anyone else getting xanga subscription digests from feb/march 2005???
in the past 2 days i've got one from Feb 25, 2005...one from feb 26,
2005 and one from March 6, 2005... very odd.....i wonder if they've
been lost in cyber space all this time or if xanga is having some sort
of breakdown.

i found a poor little kingfisher lying on the ground on it's back yesterday morning....it's the first time i've ever seen one...and it's got to be one of the prettiest little birds i've ever seen.......it must have ran into the windows and knocked itself out...it was still alive.....a construction guy picked it up and gave it a toss to see if it could fly, and it did, but it ran smack into the side of the building again and fell to the ground....so they put it down on a grassy hill at the bottom of the lake here at work.......i watched from my office to see if it ever flew off....and it didn't so i thought i'd go down and see if it were ok....or if it were even still there, and if it was injured, i'd put it in a box and call the RSPB to come rescue it....so i went down there and sure enough it was still in the exact same spot, so i picked it up to see if it appeared to have any broken bones.....i think maybe it was still just stunned....so i took it away from any buildings and off of the grassy hill where it would have been an easy target for the heron on the lake....and i held it out and it actually flew....it flew into some bushes....so hopefully it's ok....i had a look for it this morning to see if it was still around and saw no site of it...so hopefully that's a good thing!   i also found the teenie tiniest little salamander on the sidewalk this morning on my way in to work....it was not even an inch long....so i put it back in the grass, before someone either stepped on it or ran over it on their bike..........i guess it's been a bit of a nature week for me......what a shame i didn't have my camera on either occassion......my back isn't quite strong enough to lug the camera around with me all the time like i used to......perhaps after a few more weeks of physio and i'll be able to at least start carrying the compact again.....it was raining this morning anyways...
oh, and here's my latest piece....

i took this week off of work as  holiday to give my brain a bit of
a rest and to jumpstart my creativity, since it was a bit worn
out.....so i've got a brand new piece i just finished last night...i
hope you enjoy...