Hi Julie again.....My family who just left live in Plano. I am in The Woodlands and agree with you about the pool - both Bleu and I and people family love it. It's really neat when the tree shadows are on the bottom in the morning when I swim laps or in the afternoon too with shade from our river birch.

The Victoria hummingbirds are precious. The coloration on mom is cool. I watch the Orange County California hummingbirds with Phoebe.

Maybe Annie knows about beaks - or post that on the WR thread and you can get an answer - it is a perfect question for there.

Lana, that is great you got to go to dance recital - amazing to see them grow up isn't it/

see you later friends,
carolyn

Whoops, almost forgot Third Hatch at Hellgate Osprey nest! Now there are three and Dad will certainly have to do a bunch of fishing.

Hi my friends!!!!

I just rendered my first video of White Rock Eagles
An overview of our beautiful eagles
Duration: 2min 56s
These clips were taken on Saturday June 23rd with an 840mm (effective) lens and tripod under fairly windy conditions
Here is the link to the media gallery. Video is compressed due to upload limitations, thus some minor errors.
mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2012062409362356

Take care

Christian

Annie,
I didnt take offense to your invitation,don't worry.I appreciate it very much.Here are my responses to the topics so we can get to know each other a bit better.

Birthday: June 7th I just turned 63,only 3 more years and Im free!!!!!

Anniversary: Was Jan 30 th but I've been divorced for 10 years.( Turns out it was a good thing)

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Blonde

Pets: Bear a bg,long haired black feline with gold eyes. I usually keep 3 cats but some of my old !3 &14 yr olds have passed so I'm down to just the Queen and boy she really is! I adore her.

Kids: I was a career girl and a believer in zero population growth so I never had children.

Choc or Vanilla: I love both,and choose according to my mood. I LOVE dark chocolate anything!

Pie or Ice Creme: Ice Creme for sure, it's hot in Texas!

Fav Flower: So hard but I'll choose Bearded Iris. Got to mention Hydrangea too.

Fav Season is Spring although I love the Fall too as it means cooler weather which is always welcome.

Fav Sport : To watch, of course FOOTBALL and the Dallas Cowboys!! I play a little golf.

Travel: Seattle. Canada and Victoria and Vancouver Island. I go every summer for at least 3 weeks and have every year since 1975. I used to spend time in Banff but go to the Coast now. I've even been to Haida Guai( The Queen Charlottes) I hope to retire on Vancouver Island in 3 years. It is Nirvana!

Fav Tv Show: I love NCIS but honestly watch PBS and Turner Classic Movies most of the time.

Fav Beverage: Coffee,hot or cold.

Fav Food: Thai

Occupation: I spent 30 years as a retail executive but have taught Advanced Placement/Gifted and Talented Freshman and Sophomore English for the past 10 years ( trying to "give back"for all my blessings)

HWF: I've watched the Sydney pair for the last 3 years but never joined the discussion before this year at WR.I am so happy I finally jumped in and "met " the group here. You are all so wonderful!

I hope this wasn't TMI HA HA. Julie

Welcome Julie


Wonderful clips, Christian!

Tata for now. Lana

Hello ELFS:hello:
Annie, Carolyn & Lana,thanks for the compliments and lovely words.

Lana: You went to your granddaughter´s first ballet performance. I see how proud you have to be. Wish I will be a grandmother one day. How old is the young lady?
Hi Julie,, nice to meet you. I love it so much to be here and I´m learning about the foreign culture of the people of this Chat Area and their different way of life. And the wonderful photos they were posted in. ( I hope the english grammatic is ok )
Hummingbirds are so strange to me. I can only see them on TV or at the hummingbird -forum in Victoria/ BC. What beautiful animals.
Annie, I give you the recipe of the cake JOGURETTE ERDBEER TORTE
It´s the german recipe. If you need translation, please let me know.


As you know I´m working at the factory PLAYMOBIL and i had the idea to bake a birthday - cake with PLAYMOBIL soccer figures to the birthday party of my nephew. He´s 8 years old and an excellent soccer - player in a team where his father is the trainer. So first I bought the soccer- game. After the party he put the figures off , cleaned them and played with them with his friends.

and here a video of my factory, only 8 km away from my home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=1g4lCixVqeM

Sunday Greetings ELFS,

I can't stay but did want to answer your question Julie. The beak and eyes of Bald Eagles
turn yellow by the time they reach maturity at 4 to 5 years of age. It is a gradual process.

Christian, I loved the video as I said in my comment in the Gallery.

s Gabi, Carolyn, Lana, Julie & All.

Talk to you later...........

ETA: Thank you Julie for filing out the profile! Will read later.

Hello ELFS:hello:
Lana, thank you very much for your lovely words and your answer. My daughter Silvia is now 26 years old and I´m looking forward to have some grandchildren of her. She has a wonderful boyfriend, but isn´t married. Maybe one day....
Christian, your video is really outstanding. I love it. I hope you can post more of them the next time.
Three weeks ago I read in our newspaper following article about a " Lipsync-Proposal " and I took a look to " youtube" and what I could see was very, very beautiful. Oh I love it so much. Please look........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yNdpaSBTzo



I have to go to bed. It´s now 0:18 am in Germany. Wish you a nice day and a good night with sweet dreams. Gabi