The Birds

I love birds! Flamingos are my favorite actually, but I think birds can be the most cheerful and beautiful animals out there.

I love the peaceful but often times goofy personalities of Seagulls when every I'm visiting the beach in Maine. Or I love the beautiful red Cardinals here in my own backyard.

When the fall semester was over, I also went home for the Christmas break. From Utah I first I flew to my Grandmother's house in Arizona. I spent a week or so there with her and my dad who had driven up to get me. From Arizona, dad and I drove all the way home to Texas non stop. Just the two of us.

If you know me very well, I am NOT a scary movie fan.

If you know my dad very well, he loves them.

So while we were driving late at night we decided to pull out my laptop and have a movie playing to keep us awake. Dad suggested that we watch a Hitchcock movie called The Birds. Mom had told me in the past that I wouldn't like it, but dad told me the basic plot line and told me not to worry.

In goes the movie.

It wasn't so bad after all. (Actually I'll admit I thought it was kind of dumb.) However there were still some parts that I thought were a bit creepy and didn't quite settle with me.

It was early morning by now and we could start to see some sunlight in the east. I suggested that we put in a CD, mainly to clear my head.

In went a Carpenter CD

"Why do birds suddenly appear, Every time you are near?"

In went a new CD.

Out the window I could see all the many early birds sitting on the telephone poles... mocking me...

Speaking of mocking, did you know that the Texas state bird is the mocking bird?

"Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), the state bird of Texas, is a common songbird found across North America. This bird was chosen as the Texas state bird in 1927, by the Texas legislature, in accordance to the suggestions made by the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. The legislature noted that the mockingbird "...is found in all parts of the State, in winter and in summer, in the city and in the country, on the prairie and in the woods and hills...is a singer of distinctive type, a fighter for the protection of his home, falling, if need be, in its defense, like any true Texan..." Besides Texas, it is also the state bird of Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, and are considered to be America's favorite backyard birds."
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/texas-state-bird-mockingbird.html

Like any true Texan... I guess I shouldn't be so afraid.