Phone books

This past week I decided to give an old phone book to one of our resident eagles. He seemed to enjoy it!

Huber Wedding!

I spent the past weekend in the Wisconsin Dells for the Huber wedding. Before the festivities began, Katie and I headed over to the International Crane Foundation to see some birds. The rest of my weekend was filled with wedding - setting up, getting ready and cleaning up. I was so happy that I could be a part of my friends special day and wish them a lifetime of happy happy years in the future!

Katie and I in front of the Brolgas

The wedding party!

Katie and I!

BUGS!

There are a lot of little hidden away places to go hiking here in the river valley. I took a walk the other day on the refuge. The area had lots of tall grasses so I got to enjoy an abundance of dragonflies and damselflies as well as some beautiful sunshine!

Sandstone Visit

A couple weeks back, I went up to Sandstone to hang with friends and teach a raptor program like the old days.  For me it was great change of pace - teaching about multiple species of raptors and a different program. Of course I had to get a couple pictures of me and an amazing little falcon along the way! On a side note, I was never too far from the eagle center. While looking across the pole barn, I noticed a calendar that had Columbia's (one of our female eagles) picture for the month of July.

Isis and I!

Isis and I teaching about falcons!

COFFEE!

As you might have guessed by the title of my blog, I LOVE coffee! I recently gave coffee up. It was super difficult because I enjoy pretty much everything about coffee - the smell, the taste, the feeling of the warm cup in your hands. But I had a theory that I was drinking too much and it was contributing to my headaches. I went without until I was no longer getting caffeine headaches.

My first cup of coffee in 2 weeks :)

Yesterday, I had my first cup in two weeks. It was AMAZING! I am only drinking half of what I used to and am not making my morning brew as strong so fingers crossed I don't need to give up my addiction anytime soon.