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My brother, Allan, is four years old than me.  We've always gotten along (I'm sure there were times growing up where he would disagree).  We usually talk once a month just to catch up on what's happening with our families and to see how each other are doing.  He lives about 2-1/2 hours from our kids in Illinois. This morning I gave him a call - just checking in.  He has some health issues, but he feels great.  He told me that the test on his kidneys was not normal, but they were going to check again in a month.  He exercises, eats healthy, but worries excessively.  I kiddingly said, "Not you!  You're just like Mom."  And then, I laughingly said, "And me".  Yes, we are definitely siblings.  Our Dad was the happy-go-lucky sort of guy and things didn't bother him (or at least he never let it show).  But, our Mom, was the worrier. We talked about high blood pressure and cataract surgery, about the grandkids and the weather, our...

This morning I walked outside to check the rain gauge and as I turned back toward the house, there were five different webs that the spiders created overnight.  This web was huge and if you can see the dot in the middle, the spider is resting and waiting.  I went out about half an hour later and the web was completely gone I held up a towel behind this web, so you could better see the lace work. Another web further up in the tree. Think of the hours (or perhaps only minutes) that it took to create these masterpieces for the night and then to take down and put back up tonight.  I dislike spiders, but seeing the creations they make is totally amazing.

An ode to our Red Tail Hawks First there was one    Then two         And now Three Soaring    Swooping        Gliding Landing    Graceful        Alert Patient    Ready        Aware Watchful    Noisy         Clever Hungry    Leery          Dedicated And you can almost  hear GOTCHA God put these creature here for us to enjoy and learn from - if I only had some of their patience.  The funniest is when a small, blue bird chases the hawk away from the tree.