Drving along 16th avenue tonight i caught a glimpse of the sunset and i was reminded of how lucky i am to live in this country. suddenly i noticed at least 40 birds all flying around in one section. 40 turn to 50 then to 100. 100 soon turned to at least a 1000 birds. flying in no particular direction. some sitting in the trees watching. other chasing each other just as children would chase eachother.i passed 2 sets of lights finally before i arrived at the third light the birds had thinned out. i’ve never seen so many birds before and watching their silhouettes in the sky was beautiful and rather remarkable. they looked like a gigantic family. with the children (as i mentioned before) the grandparents in the trees watching and the parents attempting to chase after the children. it was amusing. i decided to take a drive to see the lights. as i listened to sappy music and watched house after house of christmas lights i started to cry. why? i have no idea….still it was a beautiful night.