Some have seen these or other versions of these two pictures of the girls. Others haven't.

But since they are my favorites from our last visit to St Augustine, I never get tired of looking at them.

Hope you enjoy them (again).

Grandpa Little

OK. This is an experiment.

I just stumbled into the blog after not have been there for a long time. Poking around, I discovered that you can upload video! (Imagine that, he says, as though he had just discovered fire.)

Takes about approximately 43 years to upload about 3 minutes worth, but it can be done.

And here is the attempt.

The thing that I uploaded here is about 32MB of unedited video of young Madeline's 1st piano recital. It was uploaded as a WMV file (Windows) so I don't know if a Mac viewer can see it.

I started out trying to upload an MPEG file of the same event but it was nearly 3 times as large so you probably can guess that I did not have the stamina for it. Turns out that you don't need it that relatively "uncompressed" for these purposes anyway.

I am guessing/hoping that once this WMV is uploaded, Blogger accomodates it/doesn't care, so that anyone who can see the blog can see the video.

If not, I know that I can probalby upload as a Quicktime file, which I know Mac folks can see.

I am wondering what loading something like this does to the allocated capacity of any given blog. I may have use up KLOSZ allotment for some time.

Anyway, let me know is you can ever view this.

Grandpa L.

We interrupt these idyllic thoughts of spring to bring you this poll:

Are these children....

A) Having the time of their lives?

B) Very confused as to who Aerosmith is?

C) Being tortured by their Aunt on Spring Break????

Click on the picture for the full effect :)

Spring has sprung!

Thought I'd post a few pictures of spring in NC to annoy those of you stuck in the long midwest winter.

Lucy is eager to meet anyone within sight. The fence saves many of our neighbors from Lucy's affections.

Lucy plays soccer a bit differently than most others. She likes to dribble the ball with her head, but here is demonstrating a move neither of the boys can duplicate.

An extreme closeup of the blossoms on our plum tree. Things are blooming all over the place here.

Finally a couple of action shots from Nicky's second round playoff game. Despite Nick's stellar defense his team was eliminated in a close and hard fought contest. He also attempted a few good shots, but couldn't get them to fall. It was great season. Congratulations Nick!