I was on a bus tour of the northern end of Trinidad a couple of years ago, and the last stop of the day was the Asa Wright Nature Center that Jim showed. However since we had run late on several of the previous stops on the tour, we had literally 10 minutes at the Asa Wright Center. Arrival: 2:38 P.M. On the viewing patio of the nature center: Seeing Birds: As well as a two-foot long lizard and a mountain crab And back on the bus ready to leave at 2:47 P.M. We then had to race back to the ship halfway across the country by 4:00 P.M. or be penalized. We first had to wend our way down out of the mountains ... and drive halfway across the the country... In traffic like this... right at the time school had let out ... and managed to reach the ship at 4:00 and 13 seconds! The trip was one of the best on our month-long voyage around the Caribbean, but I really thought we'd die or crash or at least kill some school child on the manic race back to the ship.

I've also got Flamingos, from a visit to the Ardastra Zoo in the Bahamas. One of the attractions at the zoo is a demonstration of flamingos doing "precision marching" drills. To me though it merely looked like when the trainer yelled and waved his arms, the flock would all walk away from him.

I thought of your beautifully colored houses (and boathouses!) yesterday, Casey, as I drove through one of our Pennsylvania towns . . . all white. Color really is uplifting. (I should talk . . . my farmhouse is beige. LOL) My mom (and a rock) in 1945.

I have passed up a few Escher puzzles. Definitely a challenge. They are always 1000 piece and I have sitting problem working with that size. Besides, I don't need anymore insanity in my life! LOL