cranefest 2013

The weather was lovely for a drive to Bellevue to watch a predicted 5000 sandhill cranes fly in/over - so that's what we did.
Granted, there weren't 5000 of them (yet, the migration has just started) but there were quite a few and as always I sat and stared at these magnificent former pterodactyls.
I got stung by shitty ladybugs and 'skeeters alike, and there was some viscious-but-passing lens envy (good gawd, an 800mm!) but we sat in the grass and ate sandwiches and life was good :)

Last night I met a lovely new friend and she was on my mind a lot today. Some encounters have a lasting impression.