Nesting

Kristine noticed a robin checking out a favored location in our front maple tree on Sunday.  The nest has made significant progress in just a few days.  Weather has been warm for a few days - now it has cooled off and gotten rainy.  This past weekend I was at a conference in Jacksonville, IL, and there I learned that city is the home of the Eli Bridge Company, which has been making amusement park rides like Ferris wheels and Scramblers for over 100 years.http://www.elibridge.com/history.htm. Ahhh...memories of Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, WI.  On the way back to Peoria I was surprised to a couple of hot air balloons near the city of Lincoln, IL - seemed a bit early for that sort of thing.  My right foot is doing OK overall -  it still gets sore and needs a bit of support and TLC.