Nephew back from Iraq

My sister called me yesterday to let me know that my nephew, Ken, was in Wisconsin for de-mobilization and would be flying out of Minneapolis/St. Paul airport today.

I went to the airport this morning expecting to have to have him paged. I also thought I'd stop at the Armed Services lounge. My cell phone rang as I was driving up the airport parking ramp. I fumbled the phone and disconnected the caller.

My phone rang again as I was parking and was able to answer it. It was Ken. He was in the Armed Services lounge.

It was incredibly great to see Ken. I hadn't realized how anxious I was about his being over in Iraq until I got to see him back over here.

Bald sparrow evidence

Here is the evidence.

We had some spitting snow today so if these sparrows migrate, they better get going.

A Halloweeny weekend

Saturday Christine, Kay and I went to the Trail of Terror in Shakopee.

As you can see from the shaky, blurry photo, it was indeed scary.

Actually the hay ride this year was longer but not as scary. Its neat to ride a wagon through the woods at night though.

The haunted house which they now call a maze was fantastic. Scary as all get out and so much fun.

Sunday was pumpkin carving at JT and Linda's. Big crowd of adults and kids and lots of pumpkins and food. A really nice break from working again this weekend.

Home - for a while?

Home again. Supposedly there isn't any more travel money from the client so I might get to be home for a bit.

Woke up in the middle of the night with little Miss Uno curled up next to my chest and Mr. Frankie wedged up to my feet. I was stuck in the middle of them. It was nice.

More about birds

I don't know if they are gackles or grackels or cackles or what. Thousands of birds were roosting in the trees, on top of buildings and in the parking lot at the restaurant we went to last night.

It was so Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds.

A real bald eagle

On the car rental bus shuttle from the Dallas terminal to the car rental system, saw a real bald eagle in the air.

The after picking up my car - a Mazda 3 - and on the way to the client office, saw a large hawk perched on telephone wires.

So, Bunny, I've been seeing a lot of birds lately. Real or fictional - you decide.

Back to Dallas

Dallas again this week.

Saw the "bald-headed" sparrow again today. I tried getting a picture with my phone camera but he was too far away.