the car:
2004 Audi A4
Here is a pic of our new (to us) car. A German Machine (where gas is $7.50-; almost 10 bucks a gallon in Britian; Gas in Amsterdam hit 7 bucks a gallon in 2005!).
SO they are interested in fuel efficiency. Its an AUDI A4, white stationwagon. We have gone suburban. A very good price, far below bluebook value. Paul likes WHITE CARS, and I find they are easier to spot in the parking lot.
see how lucky you have been for years: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/gas1.html
And here, out the living room window, eating (well, having eaten birdie flies up a branch to swallow before returning to the caged (squirrel proof) suiet seed lump. Is this the BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS, or was that a vulture?
from the wikipedia:
The mythology of the bluebird has deep roots that goes back to thousands of years. Indigenous cultures across the globe hold similar myths and beliefs about the bluebird. It is the most universally accepted symbol of cheerfulness, happiness, prosperity, hearth and home, good health, new births, the renewal of springtime, etc. Virtually any positive sentiments may be attached to the bluebird.
Many Native American tribes cownsidered the bluebird sacred.
According to the Cochiti tribe, the firstborn son of Sun was named Bluebird. In the tale "The Sun's Children" from Tales of the Cochiti Indians (1932) by Ruth Benedict: "She nursed him until the Sun father came back. Sun returned to the girl, and the girl offered the child to him, saying, 'Here is your baby. It is a little boy.' They named him Bluebird (Culutiwa)."
The Navajo people hold the Mountain Bluebird to be a great spirit in animal form and associate it with the rising sun. The Bluebird Song is sung to remind tribe members to wake at dawn and rise to greet the sun.
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-john
