Well, now it's a party!!!   

Got snow?

Go Nessi!      YAY!    

Well, what do you know?  I just read that no part of either version of True Grit was filmed in Arkansas, even though the story was set there.  I guess they did a good job of making it look like Arkansas.   

I may join the watchers at the Blue Cross Arena to toast 2014. 

MAK, your photos are beautiful.  Some of them remind me of scenes from the movie "True Grit," (somewhat the original but more the remake) which was set in Arkansas. 

Indeed.  Yet another reason for the falcons to keep flying high.   

Sorry for the incorrect angle on the photo of Pigott.  It wasn't that way when I uploaded it to Twitter.  Pigott appears to be hanging by her talons.   

Thanks for posting, Bobbie.  I too have been to Newgrange not on the winter solstice.  Even so, it is an awesome experience, in the truest sense of the word.  It is a passage tomb, and while I wouldn't recommend the passage to anyone who is claustrophobic, the circular chamber at the end of it is fascinating.  I'm an amateur historian, and love all things old.  Newgrange is by far the oldest thing I've ever seen.  At some 5,000 years old, it predates the Pyramid of Giza by 500 years and Stonehenge by 1,000 years.

[The 3 whippersnappers is today's greeting from Eileen! Thanks Ei!!]

 

The 3 whippersnappers is today's greeting from Eileen! Thanks Ei!!

That is just WAY TOO CUTE, Ei! 

Happy Birthday, Bobbie!   

I have never seen one but today this one showed up, eating, eating and filling up!

Carolina Wren, they say! I'm happy!!  Still snowing, maybe 6 inches, so far!!

Awesome, and what a pretty bird it is!

Great story and great photos, Dale!  Thanks!

Yep!  All systems are go for Santa!