'Tis the season for cleaning up the small branches that Papaw pruned off the orchard trees earlier this year.

I got an exciting email this week!

I couldn't resist that post title, so a few final images from our wonderful trip to Baja, Mexico.

humming an old childhood song..."As I walked out in the streets of Laredo..."

Okay, this is Loreto, Baha California Sur in Mexico not Laredo in Texas, but that song kept running through my mind as we spent our final hours in Mexico meandering the charming streets of Loreto before we boarded our plane for home.

You know I can't leave Baja without sharing some bird photos.

While other Sea Bird passengers had their turn whale-watching, we were shuttled via zodiaks to the Baja beaches to explore the sand dunes.

When I grow up I want to be a marine zoologist.

Welcome, Spring...we've been waiting for you!

After a long day of travel via LAX, it was about 4 pm. (that was the local time...Kim never resets his watch, a pet peeve of mine.  He's always running on Indiana time, which in this case was 6 pm.) when we arrived in the Baja Mexican town of Loreto.

Kim and I are back home in Indiana after an incredible week of whale-watching and other sundry activities in Baja Mexico.