That’s right, that’s exactly how they would have looked!  Precisely!  So, there you have it, the first signs of spring, I’m excited!

And, since I have been accused of “grabbing a stock photo off Google Image search” for the above photo, I feel the need to defend myself, and the photo.  If you have me on flickr, as a friend of family, you can see the exif here:

Michigan Winter Poem

It’s winter here in Michigan
And the gentle breezes blow,
Seventy miles an hour,
At twenty five below.
Oh, how I love ole Michigan
When the snow’s up to your butt.
You take a breath of winter
And your nose freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I’ll hang around.
I could never leave my Michigan
Cause I’m frozen to the ground!

I’ve seen allot of odd stuff in my years on this planet, and quite frankly, I don’t think anything has quite freaked me out as much as the murder of crows near my work.  2 days ago, I got a phone call from a co-worker telling me to bring my camera to work (I didn’t, the battery was dead, sorry man), because there was a large group of birds that were chillin in one fo the trees near work.  No biggie I thought…. Then I got to work…  He understated what was going on.  There are a few HUNDRED (no joke) crows that are perched in EVERY tree near my work.  I can’t believe it…  It really kinda freaks me out…

They like to fly over my building, from across the street, and drop their precious little packages all over anything in their path.  Including my car…  The parking lot is FULL of bird dung.  I can’t go out and enjoy my smoke because they like to fly over, and I’m afraid of being shit on.  Now for the freaky part though.  I sit directly under a very large skylight at work, and apperently, they want to kill me.  Or, murder if you will.  They keep pecking at it, picking at the edges and just plain hang out on the damned thing ALL NIGHT LONG…  In fact, just now, like 3 minutes ago, the ENTIRE flock of the flew over it, and it sounded like it was going to collapse.  So, if I disappear, blame it on the murder of crows.  I don’t know what their demands are for my release, but, I know they are after me….  Oh, and I’ll see if I can get a photo of them to add… Assuming they don’t murder me first.. or hold me hostage in some sick, twisted game they play.

We spent the first hour or so just walking around in there.  The thing that makes that place so awesome is that there is a pretty good size live aquarium.  There are fish of all kinds in there, that are all found in the great lakes.  Not only that, but, there are trophy’s from all kinds of animals.  (heads on the wall in other words) that line the entire place.  There are displays from Africa with a trophy elephant as the centerpiece, displays of deer of all kinds, and fox, and wolves, and elk, and moose.  The most awesome thing though, is the ENORMOUS mountain setup in the middle.  It’s effing sweet!  You can see more at the photo gallery on their site.  If you ever make it near Dundee, Michigan, check it out.  But, go early, because the place fills up pretty quick.  Not only is there all that cool stuff, but, everything from their catalog is in the store!!!  Man, talk about awesome.  I just wish I had brought my camera, oh well, next time