Classes

This week has been an informative one.

On Tuesday I started an eight week Tai Chi Chih class.  I'm practicing the moves we learned in the first class.  One requires a bit more balance.  I'm still having a slightly problem with the rocking back movement.  Otherwise, so far so good.

This morning I started a class on herbs.  It's not a cooking-with-herbs class, but more of a how to use herbs for a healthy life.  So far it's been interesting and fun.

I'm really looking forward to the upcoming classes.

Papillon

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

This photo is courtesy of http://www.dailysquee.com/.

Since my mom lives over 500 miles away, I didn't get to spend the day with her.  I called, though, and we had a nice chat.

Earlier in the day, I decided to go to the Rio Grande Nature Center.  They were holding their annual Herb Fest.  It's a pleasant way to spend an hour or so.  The weather was warm, but not too hot with a bit of a breeze.

Lots of animals enjoying the weather.  I got to see a mother Canada goose and her gosling.  I first noticed the mom.  She was on the bank and was bouncing her neck up and down, obviously checking out all of us humans who were checking her out.  It was a few minutes later that I noticed the gosling.  You have to look closely to see the goose - she's in the center of the bottom of the photo in the middle of a bunch of branches.

There were also turtles sunning themselves on a large branch plus some hummingbirds bickering over a feeder.  Here are the turtles:

It was fun listening to a four-person band playing some folk music.  They were good.

A local wildlife refuge had some raptors available to look at - injured birds who have healed but can no longer live in the wild.  The birds were gorgeous - a peregrine falcon, barn owl, burrowing owl and a crow.

All in all, a nice time was had.  I took some photos but all I had was my 35mm camera so will have to wait until I get the film processed before I can post anything.

Papillon