Oh wow - doesn't time pass quickly! We are now into springtime, finally.
The snow has gone, warm temperatures are here and hopefully will stay. HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
No.
Snow, below freezing temperatures, sleet, hail and rain... I want some global warming right about now. Or another cruise!
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A picture taken from the kid's school.
Can you name all of the parts? |
We drove to a bird sanctuary near Aylmer on the recommendation of some friends. The Tundra swan migration route is through this area, and they stop over for a few days as they make the trip north for the summer. We were able to see several hundred big swans, as well as the token Canada geese. Reports from a few days before said there were around 3000 swans in the sanctuary. That would be noisy!
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| Tundra swans and Canada geese near Aylmer |
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| South end of a northbound swan |
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| With spring come worms and bugs! |
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| ...and yard work! |
LP has found taking pictures to be quite enjoyable. He'll shoot pictures of just about anything... several times. It's a good thing memory is cheap and easy to delete. He's managed to get a few cool shots, though, as he develops his skills.
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| A hover-squirrel... |
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| A big bird... |
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| A little bird... |
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| and a bird launching out of the birdhouse. Great timing! |
Winter Sports
All of the kids' sports are done for a couple of months as we wait for the summer season of soccer to begin. Brother KP didn't have a very successful season of indoor soccer. His team won ONE game all season. Yikes. He put in good effort, but the orange team as a whole wasn't very strong. He'll redeem himself in the summer, I think.
LP's hockey team wasn't looking like it was going to fair much better in the first half of the season. They only had a few wins, and mounting losses. After the Christmas break however, things turned around. They went 11-2 and went into the playoffs on a high note.
The boys lost one game in their playoff run and came home with the championship! It was fun to see them progress and bond as a team - and learn some humility before learning how to be good winners.
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| At the buzzer a 2-0 win - champions! |
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| Proud to hoist the trophy earned by hard work. |
Fishing For Birds?
On the past weekend we went fishing out near LaSalle. ET was unfortunate enough to hook a seagull out of the air with one of his casts. The line wrapped around the bird and hooked it under a wing. He reeled it in and his father and I gently removed the hook from it and untangled the line. It flew away, but not without first trying to peck at our hands. Some thanks - for being nice guys and not wringing it's neck!
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| Reeled it in... |
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| Pinned it down... |
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| Removed the lure... |
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| A game of Angry Birds, anyone? |
Man, I just noticed there are lots of birds in this blog post.
Here's a picture of a Jeep playing in the mud. Well, not so much playing as wallowing.
And a couple of pictures from the press box at Bryan Adam's
'Reckless' concert...
No birds to be found!
Oh, one more thing...
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| This blog, it will be continued. |
