PetPix Today!

No matter where you wander these days pets are there. There is hardly a talk show on television that does not feature pets from Martha Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres to Oprah, Dr. Phil and Jay Leno. The social networking sites like YouTube and MySpace get insane traffic from videos people post of pet antics… mewling kittens and newborn parrots to piano-playing cats.

Spring and the trees are full of bird song. Birds are doing their mating dances in earnest. Their mating sounds awaoke me this morning… two grey morning doves were loudly courting on my deck railing. When I peered out, the display of flamenco dancing I saw could rival any episode of Dancing With the Stars. What passion and excitement! What elan!