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Spicy!

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We learned the meaning of "Spicy" in our house when my son married a beautiful young Thai girl.  She does cook for us on occasion and is kind enough to fix a mild version of "spicy" for us ... but if one were ever to taste her sauce they would know the true meaing of "SPICY!"

Andrea

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Gold Finch

Dinner time ...

Andrea

Sketchedy

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  Back in the day our table clothes were hand crocheted by the women in the family ...

yes, before my time,  but I have some lovely pieces that were Grandma made.  It doesn't get any better  :)

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Andrea

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Ringbill Seagulls

Sadly we are planning to move from our lake sometime in the near future.  It is a wonderful place, but the upkeep is too much for my old poop husband and myself, so the decision was made.  As a result, I weaned my birds off of my feeders last summer so they wouldn't be dependent on me one day and totally without the next.  And, these are about the only birds I see around the lake these days.  Yes, I will get out and about to find other birds, but it has been so cold, I am sticking close to home for now.  Hopefully when we settle into our new digs (once we find them) I will have a new set of feathered friends to photograph ... in the meantime, be patient with me :)

Andrea

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Hot Chocolate

Oh the Joys of Kittenhood .... :)

Andrea

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Eagle Festival in Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin

We took a run up to the festival to take in some of the Raptor programs and primarily to receive training for the Golden Eagle count that we will participate in this coming Saturday.  We are doing the Northern Illinois borders where there is a possibility of the Juvenile Golden Eagles moving down as the common territories are already established by adult couples.  It is quite exciting, the idea of Golden Eagles in Illinois.  The chances of us spotting any are few and far between, but it is worth the effort.

After lunch we went to the dam on the river to see what we could see ...

 There was a large group of Common Mergansers on the open water ...

  And a few including Mallards near the rapids from the flow ...

 A group of juvenile Bald Eagles where active across the river ... sadly not close enough to get good pictures.  They were leary of all of the people on our side so they stayed clear.

The locals said that when there are no crowds, the eagles get much close and even will fish the open water as they watch ... might be worth a trip up duing the week when things are quieter :)  Have a great week everyone ...

Andrea