Monday, December 22, 2008

Chicago Roots

I just learned that some of the sayings my family used when I was a child come from Chicago where my mother grew up and my parents lived for a few years before moving to Columbia...

"gym shoes" instead of "tennis shoes"
"front room" instead of "living room"

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

The birds found the feeder...

but so did the squirrels - even after I moved it to the backyard...


Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Birds - 0, Squirrels - 1

The birds haven't found my new bird feeder but the squirrels sure have...

Pictures here and a video below: