Its a bird Its a plane....oh yeah it is a bird Our Eagles are back

I saw them again. They were soaring above my head higher than any turkey vulture or hawk that we have here. How do I know they're eagles people ask: Well first of all they aren't black with white undersides, second they're way bigger than hawks and third they have very different tail feathers and their necks are longer. Their wingspan is huge and it has feathery tips straight out rather than angled in.
I was lucky enough to see one land by our water fountain. As the summer progresses and winter comes we become one of the few places with fresh water. Thus, many different kinds of animals come to visit. This day I saw a huge bird land on the trellis and though "OK hope the dogs don't chase it" but then after moving closer I "hoped it wouldn't pick up one of the dogs". It flew to a spindly little branch on a palm tree closer to the water and its big body didn't fit on the little, broken branch. That's why I think they're young eagles, maybe coming in from the fires around California.
Neither have white heads, another reason why I believe they are young or both female. But they soar above in the clouds like two buddies. They have a high pitched cry that sounds nothing like what I have heard before either, and when they are flying the air is still. There is no movement of little birds or small animals....it is "deadly" silent.
I hope they stay and make a home here. We have plenty of squirrels to keep them fed for a long time. It is amazing to look up and see them gliding in the sky so high.....I now know why our forefathers chose these birds for our national symbol. Thank goodness they beat out the wild turkey for our national symbol. I'd much rather look at an eagle on a our currency than thinking of Thanksgiving each time I paid a bill.

Finally starting my blog after no taste strawberries again

I cannot believe that we as Americans are forced to eat fresh fruit that has no flavor. I suppose in the olden days this is even more true for people who bought fruit at our grocery stores in the 50's. I remember going to our local market and buying little boxes of strawberries that were good, tasty and flavorful. Now everywhere I buy fruit it has a beautiful color, is huge and tastes like cardboard.
We ship so much of our produce out of the country that we now buy fruit that is grown to be shipped; ie no flavor. Strawberries have gone from a counter product to a "grow as much as possible in one season" product. No flavor. Growers have changed the "product" to include less sugar varieties to ship without damage and now we get the remnants that have no taste.
Now all the other fruit in the store, think about it, is just the same. It all looks the same and has the constancy of a piece of meat, thick skin and no juice. If you have never had a peach that is home grown or a nectarine or a plum; you could never go back.
We put up with so much in America and sure our grocery stores are full of produce but how much of it is actually good for us. We are the masses that get fed The old adage that it takes more to build the box of Cheerios than what the farmer get paid for the products inside. Corporate America has the public by the "throat" and won't let go.