Charles Schulz initially learned how to draw by answering an advertisement that asked, "Do you like to draw?" His art school correspondence school was the inauspicious start to his nationally syndicated strip Peanuts.

Charles Schulz died on February 12, 2000 from complications due to color cancer. He was 77 years old. He is buried at the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park in Sebastopol, California.

The last Peanuts cartoon was drawn by Schulz shortly before he died, and was printed the day after his passing (Feb. 13, 2000).

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This exterior film location for the 1963 film "The Birds" served Bodega as a schoolhouse from 1873 to 1961. It was rebuilt for the film, and continues to stand today as a private residence.

Hitchcock fans like to take pictures of themselves running down the hill, swatting away birds that they can later Photoshop in. At least that's what I hear...

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The 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds" had the majority of its exterior filming locations in the Bodega Bay area.

The restaurant used in a number of scenes was called The Tides Restaurant. Since renovated, the restaurant is still open and renamed The Tides Wharf Restaurant.

Apparently, Hitchcock hated shooting on location, and almost all interiors were shot in a studio.

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Kathleen was sittin down
In little reds recovery room
In her criminal underwear bra

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