Jeanine and Maya are going to a Brownie sleep over this evening. Maya prepares for the long hike (to the car). She has her backpack, sleeping bag, blanket and one stuffed animal. She also took her camera with her so I am hoping she returns with some photos I can post this weekend.

Today I was in the mood for birds.

Don’t mess with this chick.

From a walk in the backyard at sunrise.

Grabbed this shot on the way into work today …

… and this one on my way home.

A little pollenation action in the front yard.

We both shot various versions of this scene.

This afternoon, Nicolai and I spent a few hours doing photography together. We drove around randomly and stopped whenever we spotted something of interest (mostly trees in bloom). It was raining on and off so half the shots were taken from within the car with the window rolled down. Jeanine took Kyle to his soccer game today where his team won 4-2 and Kyle got one goal. My team played in the drizzle and had a strong 4-0 win.

Maya as a seating cushion.

Nico drives past a defender at the top of the box to score a goal late in the game helping his team to a 3-0 win against Winchester. It was a beatiful hard drive to the low corner.

Lydia is spending the night with Maya and the two devised a number of poses they thought I might like. Many involved feats of great strength. They will be dissappointed to learn I picked this photo for posting because neither one of them was upside down.

Nicolai is really starting to sound quite good and has concluded that he can still play with his newly installed braces.

Nicolai showing off his new braces. Unfortunately they are quite uncomfortable at the moment and Nicolai is having to suffer through the adjustment period.

The magnolias across the street are in full bloom. Spring has arrived.