I can easily see, how older folk could...'go to the dogs, birds and kitties.' When you can, no longer, tolerate...the 'doings' of humanity, there they are, the 'other' earthly beings...begging for some help. They come, without judgement, only hoping...not to be harmed, to be fed and watered and watched.
Here, in our desert...there are, easily 200 birds, that come each morning to feed and water here, at our house. This morning, it is 17 degrees F, and the water containers were frozen over. I just put out a big popcorn tub size metal pot, with 'warm water', for them.
The two feed and farms stores, in town...sell 'bird seed' by the 50 pound bag. They sell a lot of it, and we all talk 'birds', when we gather there. One guy said..."You don't want to run out of bird seed, here. Remember the movie...'The Birds'?, and he smiled and wiggled his eyebrows.
So, we have many friends in the desert. It's going to be a cold one, this year, as there is no sign now, of our wild rabbits, or ground squirrels. They are all 'deep in their burrows, nice and warm. Take care out there, whomever...or whatever, you may be:-)
Written by Bruce James Clyde 2016, at Deming, New Mexico
Art: wild birds, google pic
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