Like a bird on a wire

Red Tailed Hawk, Jefferson County, NY

Say awwwwwwww!

A trip to the lake

Aaaah ... The County.

Juxtaposition

I have been dying to get this shot for ages.

A beautiful memorial

Last summer, a terrible motorcycle accident took the life of Heather A. Freeman. The butterfly house at our local zoo was renamed for her.

I didn't know Heather, but I don't think there could be anything more beautiful to honour her memory.

Here are some pics I took there today.

My Fifteen Minutes Approacheth

A few weeks ago, my husband encouraged me to submit my favourite daytrip to my favourite CBC radio show, Fresh Air, for their "Tell us where to go in the nicest possible way" promotion.

I just got off the phone with the host, Jeff Goodes. He is as delightful and down-to-earth on the phone as he is on his show.

This Sunday morning, at 0745, I'll get to talk to Jeff again about this trip! If you live outside the range of CBC Southern Ontario, and really want to know what this crazy blogger sounds like, you can hear a live stream from CBC Toronto!

My husband rocks!

Yeah, he kicked butt on the Lufthansa quiz.

Then again, he's more well-traveled than I am. And he had a parachute on most of the time, too.

Aieeeeeee!!!!

I think that bats are cool. I love to sit outside after dusk and watch them flit about, and I've even learned to cope with their presence within my own personal space.

But .. Sweet Sparking Jeebus, if I ever find a bat in my bra, while said bra is wrangling my bosoms into a socially acceptable form, please just shoot me and put me out of my misery!

{shudder}

Scared little bunny

Rescued from the clutches of a certain cat who shall remain nameless.

It took me a while ..

.. but I finally beat my brother's score on a Lufthansa geography quiz.

First rose of summer

Victory is mine!

I have finally scored a great photo of my favourite water bird, the Great Blue Heron!

Entymology lesson for the day

The Damselfly ~~

can be differentiated from ~~
The Dragonfly ~~

by observing the position of the wings while the insect is at rest.

The Damselfly holds its wings alongside its body, whereas the holds its wings horizontally.

I didn't know this, but my 10 year old did. It's a good thing we home school, or I'd never learn anything!