Alison: Day 56: Lila.

Spent a good deal of time with my second cousins Aiden and Lila over the weekend. Under sad circumstances -- their grandpa, my uncle, had passed away -- but it is fascinating to see how much they've grown.

This is Lila loving Bowie.

Mat Ryan: February 25, 26, 27, 28; March 1, 2

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Alison, Day # 55 and # 56: Birds of a Feather.

The parents have the neatest community of birds getting cozy in their front yard these days. And with a Florida room composed of 75 % window/25 % wall, you can see everything so clearly without disturbing the birdies while they feast. The first picture is of a pair of house wrens. Before we enclosed our Florida room, a pair returned to the rafters year after year to nest.


This is your typical Blue Jay. From what I've been told, they can be quite mean. But he looks so dashing and adorable. And he's actually quite small.

I took these two photos from the comfort of my recliner in the Florida room. The Wrens were feasting last night before dusk and the Blue Jay was out and about this morning before I left for work.

25th February 2009

The countown

This´s the oldest man in our town. He´s now 98 years old and he´ll definitly ´ll make the 100! ; ) ... He´s still full of live and joy and so he also joined the yearly "Mardi Gras"-festival in our town. This time he went as a "countown" ... on the left side you can see the ages 98-99-100 and on the right side stands "Der Countown läuft..." which means directly translated "the countown counts".. .. so.. well.. that´s not really a good translation, but.. that´s what you can see there.