it’s the starlings who love the cheesecake.  jim just came over (wearing his flip flops, which he quickly realized wasn’t such a great idea in all the snow) and told me that the black birds with spots are starlings, and some people don’t like them because the english brought them over.

i wonder why they don’t like them?  they’re not like those carp or whatever kind of fish it is who are invading the great lakes.

jim also told me that you could teach a starling to TALK.  would they speak french?  interesting.  maybe this is a good beginning; luring them here with the delicious pumpkin cheesecake, then cajoling them into talking.

we took some pictures of the bird party.  now that it’s almost five, they appear to have all gone away to go to sleep.

first, the loved the apple.

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then they SWARMED all over the cheesecake!

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very scenic.

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ok then,

two days after xmas grace.