Stacy Horn

I quit. Yes, never mind the HUGE container of sunflower seeds hanging behind you. The one that has been there for the taking for the past two months.

That’s right little guy. Almost there.

Oh thank God. Finally. I have managed to feed a bird.

What!

Is!

IT???

I didn’t kill it.

Cool wings, though.

It doesn’t look quite real, does it?

Okay.

Back to Season 1 of Big Bang Theory.

I wish this picture wasn’t out of focus.

It’s bugging me.

And I can’t get the bug back for take 2.

Thank GOD.

It’s so easy to get lost in research.  In fact, I’m going to dive right back in.  But I wanted to post this picture I took of 50th Street, off Beekman Place.  It was such a lush, pretty block.  I walked back down it a couple of hours later, when it was night, and the block felt positively enchanting. I made a little movie, but it didn’t come out alas.  But I think you can imagine it, from this picture.

I took these this morning to remind myself that most people take good care of their pets. I know there are many exceptions, but I still think most people love their pets and give them good lives.

Here’s Buddy sleeping on my arm.

And here’s Finney snoozing about a foot away. Everyone was all well fed and taking their post-breakfast nap. Eating is so much work. That looks like a pizza box in the background, but it isn’t. If only.

I had a horrible horrible night last night because I unwisely read about a recent case of animal cruelty in New York that was so depraved I have a hard time accepting that the girl involved is human.  I am sorry for whatever might have happened to her that turned her into the monster she is, but other people get screwed over by life and they don’t respond by torturing helpless kittens in a way to inflict as much pain, fear and suffering as possible. (Although I guess she must have been born limited to a certain extent, in intelligence and other resources that might have helped her overcome her circumstances as others have.)
 
I’m a bit of a wreck and someone on Echo suggested contributing to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and while I can only give a small amount that is is what I am going do.  I think it’s all I can do to work towards making sure things like this happen less.

But they also provide another way to donate that I think is smart.  If you buy flowers from Organic Bouquet they contribute 5-10% of the purchase to the Animal Legal Defense Fund.  I love this option because from time to time I need to buy flowers for people, so as long as I’m buying flowers anyway I can buy them here and continue to help these poor animals. And the arrangements are gorgeous.

Maybe another way to respond is to join the Big Sister program and help some other kid so she can try to be the best person she can be, enjoying life instead of adding misery to the world. Except my limitations include being completely flummoxed by children! I don’t have much experience in that area. I feel shy around children!