jedigirl2001

You ever have one of those vacations where you realize a day into it that you will not enjoy a single day? Well I just had one. It was such an off experience that I never want to do it again. Let me run down this nightmare for you. My mom recently moved to Oregon and I went up to visit her and to do some birding. It was my first time flying solo so I was a littler nervous. The day I was supposed to leave St. Louis, the airline cancelled my flight because of "air traffic". BS. Whatever. So I rebook a flight for the next day. BIG mistake. St. Louis had some nasty weather on that day. They thought they might be able to get us out on time so we a

So while I'm sitting here writing this, I'm also watching my beloved St. Louis Blues go to yet another shootout and wondering how in the hell my curse of a cousin managed to get himself to Minnesota.... Anyway, change of subjest. Spring. It's coming. In honor of the spring which we're all almost positive is coming by now, I visited the Missouri Botanical garden this afternoon on this most glorious day. I came too early for mostly everything, which was a shame since I was also showing around two people who have never been to a proper botanical garden before. But we did get passes to the Orchid Show, which I have never been to before. So here

Spring is finally here! While I did love all the crazy snow we had this winter and I hate facing warmer temps, spring means birds for me, and lots of 'em! Living in such an avian diverse place is really awesome this time of year. Many, many species will visit my feeders and I can't wait! This time around, I live by a pond so I'm hoping I won't need to go to far for water birds, either. This place is a stopover for geese and has a near permanent population of mallards. If it would only stop raining, I might even get out there and take some pictures! I took some today, actually, but goldfinches don't look too pretty when photographed through a