enjoy a few pretty pictures.....

I saw this bunny as I was on my way to work, and I had to take his picture!

need I say more?

woo hoo!

Well, I put in for my July vacation! Now all I need to do is purchase my plane ticket to Virginia. I'm very excited to meet my new nephew. F wrote me back and said as far as she is concerned, the guest room has my name on it for that week. :-)
As I'm getting ready for work, I get to watch the hummingbirds flit around, jousting with each other to get at the feeder. The squirrels like to crawl down the screened in part of the deck to steal dog food. I have seen them get nose to nose with Boris! He really is an easy going dog.

Skeleton found in tree 29 years after suicide

I guess he REALLY wanted to disappear!


Mon Apr 6, 1:50 pm ET
BERLIN (Reuters) – The skeleton of a German retiree who tied himself to the top of a tree and shot himself to death nearly 30 years ago has been found by a hiker.
German police in the southern town of Landshut said on Monday the 69-year-old man disappeared in 1980 and had been classified as missing.
An 18-year-old hiker discovered a bone in the forest last week and brought it to police. They searched the area and spotted the skeleton hanging about 11 meters up, near the top of the spruce tree.
"After searching the area we found the skeleton up in the tree with the pistol hanging on a rope next to it," police spokesman Leonard Mayer said. Police were able to identify the man through DNA testing and an artificial hip.
(Reporting by Franziska Scheven; Editing by Farah Master) '

I thought Spring was here! It has been a bit chilly the last few days. Right now it is 42 degrees! I'm getting ready for work while Christmas is still in bed UNDER the covers! LOL She's no dummy.
Hope everyone enjoys my fun pictures. I never hear from anyone but MOM. Here is another fun story:

DENVER – A parrot whose cries of alarm alerted his owner when a little girl choked on her breakfast has been honored as a hero.
Willie, a Quaker parrot, has been given the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award.
In November, Willie's owner, Megan Howard, was baby-sitting for a toddler. Howard left the room and the little girl, Hannah, started to choke on her breakfast.
Willie repeatedly yelled "Mama, baby" and flapped his wings, and Howard returned in time to find the girl already turning blue.
Howard saved Hannah by performing the Heimlich maneuver but said Willie "is the real hero."
"The part where she turned blue is always when my heart drops no matter how many times I've heard it," Hannah's mother, Samantha Kuusk, told KCNC-TV. "My heart drops in my stomach and I get all teary eyed."
Willie got his award during a "Breakfast of Champions" event Friday attended by Gov. Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper.

Deer get thirsty too!

Fran needs one of these