“Damn you tiny assassin”

“Say I feel all sad and self-indulgent, then get stung by a wasp, my misery feels quite abstract and I long just to be in spiritual pain once more – ‘damn you tiny assassin, clad in yellow and black, how I crave my former innocence where melancholy was my only trial’.”

–Russell Brand, Articles of Faith

 

Six times the little devils stung me in the ankle.  My foot swelled three times its size.

I had the BEST pity party.

Crows

Gabi with birds

The girl who gets gifts from birds

 

BBC News Magazine posted this wonderful article by Katy Sewall about a girl who receives gifts from crows.

I have read countless books on crows.  Their intelligence never fails to amaze me.  I remember watching a crow repeatedly drop a rock on a parked car.  Eventually, the alarm went off.  The crow and his pals cheered.