Feathered Friends

Shy and elusive - this ladderback, red bellied wood pecker took quite a few tries to capture clearly on film. 

His voice - however, is anything but shy - loud and raucious you can hear him coming a mile away!  But whip out the camera and he vanishes in an instant!

But what a beauty! - He was definitely worth the wait don't you think? 

Lunch with Friends

April is BIRTHDAY Month!

Mine and Ev's - so we went out for the "Perfect Lunch" at Bravos - our favorite lunch spot!

According to Phillipino tradition - birthday's must include noodles...a symbol for long life.... since I'm not Phillipino - I settled for pasta -ravioli to be exact  -  which should mean I'll  have a square life...(?) hmm - I guess I should probably have noodles on my actual birthday just to be sure!

Wednesday was Ev's ACTUAL birthday and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously! It was great fun to catch up and thanks to Ev's childhood friend Janine - we had some great pictures to prove it!  (Thanks Janine!)

Talking and eating and laughing - oh my!