie Hop (Buy It!)