Model Railroading

Today William and Beth finished school early so that they could go to Mr. Possinger's house to lay some HO train track. They put together an entire track layout, and then wired the track and the switches. When they were done they did test runs on the track with engines and then with cars added. The track worked great! :)

Bird List Update

02-15-06 - Soaring over 355 at crossroad with 118, Germantown, MD

Turkey Vulture

Total: 22/60

Bird List Update

02-13-06 - At home out the back window

White-throated Sparrow

Blue Jay

Total: 21/60

Bird List Update

02-11-06 - At home at the suet feeder

Downy Woodpecker

02-12-06 - At home out the back window

Song Sparrow

Total: 19/60

Bird Honor - Advanced

We have decided to take our Bird Honor to the next level this year. One of the big requirements is to "Make a list of 60 species of wild birds, including birds from at least ten different families..." So, on January 23 we began our list.

1-23-06 - At home out our back window

Mourning Dove

Black-capped Chickadee

House Sparrow

Cardinal

1-24-06 - Gaithersburg, MD Chipotle

European Starling

Ring-billed Gull

1-24-06 - At home (at the finch sock)

American Goldfinch

1-27-06 - Washington D. C. (on the National Mall)

Rock Pigeon - Vietnam War Veterans Memorial

Red-tailed Hawk - Korean War Veterans Memorial

Cedar Wax-wing - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Mocking Bird - FDR Memorial

American Robin - FDR Memorial

Canadian Geese - FDR Memorial

American Crow - FDR Memorial

1-28-06 - On our back fence

A small hawk we hope will return because we have not identified it yet. We saw it in the morning and in the evening.

2-1-06 - At home (out the back window)

Dark-eyed Junko

Black Vulture

2-5-06 - Baltimore, MD (Inner Harbor)

Mallard Duck

Total: 17/60

Visiting Memorials Again

On Sunday we went to Baltimore to pick up our good friend Amy who was visiting from California this weekend.


We wandered around the Inner Harbor for a bit until her husband Courtney was finished with the meetings he was attending and then we headed for Washington DC. We went to the same memorials we had the week before, but it was later in the day. Everything had a lovely pink hue.


Beth once caught a monument "this big!"


The Lincoln Memorial by sunset.

Bible Bowl 2006 - Area Level

A new year of Bible Achievement has begun. This year the questions will be taken from I Chronicles 11 through II Chronicles 10. We came through with a first place finish and will move on to the Conference Level on March 18.

Left front to back: Melinda Paul, Samantha Paul, Bobby Berglund
Right front to back: Beth Ashton, William Ashton, Jackie Berglund