From Disney to National Geographic

Our new backyard is a haven for wildlife. We have a TON of birds - lots of different kinds and often - we've got all of the squirrels, there's a family of rabbits, I've caught a glimpse of a possum, and there was a big fat groundhog or gopher or something once. All we need is a princess out there to sing and play with them and our Disney woodland is complete. 

This morning I was just gazing out the window, lost in my own thoughts, when my sights settled on a bee. It was buzzing around some leaves on a branch and I was just starting to wonder to myself if it could pollinate trees as well as flowers, and if that's what it was doing by that branch, and...

...and then a bird swooped in an ate it up mid-air. Savage.

The Dark Knight Rises...again...on Netflix.

Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is now an oldie, but damn isn't it still one of the best. The castings, the storyline, the connections throughout...so well done. And I would have loved to see them do something with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robin. That was such a smoooooth drop right at the end. It's what set the precedent for comic book movies having to be so good. Anything that didn't stand up to its standard, just wasn't worth watching. None of the dark comic book movies that have come since have been able to hold a flame to it and have flopped for failing to do so. 

Marvel did so well because they took a lighter approach. And smartly so. Thank goodness since I love those movies. I mean, so does most of the planet.