What Makes Me Happy

Yesterday as I came in, I saw a Tom Turkey (that's a male turkey; you can tell by their beard) and a small buck. They were not 25 feet from one another. Both turned to watch me in my car as I headed home.

It was a sweet sight.

When we came home last weekend, I saw that we missed knowing about a triple homicide in Alleghany County, bomb threats at the Salem Walmart, which apparently were part of a larger nationwide scam for money, the announcement from Senator John Warner (R) that he isn't going to run again, and the resignation of the US Attorney General.

Even though I am a news junkie, I can't say that I found any of that enthralling when I read through the old newspapers (I don't stop my papers like I should; I let my in-laws gather them for me, and then I read them when we get home. I consider staying informed part of my work.)

The news continues to be unenthralling, however. I don't know what it would take to thrall me, but this ain't it.

This, however, does make me happy whenever I see it: