§ This, That, and Then Some...

It's mixed stuff today...

My daughter Irene, if you follow me here you know, collects PIGS. She has hundreds. When she moved into her house, she had a friend add a built in lighted hutch with glass doors or maybe that was book shelves and the lighted hutch was already part of the decor [not sure]...this is where she keeps her little piggies. [Oh, and her favorite color is pink...go figure] Anyway, a while ago, she said that she would like to have a sketch of mine...of a: you guessed...a pig. I just drew her one and will ship it off as soon as I get a mailing tube for it. When I showed her the sketch for her approval, she texted back: "Awesome". I titled it "Gramma Piggy" For this is what Clint [my grandson with Down's] has called Peggy...his other grandma...ever since he could talk. She probably won't like that I drew her this way, but...too bad, so sad. lol [jk] So, guess she's pleased. I'll be more pleased to get it sent...Isaiah has a fascination with this for some reason.

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Speaking of Isaiah...here are some shots of him out in the garage. Another fixation is laying on the car putting paw prints all over the windshield and roof and trunk!! I was taking a bit of trash out into the trash bin while Bud was doing the dishes, and had my cell phone in my pocket. I snapped a few:

...and this one coming up is the reason I took my phone out to get a photo...his reflection on the window:

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I had an early morning appointment at Calallen, Texas [car dealership] and when I was done there, I drove to the local park to see what kinda activities were taking place on the grounds. The Country Club Golf Course was very busy...they musta had a tournament or something going on. All women. Probably college age, so perhaps it was Texas A&M.



I then walked a while on the boardwalk among the trees and along the river, it was a misty, chilly morning so I didn't plan on staying long even if those young gals on the course were in shorts, I had sweats on and a sweat shirt.  The one I got a photo of, you can see she is wearing a jacket too - but shorts in  below 50 degree weather?




After walking around the two lakes, I climbed the hawkwatch platform. At the drip system, I saw white tipped doves, inca doves, green jays, cardinals, golden fronted woodpeckers, grackles, lincoln sparrows, crested titmouses; at the lakes egrets, stilts, ducks, and herons. A lone vulture was silently soaring above me.



Before getting back in the car to drive home, I pulled out my lensball and photographed a solitary tree beside the parking space, and then called it a day.  Already it seemed like a long morning with yet a 30 minute drive home:

§ Don't open the Slideshow UNTIL you've READ the entire post!!!!! THIS IS A QUIZ & answers are at the end!!!

First, I'll begin with the upcoming holiday...Easter. I didn't put too much out because of Isaiah and his curious nature. And I definitely did NOT put out my Easter Grass this year. Just about every morning, it's batting the plastic eggs off the table and me putting them back up only to have him push 'em off again. It's become a game.  My favorites are the new bunny towel I bought and the bunny earrings...

Secondly, a Where's Waldo kinda item for y'all. Can you find the bird in this photo?

And Thirdly...another picture puzzle. Do you see what I saw? Hint:It could very well be a hazard!!

Still need some help?

The Waldo puzzle; a bit of visual assistance.  Here is what you're looking for in the photo above:

Still can't spot Waldo? He's well camouflaged!! Trust me, while walking along the rocky shoreline, if it hadn't have moved, I too would have never seen it either!!

Now, what could possibly have been a hazard in such a beautiful park you say...what kind of hint is that?  Well, you see, this photo was taken at a park as I was standing on the hawk watch platform looking for birds that could possibly be hidden in the bush.  I didn't find any hidden birds, but I did spy this....It was way off "course".  In  fact along the park road there are warning signs that they're may be stray, dangerous, golf balls from the golf course that is just a few yards from the park road.  There is a tee/tee ground, fairway, hazards and the green where the flag and hole is for your par [hit count].  If your car has ever been hit by an errant golf ball, OR heaven forbid, YOU'VE been hit by one of those...it IS A HAZARD

Still can't see where it ended up:? Let me point it out to you then...