Here we have a stately blue jay who can't figure out why I don't just leave him alone, and a young cardinal (I think) who seemed as curious about me as he was wary.

A variety of lovely flowers

The most prevalent flower right now is the magnolia - the flowers are huge and are also unusual and fascinating if you stop and really look at them. They also smell nice :-)

Then there is that ever present aspect of life at Tech...construction. I think the fraction of campus that is fenced off for construction is growing daily.

I went to Alumni Weekend at Mudd. You would never come across this at Tech:

I got to see the Shakespeare play

and a hummingbird nest

among a variety of other things. Visiting felt like going home, but this

is home now too, so life is good.


Pretty flowers:



Oh! I have a new herb garden! It smells delicious and is full of tasty things :-) It also has a pretty silhouette.

Smile!

"SO…that's why I tell you to keep your eyes wide.
Keep them wide open…at least on one side."

You never know what you might find if you do.



And sometimes it pays to take a closer look, this

could turn out to be
.

Oh, and yes, I /am/ looking at you

Eggs!

But not the kind you tend to eat....

Here is mamma (I assume) robin sitting on her nest


Some lovely flowers from the courtyard of my building

Earth week art


A ridiculous fish

And a reminder that I do still live in the middle of a city

More Flowers!

The flowers make for pretty pictures, so I am going to let them speak for themselves rather than ramble about them.




And now for something completely different. I wish I had gotten a slightly sharper shot, but this will have to do:

Birds!

Birds are as much a sign of spring as flowers. They are, however, much harder to get good pictures of than flowers as they are much less willing to sit still while I take piles of pictures of them. I'm trying to get the hang of it. Until I do, here are a few half decent ones: