Ahhhh, life in the suburbs!

I awoke this morning to the sound of birds singing. One bird in particular, one happy, happy, loud and annoying bird. We slept with the windows open last night and, at the bright hour of 6:00 a.m. a little feathered "friend" decided it was time to trill his version of "Oh What A Beautiful Morning!" Pissed me right off and if I'd have had a gun, he'd be singing in that great bird choir in the sky.

Okay, in my quest to lead a more relaxed, less stressful, more grateful life, I decided to embrace this pain in the ass and try to appreciate the beauty of nature. Those who know me, know where this is going.

So, I listened to the birdsong and tried to figure out what type of birds this particular Mockingbird was imitating. There were all types of different sounds, but none sounded like any bird I'd ever heard. There were beeps, whistles, sirens...sirens? SIRENS? I listened closer and sure enough an identifiable pattern began to emerge. This particular emmisary from Hell was doing a bang up job of imitating a CAR ALARM!!

Yep, that's right, folks, a car alarm, complete with the beep, beep, beep, click, click, click, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo. I'm telling you, this bird had the whole thing DOWN. If I could have trained him I'd have had a working car alarm on my 8 year old piece of junk car.

Yep, I think it's so important for all of us to take a minute and enjoy the beauty of the nature that surrounds us, and the day I hear a squirrel tap out my garage door code with an acorn is the day I am OUT OF HERE!