bigack, I bought this puzzle not realizing it's true orientation. I was looking at it on it's side with the Nuthatch at the bottom right corner. My sister in law put it together first with that same orientation in mind, never giving thought to the fact that those are Holyhocks! They should be pointing upward, not sideways! I looked at it many times before it dawned on me.

Casey, in September of 2001, we toured all those places you have pictured of your trip . Unfortunately we are unable to separate that otherwise most enjoyable tour from the terrorist attacks that took place back home while we were there. All Canadians we came in contact with were very caring to us when they learned that we were from the Pittsburgh PA area. I'm not sure if this is a stinkbug or some kind of weevil.

Casey, darling baby boy added to your family. Jim, that cat is beautiful. Love the markings on the forehead. We have a little neighborhood tiger cat that adopted us. She is now spoiled rotten.

They are beautiful birds though. We had one land on my husband's head at our Dallas house. We were at the pool, I was in the pool and he was standing at the edge of the pool looking down at something. Suddenly I see this big black bird coming in for a landing. I told him not to move! The bird landed right on the back of his head. He was freaking out because he had no idea what it was. But he maintained his cool, more than I would have been able to do, and I got out of the pool and put my hand under the birds feet. Just like I would do with my cockatiel. It was extremely tame and had a metal tag around the ankle. Turns out it was a homing pigeon. I was able to contact the owners, they said just let it rest there and eventually it should return. I fed and watered it for a few weeks and got really acquainted with it. It would hang out on the roof and I put a cat carrier out on the patio with food and water. It finally did leave but I don't think it went home lol. I think it enjoyed the free life. It was a beautiful iridescent purple and black color. It was quite smart. It would sit outside the window where my cockatiels cage was and they would «talk» to each other.