I thought I was going to have to sit this one out until I remembered a commercial flight from Boston to Rockland, Maine on a small airline, with small planes. Here's the plane: Here's the inside of the plane: Climbing up out of Boston: Over the coast of Maine: Coming into the Rockland Airport: Then on the way home I got to sit in the co-pilot's seat. Great I thought, there will be more leg room. There was ... slightly ... except there were pedals down there that if you bump them, the plane does something, and there was this thing in front of me that also would make the plane do something. Coming around on approach to Boston, you can see another plane ahead of us. About to touchdown:

I plopped this ceramic owl on top of a bare container last fall. I got a surprise recently when I noticed what had happened. I wonder if that's a potato (I did recycle some kitchen scraps into the container.)

Wonderful pictures as always! Here's a picture from last night. I had extended family from out of town visit this weekend. Hadn't seen my cousin John in over 12 years. From left to right: My DB David, SIL Hilary, cousin John, nephew Chris (17), newphew Nick (12), cousin Martha, her daughter Mary Elizabeth (5), nephew Adam (14), Mom and me!

jodi, is that a parrot or parakeet? We have parakeets nesting in some shoreline communities where it's milder than inland. Apparently they can be quite pesty, building huge nests on telephone poles which can actually knock out the power. [photo not mine]