Monday meanderings - May 10

Wow, what a weekend! At LCU graduation Saturday we saw our lovely, talented (and surprised) daughter-in-law Jana receive a Teacher of the Year award. We were not surprised. One only has to follow the comments she gets on Facebook to know that she connects with her students in many and significant ways. Kudos to Rob for getting the whole family there at the ceremony without her suspecting anything. Well done, one and all.

Lots of interesting moments on the road between here and Lubbock - and back. Like the big emergency-looking sign on the roadside that said, "Incident Ahead." We looked diligently for an incident, whatever that may have been - but only saw another sign on the other side of the road that said the same thing to oncoming traffic. Hmm. Or the custom license plate that said DUCTAPE. It made a little more sense when we got closer and saw that the license plate was issued in Arkansas.

Earlier in the week we celebrated Cinco de Maya  by feasting at our favorite fajita establishment, Papacitas. We were vaguely aware that there would be a big celebration of the occasion with outdoor festivities, but we thought we could get in and out before the party began in earnest. And we did. Barely. The rumors about Barb doing the Hat Dance with a waiter on the Dos Equis stage are greatly exaggerated.

Barb bought herself a small ceramic birdbath for Mothers Day. Well, I contributed by driving her down to the hardware store. So far the birds have only sipped from the bowl. Bathing seems a foreign concept. Dirty Birds.

And I added a new bird to my list. I looked up the other morning and saw a pale blue bird cross the yard - almost turquoise in color, with distinctive wings. I was excited, because this is not a normal bird color. Another Indigo Bunting? I crept up to the corner to peek around and spotted a...parakeet. Melopsittacus undulatus, or the common Budgie. Hey! A bird sighting is a bird sighting!

Next - the Breakfast From Hell.