Last week we traveled with Steady Eddie down to Pelham, Alabama, and visited the Alabama Wildlife Center at Oak Mountain State Park. We went about a year and a half ago, so we knew what to expect: a working facility where we might expect to see any sort of bird there for rehabilitation. There are … [Read more…]
We spent the last five days or so at the beach–Ft. Morgan, Alabama, on the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay. It’s directly across from our usual beach haunt, Dauphin Island, and just as lovely. On the Saturday before we left, our robotics team competed locally with 20+ public and private schools in BEST robotics. … [Read more…]
On Wednesday we attended a raptor show at the Huntsville Botanical Garden. It was put on by the Southeastern Raptor Center, a part of Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The show was about an hour long, and the very knowledgable and entertaining emcee spoke the entire time. I think I learned more about the … [Read more…]
We visited one of my favorite places on earth mid-week: the Huntsville Botanical Garden. The garden was just waking up, but there was quite a lot of color already to be seen, and much of it came from those harbingers of spring, the daffodils. I couldn’t help but be reminded of this poem when I … [Read more…]
Long time, no blog, eh? 🙂 I think this almost two-week break is unprecedented in my seven-ish years of blogging. Here’s what I’ve been up to: Celebrating–we celebrated Louise’s 9th birthday both with an at-home family party and a trip to the Huntsville Botanical Garden (after lunch at our favorite Mexican joint). Yes, we did … [Read more…]
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