The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for March 07, 2015

Bill Watterson once did a beautiful strip about finding a dead bird in Calvin and Hobbes. More philosophical that his usual strip, and beautifully drawn.

Sweet.

Awww, poor birdie.

C’est la vie. There are no guarantees, pup.

His last words after hitting the window: “what a pane in the…”

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2013/09/22 calvin and hobbes and the bird

That very same thing happened at our house the other day. I hate when they do that. Like he said he didn’t get to enjoy the spring.

Adrian, you live in Victoria, BC. What is this “long cold winter” you are writing about?

kinda how I feel when I see a squashed squirrel this time of year…………I’m squeamish about squatting squashed squirrels who squint.

When one hits my front window,i know it is not a regular,transient birds are welcome,,but..there are risks to life. Peace.

just make SURE they are dead. i had one fly into our window many years back and the kids were all sad and crying cause it just lay there. soooooo, i went to get the shovel and when i came back about 10 minutes later it was staggering around. watched it for about another 15 minutes and it flew up to a tree, then flew off. figured it was part cat :)

Big glass windows kill a lot more birds than wind turbines, but no one opposes them.

… bittersweet sadness…