Landscape Observation Gifts

"So, the Scharfs have an atoll. Big deal."

"Thor! I am Thor! Ha. Just kidding. I'm Tom the Seagull."

"Maybe we should cut back on those lawn catalogues."

"Finches, don't look now, but there's a creepy guy staring at our beaks."

Bird feeding chick that is nesting in a knight's helmet

"God, I hope no one asks me to sing."

"Too crowded. Let's go."

Doing the borders.

"Go away, he's not done playing Cowboys and Indians yet."

"Okay, you both know the rules: no trash talk, no batting the other guy all over the house if he’s unconscious, watch the claws and nails..."

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

Painting clouds

"We've discovered they mate for life, as long as they don't discuss politics."

Duck Hunt

Butterflies

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'Darling - I think it's time to stop feeding the birds.'

Annie, the Reptile version: 'The sun will come out tomorrow! Tomorrow! You will sun yourself tomorrow!'

"I think the ants are mooning me again."

Cat says of armadillo, 'It's one of those big armored rats.'

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

"You're right—there's no such thing as personal space in a hibernaculum."

The prying mantis,

Man cutting hedge next to two heads impaled on sticks. Signs beneath say 'You missed a bit' and 'You can do mine next'.

What does aloof mean?

Hither and Yon sign

"I've got you in my sights now, Mister Squirrel, with your fluffy tail and those tiny hands clutching that itty-bitty nut. Aww, you must be hungry...poor little fella... I love you, Mister Squirrel."

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

The Adventures of God

". . . So that's 4 birdies, 1 eagle, 2 ferrets and a rabbit!"

"It can't be much of a life working all day, but at least he gets to wear a stripey jersey."

"Want me to talk to the squirrel's mother, or would you prefer to handle it on your own?"

"Your assumption that a one in a million chance event MUST be a miracle shows you drastically underestimate the total number of regularly occurring events."