Last Day at Storytime

My granddaughter in Greenbelt is moving next week to Buffalo, NY.

This Thursday will be my last day to take her to story time at the Greenbelt library.

Here she is walking to the library with me at the end of May.

I did have the stroller along, too but she enjoys walking.

I sure will miss these outings and my weekly time with her.

She will be 2 in mid-July.

Illusive Birds

I try to take photos with the iPhone but the quality is not great.

I walked Wilde Lake this morning and happened upon a woman with a telephoto lens.  I asked what she was seeing and the response was an oriole's nest.  Now if you know Baltimore orioles (not the baseball team) you know they build a hanging basket nest.

She showed me where it was high in the trees.  I could just see it but when I took photos, nothing is there.

Here's the zoom in.  Still nothing to see.

Farther down the path I spied a bluebird.  My photos looks like modern art - fuzzy.

A robin joined the bluebird.

Now I took this last one for Margaret.  She shared a robin photo on her blog not too long ago.  UK robins look different that American robins.

So what am I doing wrong with the iPhone photos?

What I'm Reading

I haven't been very timely in adding to my Books Read List.  As I write this I see I've got 5 more books to add there.

"The Only Woman in the Room" 

By Marie Benedict

A story about the actress Hedy Lamar during WWII.

"Racing the Devil" and "Hunting Shadows"

By Charles Todd

These are the last two of the Ian Rutledge series

I'll have to watch to see if that mother/son writing team writes more in the series.

"Jane Eyre"

By Charlotte Bronte

Haven't read this for many many years and after reading Wuthering Heights decided to read all the Brontes' books.  I have another on reserve. 

"His Blood Project"

by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Not sure why I stuck with this one.  It was short and I kept expecting a twist to the ending that never came.

Currently reading:

"The Clockmaker's Daughter"

By Kate Morton

It's wonderful so far!

End Gun Violence

Today is Wear Orange Day to End Gun Violence.

Why you may ask?

Well, look at these graphs that were in this article today in The Washington Post.

We are not even half way through this year and more people have died from guns than died on D-Day!

And look how we compare to other countries since 1990.

We must elect a president and members of congress who are committed to standing up to the gun lobby to reduce access to guns.