Outside My Window

Sitting and looking out my living room window I never fail to be amazed by the wildlife I see. Besides the birds at the feeders there are black squirrels, red squirrels, fox squirrels, deer, rabbits, woodchucks, chipmunks, opossums, and the other night a gray fox.

What makes this so amazing is the fact that I live in a subdivision of a small mid Michigan college town. I grew up in the hill country of the state in a very rural setting. A place with lots of woods, lakes, and wide open country yet I can not remember there being the amount or the verity of wild life that I have now.

It would seem that the numbers and types of animals living in the state are increasing. This could be because the habitat they need is increasing. Many small farms are no longer being used and there wood lots are becoming overgrown, perfect homes for deer, bear, and small game. That and the increasing number of homes springing up and turning open land into private property where no one hunts could be behind this increase in wildlife.

All I know is that looking out my window has become a truly enjoyable pastime that I hope to be able to continue for years to come.

Product Warnings

 

A Watercraft Warns: Never Use Lit Match or Open Flame to Check Fuel Level

Two-Pronged Fishing Hook Warns: Harmful If Swallowed

A Curling Iron Warns: Do Not Use While Bathing or in Shower

Children's Dimetapp Warns: Be Careful When Driving a Motor Vehicle

 

There was a time when common sense was what governed peoples actions, when you did something dumb and got hurt it was no ones fault but your own. If you fell out of a tree chances are your folks would ask what you were doing climbing that tree, today they would call a lawyer and sue the owner of the tree.

It might seem fun to look up dumb warnings from products, but they would not be there if someone hadn’t tried to do those things in the first place. We live in a world where people do thing that common sense should tell them not to do, and when they get hurt they sue. It’s not their fault they should have been told not to do it. How were they to know that they could get burned by ironing their clothes while wearing them? The fault lies in the company that made the iron, not in them so the company should pay.

There it is, if I get hurt someone else is to blame and I should be compensated for my pain and suffering. After all if they had warned me I would not have been hurt. 

Spring

Here it is, Thursday and I’m not sure what to write about. Spring is here, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the weather man promises that we won’t have any more snow- at least for the next few days. So far it seems that for every nice day we have had three that were cold and miserable.

I’m ready for it to stay sunny and warm. I got my garden tractor back from the shop and we’re making plans for what to do with the garden this year. I want to dig up some of the old beds and plant all new flowers, and my climbing roses need to be cut back to the ground. The pin cherries are over grown and pushing into the day lily bed, and the hosta by the oak tree need to be replaced with something the deer won’t eat.

The deck needs to be power washed and painted, the hedges need trimming, there is a broken window in the garage, and the weeds are growing in the cracks in the walk. Oh man, I guess it wouldn’t hurt if the weather stayed cold for awhile after all.