Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2005. We took Mattie to Fort Lauderdale at Christmas time and met up with my parents. Whenever we went to Florida, we always visited Butterfly World. This photo was taken in the lorikeet house. This may look familiar to some of my faithful readers, as I took a photo of Peter on Tuesday in this same location. Feeding the lorikeets is a daunting undertaking because they are loud, do a lot of squawking and will swoop all around you if you are holding a cup of nectar. I know last week a woman tried to feed the lorikeets but she was so intimidated by the birds that she literally threw the nectar cup up in the air and ran away. In this photo, you can see that Mattie was somewhat hesitant to feed the birds himself, yet he wanted to observe the experience.
Quote of the day: The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? ~ JB Priestley
Despite the frigid temperatures, Sunny still has to walk. We took him to Roosevelt Island today and I snapped this photo of Georgetown University in the distance. I can't look at those spires without thinking of Mattie and his cancer treatments on that campus.
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Vicki, When we visited BUTTERFLY WORKD last January, I enjoyed every minute. However, I chose not to go into the area with the Lorikeets. I had Mattie's hesitant look standing outside and know I may very well behaved as the woman did, throwing the cup in the air. So I observed from the outside those lovely birds.
I love snow, to wake up to it, watch it fall, all the magic of it. Then Inwant it gone, the temps to rise and some warmth to come back. Growing up in Wisconsin, the cold was part of your life for many months. Living in Virginia since the summer of 1975, has made it difficult to get warm in the frigid air.
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