marenpaisley | (no subject)

"Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick, who with James Watson discovered the spiral, "double-helix" structure of DNA, paving the way for everything from DNA blood tests to genetically engineered tomatoes, has died."

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I love my cat, honestly, but I still can't help but be disgusted and saddened when he kills (and then eats) a bird. I realize that it's instinct, and many would say, oh, it was only an English sparrow (I happen to love English sparrows because they are ordinary, working-class sort of birds), but it still saddens me. And it disgusts me when all that is left of the poor little fellow is a few tail feathers and a leg.

On a more positive note, a female ruby-throated hummingbird has been coming to our butterfly bush since Monday. This is the first time in the 12 years since we've lived here that my family has seen a hummingbird in our backyard. There was a near-ritualistic refilling of the hummingbird feeders that then took place Monday evening.

We do so love our backyard wildlife. :^)