Yearbook Pictures

These were a few of our favorites ...

Saturday Morning

Mike and I had a lovely Saturday morning this weekend. We ate a yummy breakfast at Magee's, a great bakery close to downtown Lexington. We then went downtown to the Farmer's Market, where we perused the produce and bought some yummy heirloom tomatoes and butternut squash. After that we wandered over to the fountain in front of the Lexington Center. We stopped at a garden shop on the way home and bought some chrysanthemums. Once we got home, we enjoyed some BLT's made with our heirloom tomatoes. It was quite the enjoyable beginning to our day. The next part of the day was not quite so enjoyable, as we watched the Hawks lose yet another game they should have won. But we won't talk about that. It just upsets me. 

Here are some beautiful peppers at the Farmer's Market

This is the clock downtown that counts down the days until the 2010 World Equestrian Games, which are going to be held in Lexington. Apparently this is a big stinkin' deal.

My Friends

The CC&R's

Mike and I received this letter in the mail last week ... needless to say, we feel like the neighborhood rejects. At least it wasn't a pink flamingo.

"Bring it on."

(and don't worry, we took down the offending lights)

Man vs. Swallow

A few weeks ago we noticed blue and brown birds sitting outside of our house. After consulting our "Birds of Kentucky" guide, we determined that they were either eastern bluebirds or barn swallows. We watched them for a few more days and settled on barn swallows. I was reading further on these birds, and I came across an interesting fact: barn swallows build their nests out of mud and straw and can make up to 1,000 trips in the process. Interesting, I thought, I wonder where these birds live? I then looked outside to see that one of my swallows had a muddy piece of straw in its mouth and the iron rod he was sitting on was quite muddy. Uh-oh. I looked around and soon found a nest about 400 trips through the building process right inside our entranceway. When Lianne got home I showed her and she was quite excited about the prospect of having out own set of barn swallows. So I let the nest construction continue. All was fine and dandy until a few days ago when the "swooping " began. I would hear a "chirp-chirp" and look up to see a swallow making a dive bomb run at my head. Lianne insists that they are not getting that close. But I stand a few inches above her, and I am not so sure. We discovered the reason for the increased aggression: chicks. I risked life and limb to get you the picture of the chicks, and I also got some video of a swooping attack. I hope the swoops don’t come any closer so I can continue to mow the lawn and get the mail.

Baby Swallows:
Mama Swallow with her hover attack:
A swooping run: