I just want to feel it come to life.

[creper]

 I don't know why mice curl up into balls in the middle of the pavement, or why the birds are singing at half two in the morning, but they make the walks far more pleasant.
Now all I need are night-vision binoculars so I'm not standing staring at silhouettes of branches against the night sky for ten minutes. I'm sure they were robins, dammit.