Kickin It Old Skool Blog-A-Thon - Free Association

Todays Prompt for the blog-a-thon is Word association.  Jamie and Shannon have given us five words to expand upon.

River -  I have always lived near a river or had a river close by. Growing up in Michigan I had the Detroit River, then the Grand River in Lansing, and the Sturgeon River in Houghton Michigan. The Fox River when I lived in Appleton, Wisconsin,  the Ogden river in Utah and the Snake River in Idaho. This is a peek to the Snake River.

Fresh - something new of course, food comes to mind immediately, I think fresh fruit, you know the kind where you bite into it and the juices comes dripping down your chin. Fresh peaches are a favorite of mine.

Escape - Let's get out of town, that is my perfect escape.  Sometimes to familiar places and other times to places unknown.  I love to travel.

Moment  - A moment in time is such a special thing.  So often we forget to appreciate those moments while we have them. I so enjoyed this moment where I got to hold a hummingbird after it had been banded. You could feel her little heart just pounding away.  She only stayed there for a few seconds before flying off.

Night - I am a night person vs a morning person. There are times when I do get up early to enjoy the sights and sounds of my world. I do treasure those times but I am most productive at night. My ideal world is get up with the sun and have a siesta in the afternoon and then up till 2 am creating the wonders of my world.

Hummingbird Banding

Here is the video I took on Sunday when we went to see the humming birds being banded.  We are bundled up because it was really cold, about 30-32 and was snowing and raining. It was miserable weather but the hummingbirds still came. You can see an article on this process here .  The bands that they use are really small and look like crimp beads used for jewelry making.  After banding and recording information and feeding, they place them on your hand.  Sometimes they stay on your hand a long time other times they don't. You can feel their hearts beating.  It is a pretty cool thing to experience.

Yellowstone Pictures

As some of you know when I went to Yellowstone National Park the other week I left my camera at home.  I was just going to copy my daughters pictures but she has done these amazing posts so I thought I would just give you the links instead.  She posted for 3 days so here are the links individually.  Enjoy.

Yellowstone First Post  General park pics
Yellowstone Second Post Geyser pics
Yellowstone Third Post  Animal pics

I have a group coming for the weekend.  On Sunday we are headed to a farm to see hummingbirds being banded.  It is a pretty cool thing to see. The bands are so small they look like crimp beads that are used in jewelry making. They even put the humming bird in your hand when they are finished with it. Sometimes the bird stays in your hand for a little while and you can feel its hear beating so fast and sometimes they just fly away. It will be fun taking my friends to this event.  Have a great weekend!