The Old and the Restless

Towards the end of March, Carole and Roy drove to Florida to visit us. I was able to reserve a bird watching tour at Merritt Island. Outside the office, the Indigo buntings were at the feeder. The volunteer organization who does these tours has acquired a bus, and the driver of the bus was Betty, who was our guide 5 years ago when we did this tour with Maureen and Ramsay. The anhinga above is drying its wings. Since Anhingas do not have oil in their wings, they need to dry them. In the bush behind this Little Green Heron is its nest. Carole and Roy did two rides with us each over 42 km. The first one was down to Canaveral Seashore to see the rocket take off. It was so foggy that we heard it but did not see it. The second ride was on the Seminole Wekiva Trail. Considering that they had not been riding since last fall, and that Carole had a partially torn rotator cuff, and Roy had neck problems, they did very well. So that we don't have to cross a busy r...

When I heard that Daren, Kyla and the triplets, Callum, Jack and William were going to be staying for a week two buildings over from us, I invited them for lunch. William was eager to show us the new additions to his rock collection. Kyla tried out the ring puzzle. The boys wanted me to solve it, but it is beyond me. When she came at the end of March, Carole looked it up on the Internet and found out that you are supposed to get the ring off. She did, but could not put it back on. Perhaps when Mark and Margot come again, Mark can fix it.