Above and the next two photos were taken by Elspeth. Old 95 Sweet and Strong Ale was specially brewed by Tim to celebrate David’s 95th birthday. Sandy took the first four in the bottom row, and Elspeth the last one. Click to enlarge or start the slideshow.
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Rose-breasted grosbeaks seen from Dad’s kitchen window on his 95th birthday weekend.
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Will have to keep trying to get a decent shot of the male.
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Top left is from our little hike at Bushy Run Battlefield. Then going crazy with the zoom lens looking from the corn field bench to the top of the neighbor’s pylon. Row two: It’s years since corn grew in the corn field; as we sat on the bench there waiting for the sunset (looking downhill towards the gooseberries), dozens of these unknown bushes were almost blazing, covered in little tiny white flowers. The turkeys and the Baltimore oriole rufous-sided towhee (thanks Nick!), both from inside the kitchen, were not keen to wait for the camera to be ready. That’s the red-bellied woodpecker on the tree near the feeder, and a remarkably tame baby squirrel under the feeder.
5:50am, just before opening the polls, Hartwood Precinct election officials John Steiner, Brad Sullivan, Debbie Shellhammer, Bob Jankovits, Lois Steiner, and me in the middle. On right, Gloria Chittum, secretary of the county electoral board. After 2¼ voters per minute for 13 hours, we submitted our unofficial results to the registrar about 15 minutes after we closed the polls at 7pm.
After dinner at the Chuck Wagon, it was so cold we had to watch the trains from the car.
A few days later, at the same spot:
