For the Birds

On Friday, as I was walking home from the bus, I noticed a tremendous number of robins in my neighborhood. They must have just gotten back from wintering elsewhere, and there were literally hundreds and hundreds of them. They were in the trees, on the ground, flying in crazy coordinated groups up to the rooftops...if I were afraid of birds, it would've been unsettling. As it was, I just thought it was kind of cool.

Speaking of cool, check out this scary fish:


That was at the National Aquarium, which Pinchloaf and I visited with our friend Andy two weekends ago. If you've never been, don't freaking bother. It was seriously horrible. The newly renovated Portrait Gallery, on the other hand, was really nice, and made up for the fact that we blew $5 at the joke of an aquarium.

And now, to bring you back from the frightening place that fish took you, some happy pictures Pinchloaf took of the cardinal outside our balcony door:





There, all better? Good.