Vultures

This morning a half-dozen turkey vultures were perched in the tall longleaf pine just beyond the back yard. An omen?

The sky has been glum and gray all the day. The only highlight has been a chance to kill time watching giant koi cirling hungrily in an unnaturally green artificial pond at a timeworn Fraternal Order of Eagles clubhouse (bar) that I had to visit on business this morning. Somebody light a fire under me, please.