What Will We Find Next?

It seems like we just keep finding the neatest stuff in the yard and forest.  Of course we're awash in wildflowers these days and the birds have returned en masse already.  Yesterday I was wondering out by one of the fence lines (have I mentioned our new fence?) and spotted this nest that must've fallen out of one of the many pine trees around here.  That's pretty neat as is, but what's even neater is I think that some of my very own hairs are in it!

If you look into the bottom you can see the faux reddy-brown (and maybe the real grey) hairs swirled around!  The colors are at least close and the texture is just right.  I'm not going to do any DNA testing or anything, but I like to think they're mine.

But how? Well, I heard that birds use dog hair for nests, so I figured they'd use mine so I put it all out with drying lint last year.  Of course, my hair is definitely a component of our drying lint (as is the dogs') and, as Eric will confirm, that stuff gets everywhere.

The other day I was out chucking balls for dogs.  It seems like little bits of rubbish keep surfacing around the place, so I was picking up what I was finding: small metal hardware, bits of a broken plastic yard decoration, and that kind of thing.  Suddenly, this guy was staring at me in the face!

He looks like he was soooo happy to see me, too.  Anyone know who he was when he was whole?  The green skin and hair make me think Hulk, but he's so dang cheerful looking.  Anyone?