Two Tragedies

First, we postponed Boylee's birthday because we were supposed to be getting 2+ days of rain. And it didn't rain it all.

Then Skittles killed this bird. It's been a while since we had anything in our Heaven Bowl, and for some reason this one feels sad. Skittles brought it into the house, I rescued it, and the poor thing sat sweetly in my hand, panting. I laid it outside in a secluded spot and though it managed to sit up, it was dead when I checked a couple of hours later.
Now it's a science observation project...