Spring Flowers

Down the road from my house there are a lot of empty corn fields. One of the fields happened to have these bright purple flowers blooming all over. It was very windy so some of the pictures may look out of focus, but the flowers are just blowing in the wind.

Pets and Plants

So we have a basil plant in the window getting some sun and I forgot it was there, but the dog happened to find it. It was funny, she had a "I swear I didn't touch it" look on her face, but the smell of fresh basil coming from her mouth told a different story. The link below lists both toxic and non-toxic plants for pets. It's a handy list to have around. Basil is non-toxic. I guess we have a gourmet puppy on our hands.

www.sniksnak.com/plants.html

Hockey is Awesome

One sport that I never played competitively growing up was hockey. One of my "dream jobs" would to be a goalie in the NHL. Since that is probably not going to happen I try to go to a few NHL games per year and I joined an adult hockey league. Not quite the same glamour as an NHL player and I don't get a paycheck for it, but it is a lot fun. Below are a couple shots of Tim Thomas and one of Nitty, from a recent Flyers game. Tim Thomas is arguably one of the top goaltenders in the NHL at the moment and made some of the most insane saves in this game that I have ever seen. We sat 8 rows off the ice...pretty sweet seats and I was surprised how well some of the photos came out shooting through the glass. I still think sitting up a little higher is much better b/c you can see all the action and get better photos. Playoffs in a couple weeks. Go Pens!