Beards and blackbirds

[watervole]

We've a pair of blackbirds nesting in the ivy at the bottom of the garden. They've been hunting for nesting material the last couple of days and it's interesting to see how particular they are. Mrs Blackbird will spend ages looking for just the right bit of dried grass.
I've just put out the trimmings from Richard's beard to see if they get taken as nest lining .
I'm definitely a beard person. One of the minor joys of folk festivals and SF cons is the number of men with decent beards. Why this correlation exists, I do not know, but I'm shallow enough to enjoy it.
In fact, I never really understand why most men shave. Can anyone enlighten me?
It works in SF too. Riker was much better with a beard, so was Sisko, so is Maybourne.

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I took the icon from a web site and really need to frame grab a better one - some of the detail hasn't come out too well. But how can you possibly think Harry looks better without a beard than with? This is heresy!

And I can hardly imagine Richard without one. I look at old photos of this clean-shaven young student and I infinitely prefer the current version.