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Tired of Fighting - I'm for the Birds

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It's supposed to be automatic,  but actually you have to push this button.  ~ John Brunner from Stand on Zanzibar Dear sweet Jesus! I mean this as a prayer, not sacrilege.  I've been messing with technology this week - e-technology and medical tests. What a combination! Slowly but surely one gets to the end of it...maybe. If only you are done by pushing the button (usually that's when the trouble starts). Anyway, patience lost, I threw in the towel for the day (although I did find myself fighting technology for another hour this evening) and decided to play hooky. Why not relax, brave the blustery weather, and visit our necklace of local parks. I brought my camera even though I doubted any birds would be out. You never know how prayers might be answered. Mothers and toddlers were exercising in the meadow as we arrived. Shrieking children came running up and asked,  "may we pet your dog?"  Zelda was trembling with excitement as one after another they let her smell