Thursday, June 17, 2004

Fish out of water, little birdies and ouch.

1. A gi-normous, and I do mean gi-normous - it's about the size of my head - dried spikey pufferfish that I see through a basement window I pass on my way to work. It's sitting on a plate on someone's dining room table.

2. A thrush - they're the ones with the speckly breasts - hopping around on the grass with a beakful of something wriggly.

3. Putting my trousers back on after having my legs waxed.

Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.

1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...