Real Life...

... driving home from my Mother's today, I saw three birds sitting on a power-line... the poles, with their electric cable running between, were dotted alongside the curvy country road I was on... as the car moved closer, I saw that two of the birds were Mourning Doves... and the third was a Sharp-shinned Hawk...

... I often see that hawk as I head to town... usually on the same ½ mile stretch of line... sitting there eyeing the barren cornfield for an errant mouse...

... today?... same fellow chilling on his perch... and sharing it with two nice, fat, prey-animals...

... and hey, I'm not making this up... the Hawk and the Doves were living in peace... side by side.....

... of course, I have to believe that what I saw was only a blip... a split-second of peaceful freakishness between beasts... and that the hawk probably had one of those doves for supper later today... after all, you can't change Nature... no matter how hard you try...

... that said, I'll break from tradition here, and sign off till the morning...

... peace on Earth, people... and goodwill towards men.. even if only for a little while.... Merry Christmas... and Gott bless us every one...