Amazing Bird Songs

I'd never heard of the Lyrebird before today. I stumbled across this video on someone's blog and had to share it with you. Stick around for the surprise ending. I guarantee that you will be amazed by the final feature solo.

View From My Window

What northern Virginia's third snowstorm of the winter looked like on January 30, 2010, 3:17 p.m., EST.

Coming Out of Hiding

I haven't actually been hiding for the past two weeks; I just haven't had much to say, as things are rolling along pretty smoothly here. Dave, Jonathan, Maggie and I went to see the Washington Wizards game tonight. The Wizards beat the Sacramento Kings, 96-86 in a game that the Wizards should have put away much earlier than they did (in the last minute of play). Both teams have losing records, so the quality of play was far from riveting, to put it kindly. Still, the company was good, so the evening was pleasant for all of us.

In other news, Dave and I are making plans for a trip to Italy in April. We've booked airline and train tickets, and hotel rooms. Now we have to figure out exactly what sights we want to see while we're there.

We'll spend the first couple of days in Venice.

From there, we'll travel by train to Rome, where we'll spend the remainder of our week.

If anything interesting happens before then, I'll keep you posted. Actually, I'll probably keep you posted even if nothing happens before then, so don't wait until April to check in again.

Better Late Than Never

Okay, I'm two days late with this post, # 450. But, better late than never, so they say. Of course, the only people who actually say that are the people who are late. Anyway, today's post is a mystery photo. Guess what these objects are:

The only hint I'll provide is that I saw them here, Nottoway Plantation, which is located on a bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana:

In case you're wondering, the answer to the mystery question will be revealed whenever I remember to get around to it.