Richard shot this hawk in our big pine tree - (remember that this tree is a really, really big diameter pine tree to give you some perspective) - a really cool, big bird. He took this shot from inside the house. He carefully opened the door, but the bird would have none of that!! Off he flew....



Forgot to post these photos earlier - this is a shot of our GPS on our way back from Tunica, Mississippi last Saturday. There was a forcast 56 knot TAILWIND ....turned out to be more like 60 knots... note the reading of groundspeed (GS) in the lower right corner. This was just normal level flight...according to Google, 193 knots = 222.100433 mph! Pretty cool. We actually saw 204 knots groundspeed, but we were in a little bit of a descent, so I don't think that's fair....



And finally, just a photo of my New Year's Day lucky dinner! Fresh collard greens, turnips from the McCraw's late garden, cornbread (I think it's the only non-vegan thing....) Yum - hope it works for the coming year!