Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for March 03, 2013

If Jimbo hadn’t fixed his house, the birdie would have raised the roof!

@Macushlalondra from yesterday: I am amazed to find someone who bathes a cat monthly. For me it was once in a lifetime, when she got grease on her from going under a car. I looked like I had been through a meat grinder. I do admire you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9QwK5EHSmg

Sweet folks! And Pasquale will grow up to be as noble as Jimbo.

Ooooh… poor cold little birdy in panel 5 – I hope Pasquale brought warm twigs!

I LOVE the fact that the whole family loves animals and nature. They provide homes and food for all the critters around them. I do too but I wish I could get close to all of mine the way they do. My little stinkers run every time they see me coming but if I’m filling up their feeders, they sit in the trees and chirp at me to hurry up then the minute I’m back inside, they all swarm to them. I would love for them to stick around the way those do here.

What birds nest in the winter ?

There’s three kinds of red birds you might encounter in colder climates. One is the Cardinal Finch which dosen’t use nesting boxes. A second is the Scarlet Tanager, which I doubt you’ll see very much outside of forests (won’t use feeders or nesting boxes). The third type is the Hallmark Christmass ornament. This is the type that lives in the Gumbo’s back yard.

We have Cardinals here year round. A lot of the woodpeckers are here year round too.

Warm comic, warm comments!

if only there were landlords like Jimbo that actually existed.

Don, Pat – excellent strip today. Very heartwarming. If only more of us were like that.

Sharon Hayes: It has already started around here. This morning, I saw a cardinal cock and hen together and no others in sight. Haven’t heard the territorial call yet, but expect to soon.l

Jimbo to the rescue!