This April has mostly been true to its coined phrase, “April Showers” however the last week in April started to show signs of summer. We had temperatures in the highs of 88° on the 28th and the remaining week of April stayed in the mid-sixties.

Robin and I were itching to get outside and spot more Owls and other wildlife, along with kayaking, however we still had snow during the first week of April. We walked along some of the trails near the Orono Boardwalk; most trails were covered in about a ½ foot of snow. We searched for Owls for about an hour until we came across a King Rail bird that Robin spotted walking through brush; its beak is so strange looking- very long and has a slight downward curve to it. Unfortunately it was too quick for us to snap a photo. We continued on and came across freshly chewed trees; I looked around and found a Beaver house with its owner adding onto its house. The house was too far away to be able to capture a close up shot.

The following week had rained for the most part, which kept us inside at night. I have been reading through the Left Behind Series and catching up on other books I have as well as playing Xbox 360 and finishing up on the last season of Star Trek: The Original Series that Robin purchased for me. I am becoming an avid fan of Star Trek; I enjoy reading about the different races, star ships, characters, etc.

During one evening, I noticed that the tree line along an island in the lake outside of our apartment was colored in a very vibrant purple hue; Robin and I grabbed our cameras and headed down to the Field’s Pond stream to watch the sunset. This type of sunset occurs only a few times during the summer or at least that I have personally witnessed. The warm colors of the setting sun are so vibrant and a contrast of cold blue and purple clouds on the outer rim of the sunset. While watching and photographing the sunset I looked over to find Robin and she was 50 feet away taking a neat shot of silhouetted Cattails.

Robin and I attended a very full Cornerstone Baptist Church on Easter Sunday; if I remember correctly a few hands were raised at the end of the service indicating they asked Christ into their hearts, so that is always exciting to see. I received a call from Robin’s father; he asked if I would order a TV for him from Amazon. The following week it arrived; Robin and I drove to Prospect Harbor to set it up. Earlier that day we attended the annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race; we sat and photographed the race at Six Mile Falls. The water wasn’t as high as last year; however people still dumped while going over the falls. I concentrated mostly on crashes and spills this year. One of these years we will actually participate in the race, hopefully without spilling.

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Yes, it’s true. Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Gallactica seasons have ended and won’t start up until July except for BSG, which will start in October. BSG has become a major hit and NBC is talking about moving it to their own channel since they own SciFi. I personally hope this does not happen because NBC will strip BSG from its glory, its controversial subjects and hardcore scifi genre.

I am having a few people over tomorrow night from Campus Crusade for Christ. We’ll end up talking and or watching a movie while enjoying some pizza.

I purchased a new game this week, Ghost Recon Advanced War fighter. I really enjoy this game, it’s tactical based meaning you are the captain of your squad and can control the way they use their weapons and can control tanks, helicopters, etc.

I decided to take today off to sleep in and relax. I read an article on Yahoo! stating that President’s Day came about around President Nixon’s term and that it was created to consolidate President Lincoln and Washington’s birthdays since they are in the same month and to celebrate all of the other Presidents in the US.

I had a full breakfast this morning. I made hash browns and an egg & cheese muffin. It smells like a Saturday morning breakfast.

This morning I heard a Chickadee and another type of bird call. Black-capped Chickadee’s normally stay year-round so that wasn’t as much of a surprise as the other roll call that I heard. Hopefully this means spring is right around the corner.

I finished watching all 8 seasons on Stargate SG-1 on DVD last night. It took me nearly a year, but I have finished them. I am saddened but am looking forward to watching them all with someone so we can share the events.

This week was somewhat un-eventful except for the fact that I was able to pickup a few things at Lambs Book and Bible with my gift card that Dad gave me for Christmas. I went to John Heresy’s place with our Sunday school class last Saturday- we had a good time.

This week has been extremely warm for this time of year. The 4 feet deep ice on the Penobscot River is melting and floating down towards the Atlantic. For the majority of this week we have had weather in the 50’s which is great. Today, I woke up to rain and when I say rain I mean it was pouring cats and dogs! I am having more of my photos printed off so I can put them in my new photo collage frame I just purchased from Linen n Things. I am thinking about purchasing a new painting as well.

One of two of my highlights for the week are over, SciFi Friday was on last night and I thoroughly enjoyed Battlestar Gallactica. The next highlight will be tomorrow, attending Church.