wierd guy in tree near million fishes

here is a wierd little guy we saw in a tree on 23rd stree near bryant. i suspect someone from million fishes
but who knows? he had a few friends. this little art collective puts cool stuff in their first floor storefront windows and always leave their doors open during the day. young friendly artsy people come in and out. before them a dogowner friend lived there, with Geo the one blue eyed dog. and before that long ago we heard the space was a winery, a french winery i won't attempt to spell, but which is now a ladida winery in sonoma.

i like how things out here keep changing, but simultaneously (literally--except for earthquakes i guess) stay still. i like how the liquor/party store on 24th street has the name of a now ghost italian market in beautiful inlaid marble cursive in front of their doorway.

so, i will take this opportunity to give a barebones outline of the possible origins of my where should we live confusion. i was born in new brunswick new jersey and moved at age about 3 weeks to the college town of newark delaware. here i lived in a suburban split level with lots of lawns and sidewalks and a walk to school, but also backed up to a little wild area, a forest behind a park, with a stream (well, maybe a storm sewer but we used it like a nice stream) where we built dams, collected frog eggs etc. age around 8 parents split. now we spend some time in an apartment building with a big common lawn area. then my mom moved to the country outside the town, to a 300 year-old house that backed up to a preserve, with big trees, a real creek with fish and eels, flying squirrels, deer, raccoons, foxes, squirrels. for about 10 years my brother and i split our weeks between the suburb and the country. college in the college town, seemingly safe but actually creating enough excitement that life was kind of dangerous. then on to philadelphia, with friends in warehouses and bands everywhere and a lot of the walking life. then we moved here.

did i mention six months spent living at bethany beach?

so, not sure what this all means but thought i would share.