What a difference a week makes. Last Sunday I had a rather lackluster performance on the soccer pitch. This morning I was on fire, producing two very fine goals. The first was a header off a nice cross to the top of the 6 yard box giving us a quick lead at the 10 minute mark. A better goalie would have caught the ball in the air and probably cleaned my clock in the process. Fortunately, he hesitated and gave me the split second I needed for a quick flick on into the net. The second came late in the second half again off a nice cross that I finished with a left-footed half volley. It was one of the prettier goals I have scored in recent memory.

Later in the day after watching The Goblet of Fire with Maya we went out so that she could purchase a birthday present for her mother. We concluded the trip with a brief excursion to the heron rookery that I have been frequenting lately. Maya was first to spot a GBH male coming in for a nest landing. Pictured here are a pair of Northern Flickers which I photographed at the same location earlier in the week. Later in the evening Jeanine, Maya, her friend Lydia, and I went to see the movie 42. I can highly recommend this inspirational story about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play professional major league baseball.