This is a turtle from a foreign world

Discovered by Jordan as we explored and cleared out our woods today. The foreign world is our back yard, of course.
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our darling sunshine

Ready for a horse ride

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Baltimore National Aquarium

Had a great time at the National Aquarium in Baltimore yesterday -- more photos to come!



My famous nephew

You know those annoying website authentication fields where they ask you to type a word to prove that you're a human and not a computer?  Usually they give you a word or a random series of letters.  Late last week I was asked to type this in, which looks surprisingly like my nephew Andre' Geleynse's (somewhat unusual) name!

Meet my alter ego

I just connected with myself in a new way... meet Ben Hekman, Calvin Grad, Electrical Engineer...

I've known about this "other Ben"'s existence for some time. He shows up in Google searches I do on myself, shows up in Calvin College news during years in which I wasn't there, Hilton Hhonors reservations asks me if my address is in Grand Rapids, and a few times shortly after the other Ben graduated from Calvin I got emails from friends looking for him. I finally looked him up on LinkedIn and just for the novelty of it sent him an invitation (against LinkedIn policy since you're actually supposed to know everyone you invite). Now Ben Hekman is officially connected to Ben Hekman.

Of course, being a twin I'm already used to the fact that there's another of me out there...

Sunday lunch

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Rain of petals

The view out our windows is dreary as rain has fallen steadily all day. It's also removing the last of our cherry blossoms which are scattered over the ground. We had a short and unseasonally cold and wet spring this year, so didn't get to enjoy our cherry blossoms as much as we would have liked. But I'm looking forward to warmer weather this week and the promise of green coming out from all the trees now that the first blossoms are fading.
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More Jessie vocabulary

Bah -- ball
Bah -- bath
Bah -- "Pooh" (used for any movie)
Bah -- book
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When you do this in a puddle...

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...this happens!

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Outdoor Sunday

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Saturday morning breakfast

Jessie's healthy breakfast suggestion for a girl on the go:

Rice crispies
Almonds
Walnuts
Raisins
Mix with cold herbal tea leftover from Mom's cup
Drink through a straw

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Eagle-cam

Here's a neat link -- a live webcam in an eagle's nest. The last of three eggs is hatching right now!

http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/index.html