Riverside's Mascot(s)

Raphael made it in fine on Sunday; and boy have we been busy. Along with Raphi came his extra nice camera. He has been blowing me away with his photographs. Wow! All of these were taken around the house, just to show you all the creatures around us. I've never seen a face of a dragonfly before. Looks like he's saying "HUMAN!" I think Raphi is enjoying all the local flora and fauna. I'm definitely enjoying the up-close and in person photos!


Here's some tree frogs he captured with his fantastic new lens. WOW! The last one is my new screen saver. Lovin' it!

Okay, remind. Saturday night, the kid, the cuz (my niece) and I went to go see Shrek 3. It was cute, but I think I preferred the first and second one. Such is life. Afterwards, we went and had Cici's Pizza--a smorgasborg of pizza, all the way to dessert pizzas. The cuz had never been; and the kid and I always enjoy it--the hub won't go, excuse me Mr. Half Italian man. We made it in before a big ol' bus o' kids arrived. The cuz and I saw the onslaught and ran for the dessert pizza. hehe. We crack each other up. Of course, our eyes were bigger than our stomachs and we had to leave about three cinnamon rolls behind. We giggled all the way out the door, past all the (what looked like) high school wrestlers from Mobile.

Since we were so close to the beach (Gulf), we decided to go ghost crab hunting. It was a blast! We found several and chased them around. By about 11 p.m., I was pooped. It was such a fun night. (Borrowed the pic above from the web--of course, I left my camera in the car!)

I've lost track of days, but one night we went to the pier to watch the sunset. Raphi took some great pictures. Some really good one of the kids which I can't wait to get back home to print and FRAME! I mean, they are really good. There were a lot of fishermen catching everything under the sun. A big ol' turtle even swam by and I just missed it before he submerged. Grrrrrrr.

Raphi and the kids have been out fishing most every day, not much luck in pulling in the big ones though. Raphi, however, did catch quite a few sunfish this morning before the rest of us drug our lazy bones out of bed about 8:30. hehe.

Today was the last day of the kids' art classes. It is actually Friday, but tomorrow, guess where we're heading? New Orleans. Nwawlins. Can't wait! Bella is going with us, Roo dog is going to the "spa." We're spending a few days there to show Raphi the town. Probably will hit a ghost tour tomorrow evening. Fun!



Now it's time for dinner. Gotta run. Still have lots to post about. Hope to catch up soon.