Unexpected guests!
Every day when I come home from work, the first thing I do is check the pool. After a couple of bad experiences where little animals fell in and drowned, my mind became subject to the fear that there might be a dead body in the pool. So you can imagine how amazing it was to part the curtains, half-expecting the worst, and find that Mr. and Mrs. Mallard Duck had flown in for a short stay in our luxurious spa and pool. At the time I saw them, they were resting on the spa edge where the water flows into the pool. Make Way for Ducklings is being re-enacted right here! No doubt it's nesting time, but with no fish or peanut-tossing passengers in boats, our pool wasn't very alluring. They flew off in a few minutes, leaving behind, on the pool bottom, evidence that they had swum around for a while. (The pool vacuum took care of it in short order.) What beautiful ducks they are!
Then this morning on the way to work on the 15, Dad saw, in Lake Hodges trees, a huge flock of cranes, numbering in the hundreds he thought. Also, some pelicans were interspersed. It made such an impression on him that he immediately and enthusiastically phoned to tell me about it.
Question: what do I do with the photos I've taken with my cell phone camera? Do I email them to myself?? I'm out of memory and can't take more pictures until I figure this out.