See that plant stake in front of Miss Kittie? I very carefully put it there so no one would step on the hosta that is coming up. I guess she thought it marked the spot for her to rest in the shade since it was 80 degrees today!
I had been looking for a camera that I could carry on my bike that was a little more versatile than just your regular "pocket" camera. I found this one on clearance and then an extra 10% off because it was a display model. So far, I'm pretty satisfied! Sierra needed a new camara also, so I'll give her my other one.
Hoping to get a head start on my garden, I bought some caladium tubers yesterday along with some peat pots and soil. Today, I planted them in their pots, most of them were already starting to send out shoots. All together, I planted 4 different varieties of caladiums, 32 total. Hopefully, they will all flourish and add this beautiful color to the garden this summer!
This is a photo I got from velonews.com. There is a great article there about the collegiate races at DePauw last weekend HERE. Sierra is second the left. The total Marian University women's team from the left is Anna S., Sierra, Anna Y., Becca, Jackie, Megan, and Sinead.
Today, the snow was completely gone from the driveway! There are still drifts in the ditches but they are quickly melting. I decided to start clearing the planter boxes. I got this one clean and then covered it with cardboard to keep the cats out. They were right there watching my every move ready to use the nice giant litter box!
They tell us the snow of officially gone, it was 94 days with snow on the ground-almost a record but not quite. Of course, now we have flooding. It is not bad here but the rivers are not expected to crest until tomorrow. A little to the north of us, ice jams are causing quite a problem and people are evacuating just to be safe.
Kristin sent me this photo of the Muse concert that she and Tyler went to last night in Chicago. I got the tickets for them as a Christmas gift. At the time, I thought that the seats were not very good but she was thrilled with them and that is all that matters! They drove up early and spent the day in Chicago, went to the concert and then were home by 3AM.
We left Corpus Christi last evening at 7PM after a last dinner at Snoopy's. We dropped G'ma off in Kansas at 8:30AM and were back at home by 2:30PM. When I got home, I emailed this photo to Don. We ran into him unexpectedly while Rich was windsurfing. We haven't seen him for 8 years! He is still looking strong while windsurfing at age 86!
Today was forecast to be cloudy so we left the hotel and went to the USS Lexington museum. While there, the sun came out and so we hurried out to Bird Island. The wind was blowing so Rich wanted to try windsurfing again. Neither of us has sailed for at least 10 years. He rented at the concession and had a great time! Now, I'm going to try to talk the girls into a trip back here next winter.
Today, we went to Hans Suter Wildlife park in the hopes of finding some birds close up. It was a very nice park with a boardwalk out through the marsh to Oso Bay. The birds were out too far for some good photos but I did see some Roseate Spoonbills on an island out in the bay. Then we went back to the beach to ride and let the dogs play. When we went back through Port Aransas, we stopped at a birding area and we found the Roseate Spoonbills that I had wanted to see. Aren't they beautiful?
Today, we spent the most time on Padre Island. We went to see all the changes at Bird Island since we had last visited in 2002. We drove 17 miles south on the beach. Rich and I took turns riding my bike and Charlie got to be off his leash while running with us. Chase played in the ocean with his ball and they were both very tired by the end of the day.
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