Penguins, Pot & Other Stuff

This has happened 4 times now over the past couple of weeks.  As you may know, for at least the past 10 years, peregrine falcons have been nesting on the Standard Life Center Building in downtown Hamilton.  They have done quite well.  Every year, after the fledglings take to the air, more peregrine falcons are added to the wild.

These birds are on the endangered list.  Magnificent creatures!  Well, they seem to like my balcony.  I remember one of them landing on my balcony about five years ago.  Only once, but it was an amazing sight.  Well, today was the fourth landing in the past couple of weeks.  It was Paulo who noticed the bird today.  Thank goodness my camera was handy.  Paulo was able to grab a couple of really good pictures.

As I said, a truly magnificent bird.  Built for speed & maneuverability.  Usually my visitors only stay for less than a minute.  Today, however, he must have been sitting on my balcony railing for a good five minutes.  And the only reason he left is that another falcon flew towards the railing and when it got here, they both took off!  What a sight!

I had really made plans to go see the musical version of "the Lord of the Rings", which has been playing in Toronto.  I am such a huge fan of the book and the movies, I thought it would be a nice night out.  Well, as you may have heard, the show has been doing so badly that it extended run will be ending soon.  Months and months before it was supposed to.  Oh well, at least I’m saving about $100.

…The Lord of the Rings.  Need I say more?  Sooner or later I will definitely get to the Princess of Wales Theatre to catch it.

I’ve read it & seen it (them).  While the movie is a great, the book is better!