Here’s the prettiest cockatiel in the world!
The incredible filly, Rachel Alexandra, in one of her workouts for this month. I think she is one of the most physically impressive equines I have ever seen.
From Erik the Flutemaker comes this intriguing flute dating back to the Ice Age! This one really tickles my scientific side. (Note: this man is unfortunatly not a Creationist, but the fact that the flute originated in the Ice Age is not in dispute.) No, I do not own one of these beauties… yet… 
A Little Bit of Humor
My brother wrote an excellent and humerous study on the Rubik’s Cube. Click the link below.
http://familybuildingworkshop.com/Matthew/2010/03/10/a-shocking-history/
With the coming of March, spring contests with the last vestiges of winter. I love this time of year because the play of the weather is more active now than it is at any other time here in Texas.
Take last Monday, for instance. After hours of drizzling rain, the skies cleared, leaving behind a rain-washed world of beauty.
There were even rainbows.
This is a little horse farm about a mile from my house. It’s one of the last farms in Fairview that hasn’t been sold to developers yet.
Looking into Wilson Creek Valley. My home is on a ridge just above the old creek.
I’ve been spotting quite a few birds hanging around the seed I’ve put out.
These are Cedar Waxwings.
I was surprised last Sunday to actually see Red-winged Blackbirds coming close to the house. They’ve been hard for me to photograph in the past.
Must be all that delicious suet that’s tempting them to come so close.
I think this is some kind of sparrow, but I’m not sure… anyone have a clue?
There’s also a woodpecker that’s been coming around, but I haven’t been able to photograph him. Who’d have thought that woodpeckers would move so fast!
If you need a good laugh, sit down for a few minutes and watch this clip. This features Erik the Flutemaker, a flute craftsman in Florida. He has taken all sorts of folk woodwinds from all around the world (China, Japan, South America, even ancient instruments from the Ice Age) and figured out how to reproduce them in easily playable form, using bamboo grown on his own property. He never fails to put a smile on my face. This clip shows him dressed up as a merchant in a bazaar displaying his various flute creations.
