Bird Flu

Ramgoat Hill, where we live, is also home to several dozen wild chickens who reside in the underbrush and raid the trash bags on Tuesdays and Fridays. The roosters are quite sure that they own the road and move ONLY because the car is somewhat larger than they are...and then only at the last minute. The roosters strut their stuff and seem to be saying, "The chicks really dig me!" Well, OK, Abby laughed...

And, yes, we do think about bird flu, certainly. Eric's brother, Mark, drew a funny cartoon showing a chicken at the doctor's office saying, "Of course it's the bird flu, you idiot!" The Bermuda government says that it has an emergency plan for dealing with any bird flu outbreaks, but I suspect the plan may be mostly concerned with getting government officials OFF the island! Yes, I of little faith...