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Roger and his little protegee Camila were at our door around 10am with a Mandarin tree for planting in front of his dog Fiona's grave. It was my suggestion to plant a tree or bush to mark the spot and cherish the memory of 18 years with that faithful friend. I then supplied the fencing to help protect the tree for unhindered growth. Roger said it was the hardest work he has done in 20 years digging the grave and now, planting the tree.
For a minute, the first shot I took of Tom Thumb today had me scouring hummingbird breeds because of the white markings, but then determined that it was just a shaft of bright light that whited out the upper chest. It is still my Tom Thumb.
Wolf and Fabiola were at the ice cream shop early and found it closed, so we rescheduled our meeting for 4pm. Since they were on our turf I bought the ice creams. In return, that got us an invite to their place for lunch on Friday. Fabiola is a great cook!
They have been very good friends to me and Wolf is a bit of an inspiration. In his 80's now, he still travels the world, often alone on his different motorcycles. In February, he plans to fly to Montevideo, Uruguay and pick up one of his bikes left there by our friend Igor, who is now back in Thailand. Wolf is planning on travelling to Brazil and Argentina as well on this trip. Godspeed my good man!
Back to watching curling.....
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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This is Chicken Big 
Fiona's Mandarin tree 
A good grave marker 
This is Pati 
Pati, Chicken Big+ Chicken Little 
Same bunch 
Female Shiny Black Cowbird with the Doves 
I thought maybe I had a new species here... 
But it is my same Tom Thumb 
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Fabiola 
Wolf
