Revolutionary War Block House at Fort Nielson (Saratoga County), NY. Rosemary, I thought briefly of trying to convince you it was a Sears house. :-)

Kitty, I don't know what kind of bird it is. When I was at the San Diego Wild Animal park last July, they were everywhere in the tree tops and on the ground. They're not one of the parks residents, they are, what the park calls freeloaders. I think this *might* be the same bird, only compressed. :-) Jodi-

DH sitting in front of my friend's home. She and her DH have been hosting an annual Super Bowl party for 30 years. We've gone to it for 26 years. There are five TVs including, on some years, at the Jacuzzi. You can watch the game in the family room, garage, driveway (under the heated tent) or bathroom. You can eat, and eat, and eat ... and then there's the beer and wine and money pools, oh my. 40-50 people attend. We've watched kids grow up, friends grow old, happiness and tragedy. Wouldn't miss it for the world and I don't even like (or understand) football. Jodi-

I love DC, Casey, we haven't been there to just visit the sites for several years. My boss is there and got married in November but we didn't have time to tour. We're going back in September and are spending a few extra days. This is from the last time, I escorted a bus tour for Cherry Blossom time.