Wow!!!!!

Yesterday I went around the side of the house to go do some shopping and as I walked past my plant stand a bird started flapping it's wings and then flew away.
It scared me when it started flapping but I didn't really think anything of it.
Today I took out some trash and recycling and discovered that there was a dove nesting in one of my herb plants.
Limo Man and I got out the new camera and took a couple of shots.
After doing a little research on doves mating habits I found out that the male will nest with the eggs during the day while the female takes over at night.
So if they are really nesting then we should see some little ones in about 14-15 days.
We're excited!

This coming weekend...

I hope to get out and practice with our new camera.
Hopefully I'll have some fun shots to share.
L.W.

Last Weekend

My baby sister Mary and my brother in law Mason flew into Orange County last Friday night. It was a LaCrosse filled weekend of fun. Mason is the coach of the Westminster College LaCrosse team and my nephew Andrew is one of the coaches for the UC Berkeley LaCrosse team.
Limo Man took Saturday off so that we could go up to UCLA to see the Cal Bears play the Bruins. It was the first time Limo Man had ever seen a LaCrosse game and he loved it! The Bears vey handily beat the Bruins and it was a great day up in L.A. (a little cold but great).
Limo Man, Mary, Andrew and I then went to Jerry's deli to have some lunch. Then Limo Man took us on a sightseeing tour of L.A. We saw Rodeo Drive, and drove around Hollywood, Bel Air, and Westwood. It was great fun! Then we had to head back to Anahiem to meet with Mason who was with his team at the new Garden Walk Bubba Gumps having dinner after their game. It was Saturday night and all the restaurants were so packed that we drove to a restaurant away from the area to not have to wait for an hour and a half.
We had a wonderful dinner and headed back to Huntington Beach.
Sunday morning it rained while Mary and I headed out to Anahiem to pick up the rental car from Mason. I personally don't like driving in the rain but it finally cleared up and the sun actually came out later in the afternoon. I had Mary follow me to the airport and we got her situatated and she wasn't able to get on a flight.
Such is the life of a Delta Family.
It was a whirlwind weekend and I miss my relatives like crazy after spending time with them.

It's been a while...

I started out taking an Economics class this semester and after 6 weeks and the first exam (which I totally bombed)I decided that I was not going to torture myself anymore. Okay, so it was a condensed combination course that was one half Microeconomics and one half Macroeconomics, but I just was not getting it. So last Wednesday I dropped the class.
It's wonderful to feel so FREE!!!
I am also stress free on Monday and Wednesday mornings now so it was a good move for me all around.
I just wish I had completed my degree when I was younger because it's too hard to wrap my 53 year old mind around some of these concepts. And really...what am I going to do with my diploma at 85 because that's how long it will take me to complete it taking one course a semester!
From now on I'm going to try to take fun classes.
We'll all be happier that way.

The Tale of the "Ugly Shirt"

Tyler once received a shirt that he sent to Limo Man for a special occasion.
It was one of the ugliest shirts we have ever seen. It was a corduroy button down putrid yellow with black.
We decided that we were going to send it back to Tyler and had his initials monogrammed on the cuff in black.
Some time after sending the shirt back to Tyler we got it back minus a few of the monogrammed initials with some special white lace around the cuffs and the pocket.
We decided to make a little game of embellishing the shirt with our own idea of "how trashy can you get" and the ugly shirt game started. IT WAS ON!!
We have been adding some of the most bizarre and ugly things on the shirt and it's been passed back and forth between Tyler and his lovely wife Marjean and Limo Man and myself.
Thus the tale of the "unopened box" or EUBIE for short.
Are you people still confused?
Well if we ever decide to open the box maybe we'll post a picture of it.
I said MAYBE....

The Atrium Lobby - Mirage

The lobby at the Mirage has an atrium that has some beautiful waterfalls and some lovely flowers.
More flower arrangements and waterfalls.
I liked the orchids hidden in the greenery. It's interesting to note that there is a restaurant and bar on the other side of the waterfall. Okay well maybe you had to be there.

The Secret Garden

We took a tour through Sigfried and Roy's Secret Garden at the Mirage. We thought this tiger was looking a little under the weather.
The male lion protects the kingdom while the female hunts and gathers. She was actually back in the back of the cage taking a nap. But all the male did was pace back and forth. No one was going to get past him!
This isn't a great shot because of the fence.
There are dolphins at the Secret Garden as well as lions, tigers, and leopards. This dolphin would swim up the the ledge and do a complete 360 spin, look up at us and then dive back into the water. It was really funny! Every time he did it the trainer threw him a fish. After the trainer left he never came back to do his spin.
Dolphins are so much fun!