On the water

Anne and I did our first nighttime pontoon ride - we went to watch the fire works at Maple Bluff from the boat. It was a nice evening. We also canoed the lake-line and saw a green heron and a great blue heron - can you find them in the pictures?

More signs of spring...

Red wing blackbirds have arrived in the march claiming territory. Meanwhile, Anne is stuck in New York airports, yes airports, trying to get home.

Africa

We made it to Safari. Had a great time! Wonderful place! Here is one of the photos we took of a large giraffe; and a lion walking towards us he just finished eating. More later.

Wild Life and Art

On Saturday, we drove over to Chicago to see Tommy Sourlis and Sue Eleuterio at the One of a Kind art show/sale at Merchandise Mart. Tom makes wonderful lamp shades and paintings out of glass. That's him in the foreground and some of the lamps shades hanging on the wall. Sue is a folklore buddy of Anne's.

On Sunday morning, Ack was sitting at the kitchen counter checking on Fantasy Football when he noticed a commotion outside as a small bird flew into one of our glass windows. It was trying to escape this red tail hawk, which swooped in and caught the poor little chickadee. Yes, it is cold out. The low last night was below 0 F.