<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878</id><updated>2011-08-14T08:51:26.535-05:00</updated><category term='Grandchildren in Tucson'/><title type='text'>Orchids, Coffee &amp; Panama</title><subtitle type='html'>This is a blog of the happenings &amp;amp; happiness in my life..  It consists of my travels and our home in Boquete, Panama.  But most importantly, our family and friends around the world.  Enjoy!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>81</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1417758199061828240</id><published>2009-07-27T20:40:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T21:20:20.666-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I see it, I see it.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;After Sylvia ran up the hill and told me to grab my camera, which she does quite often, I took off down the hill with anticipation.  After trying to see what it was she wanted me to photograph, I finally focused in on the object.  This is such a wonderful place to live in. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sm5fTJ4iV6I/AAAAAAAAAnY/1SvkyFIdVpY/s1600-h/IMG_4049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sm5fTJ4iV6I/AAAAAAAAAnY/1SvkyFIdVpY/s320/IMG_4049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363328988920043426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sm5fT9EiBKI/AAAAAAAAAng/_h_SyVaSBdw/s1600-h/IMG_4039.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sm5fT9EiBKI/AAAAAAAAAng/_h_SyVaSBdw/s320/IMG_4039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363329002660562082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sm5fUMkttmI/AAAAAAAAAno/dFN2UOIrlV4/s1600-h/IMG_4047.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sm5fUMkttmI/AAAAAAAAAno/dFN2UOIrlV4/s320/IMG_4047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363329006822078050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1417758199061828240?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1417758199061828240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1417758199061828240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1417758199061828240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1417758199061828240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-see-it-i-see-it.html' title='I see it, I see it.'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sm5fTJ4iV6I/AAAAAAAAAnY/1SvkyFIdVpY/s72-c/IMG_4049.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2523162120557200830</id><published>2009-07-26T14:19:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T14:25:59.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here's another weird thing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmytiQjQgkI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/eRnBW14cHrQ/s1600-h/IMG_4005.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;While downtown today there was a truck full of manon chino. It's a very sweet fruit grown in a tree. Check it out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmytiQjQgkI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/eRnBW14cHrQ/s1600-h/IMG_4005.JPG"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmytiQjQgkI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/eRnBW14cHrQ/s320/IMG_4005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362852060361425474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmyslQmQlZI/AAAAAAAAAnA/PlWI28EntP0/s320/IMG_4007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362851012401993106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmyslQmQlZI/AAAAAAAAAnA/PlWI28EntP0/s1600-h/IMG_4007.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmyslsJiF5I/AAAAAAAAAnI/O7lsCNKVWwo/s1600-h/IMG_4008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmyslsJiF5I/AAAAAAAAAnI/O7lsCNKVWwo/s320/IMG_4008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362851019797698450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmyslEdmP_I/AAAAAAAAAm4/9BgUjzJRZsE/s1600-h/IMG_4005.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2523162120557200830?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2523162120557200830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2523162120557200830' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2523162120557200830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2523162120557200830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/07/heres-another-weird-thing.html' title='Here&apos;s another weird thing'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmytiQjQgkI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/eRnBW14cHrQ/s72-c/IMG_4005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5181988395352947293</id><published>2009-07-24T15:06:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T16:27:44.808-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And the winner is. . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Today, Annie and I were the official judges at the Caldera School in Caldera, Panama for the first grade class.  We had to judge the cooking of two 1st grade students on verbal presentation of what they were presenting, taste, food presentation and something else that Annie and I had no idea what it was.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmoU1BH8f5I/AAAAAAAAAlw/fgWVciGE6sA/s1600-h/IMG_4002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmoU1BH8f5I/AAAAAAAAAlw/fgWVciGE6sA/s320/IMG_4002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362121207405379474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;This is the dish that won&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmoU0gbpSCI/AAAAAAAAAlY/OPRvjvJakpc/s1600-h/IMG_3993.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmoU01i-BuI/AAAAAAAAAlo/UctaZwfZYRE/s1600-h/IMG_4001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmoU01i-BuI/AAAAAAAAAlo/UctaZwfZYRE/s320/IMG_4001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362121204297500386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is the winner Ana&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmolMmDN_hI/AAAAAAAAAmI/4y0g0fmlDLw/s1600-h/IMG_3994.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmolMmDN_hI/AAAAAAAAAmI/4y0g0fmlDLw/s320/IMG_3994.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362139204640701970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmoU082lVHI/AAAAAAAAAlg/hjd2XJN-6Ig/s1600-h/IMG_3999.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This was the second place winner and her presentation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmonEcs066I/AAAAAAAAAmw/Kxv_tIfIKqM/s1600-h/IMG_3984.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmonEcs066I/AAAAAAAAAmw/Kxv_tIfIKqM/s320/IMG_3984.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362141263715167138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Smolu7VF3OI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/yNAHJsr0lMM/s1600-h/IMG_3984.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmomBhEQvFI/AAAAAAAAAmg/2pyMD-LFUfQ/s1600-h/IMG_3999.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmomBhEQvFI/AAAAAAAAAmg/2pyMD-LFUfQ/s320/IMG_3999.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362140113835965522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5181988395352947293?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5181988395352947293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5181988395352947293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5181988395352947293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5181988395352947293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/07/and-winner-is.html' title='And the winner is. . .'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmoU1BH8f5I/AAAAAAAAAlw/fgWVciGE6sA/s72-c/IMG_4002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4638249115662604360</id><published>2009-07-23T17:14:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T17:18:51.209-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Orchids</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After taking a month off I thought I would start up again with photos of some of Annie's many Orchids.  Don't ask the names just enjoy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhYG-BAnI/AAAAAAAAAlI/tjG_CY_dj9c/s1600-h/IMG_3945.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhYG-BAnI/AAAAAAAAAlI/tjG_CY_dj9c/s320/IMG_3945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361783160688411250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhX1FZaRI/AAAAAAAAAlA/o-sqgzZX4-s/s1600-h/IMG_3977.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhX1FZaRI/AAAAAAAAAlA/o-sqgzZX4-s/s320/IMG_3977.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361783155887532306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhXm_LtmI/AAAAAAAAAk4/xdGgWv421oI/s1600-h/IMG_2971.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhXm_LtmI/AAAAAAAAAk4/xdGgWv421oI/s320/IMG_2971.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361783152103372386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhXDztjgI/AAAAAAAAAkw/qqJVwlDEMHY/s1600-h/IMG_1856.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhXDztjgI/AAAAAAAAAkw/qqJVwlDEMHY/s320/IMG_1856.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361783142660017666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4638249115662604360?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4638249115662604360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4638249115662604360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4638249115662604360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4638249115662604360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/07/orchids.html' title='Orchids'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SmjhYG-BAnI/AAAAAAAAAlI/tjG_CY_dj9c/s72-c/IMG_3945.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-909838878159023585</id><published>2009-06-15T21:37:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T21:48:38.558-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On our way to Denver</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH-mnAS6I/AAAAAAAAAko/i0E04fuUYz4/s1600-h/IMG_3652.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH-mnAS6I/AAAAAAAAAko/i0E04fuUYz4/s320/IMG_3652.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347751854623181730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH-eHiHfI/AAAAAAAAAkg/B3Lk66ZZpzc/s1600-h/IMG_3643.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH-eHiHfI/AAAAAAAAAkg/B3Lk66ZZpzc/s320/IMG_3643.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347751852343696882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH-GA2YyI/AAAAAAAAAkY/f5zI_HMnJpA/s1600-h/IMG_3658.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH-GA2YyI/AAAAAAAAAkY/f5zI_HMnJpA/s320/IMG_3658.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347751845873214242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH937jXbI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/o4ZvP_VSQEA/s1600-h/IMG_3636.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH937jXbI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/o4ZvP_VSQEA/s320/IMG_3636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347751842092899762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're on our way to Denver from Bozeman, MT. via West Yellowstone and Yellowstone National Park.  We had a wonderful time in Bozeman visiting with our 6th grandchild. Francie is a dream.  She has the temperament of her grandfather. Never gets upset and smiles all the time.  Life is good.  The scenery getting here has been spectacular but nothing like my granddaughters beauty.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-909838878159023585?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/909838878159023585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=909838878159023585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/909838878159023585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/909838878159023585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-our-way-to-denver.html' title='On our way to Denver'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SjcH-mnAS6I/AAAAAAAAAko/i0E04fuUYz4/s72-c/IMG_3652.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-946675953946115897</id><published>2009-06-07T18:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T18:08:19.797-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a zoo!!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today we were off to the Tucson Zoo.  It's really quite a nic zoo with plenty of animals and exhibits.  Yet, it's small enough to see it all in an hour or so.  Then we went off to a Mexican restaurant for a great lunch.  We are off to Bozeman, Montana tomorrow where we'll see our new granddaughter, Francie.  Adios&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SixHktTwGYI/AAAAAAAAAkI/SglDHM6ONLQ/s1600-h/IMG_3499.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SixHktTwGYI/AAAAAAAAAkI/SglDHM6ONLQ/s320/IMG_3499.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344725553745238402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SixHkZe4XVI/AAAAAAAAAkA/DxTtzWF04Ew/s1600-h/IMG_3472.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SixHkZe4XVI/AAAAAAAAAkA/DxTtzWF04Ew/s320/IMG_3472.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344725548423208274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SixHkLj5__I/AAAAAAAAAj4/hWsz27R0H9c/s1600-h/IMG_3519.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SixHkLj5__I/AAAAAAAAAj4/hWsz27R0H9c/s320/IMG_3519.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344725544686190578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-946675953946115897?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/946675953946115897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=946675953946115897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/946675953946115897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/946675953946115897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-zoo.html' title='What a zoo!!!!!'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SixHktTwGYI/AAAAAAAAAkI/SglDHM6ONLQ/s72-c/IMG_3499.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-6695603781229298635</id><published>2009-06-07T10:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T10:34:39.861-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"We are the Champions"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Justin follows the family tradition.  Last night under the lights at McDonald Park the Grasshoppers won the Tanque Verde Little League championship 24-18.  Not quite a pitchers battle but really exciting. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sivc9AgeNgI/AAAAAAAAAjw/LlyTf8DArTk/s1600-h/IMG_3462.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sivc9AgeNgI/AAAAAAAAAjw/LlyTf8DArTk/s320/IMG_3462.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344608323471554050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sivb16R0Q7I/AAAAAAAAAjo/LACh-3UhGBM/s1600-h/IMG_3431.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sivb16R0Q7I/AAAAAAAAAjo/LACh-3UhGBM/s320/IMG_3431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344607102028759986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sivb1UFkvAI/AAAAAAAAAjg/XD-hxfzxFCA/s1600-h/IMG_3413.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sivb1UFkvAI/AAAAAAAAAjg/XD-hxfzxFCA/s320/IMG_3413.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344607091776863234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-6695603781229298635?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/6695603781229298635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=6695603781229298635' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6695603781229298635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6695603781229298635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-are-champions.html' title='&quot;We are the Champions&quot;'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sivc9AgeNgI/AAAAAAAAAjw/LlyTf8DArTk/s72-c/IMG_3462.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2808991320722079364</id><published>2009-06-02T21:09:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T21:15:48.124-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You know you are in the U.S. when. . .</title><content type='html'>We flew to Tucson, AZ. this past Sunday.  We are here enjoying our son, his wife and our 3 grandchildren.  We went and saw Disney's "UP" in 3D on Monday afternoon.  To set the tone, Annie and I went to see Angels and Demons in Panama City before we left for the States.  It was $2 each and $1.50 for popcorn and a soda.  In Tucson we purchased 2 senior tickets and 2 children's tickets, a water and 3 medium sodas, 3 medium popcorn and a pretzel w/ cheese dish.  Ready????????    $62.50.  And that was matinee prices.  YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2808991320722079364?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2808991320722079364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2808991320722079364' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2808991320722079364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2808991320722079364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/06/you-know-you-are-in-us-when.html' title='You know you are in the U.S. when. . .'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-368647276793716701</id><published>2009-04-22T12:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T12:48:19.279-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Time has come and gone</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My high school buddy, Jeff, has come and gone.  He came down to visit and see Panama for a second time.  He was here when he was 3-5 years old.  That was a few years ago.  After staying on the farm here in Boquete, we ventured to the Azuero peninsula for some exploring.  I've been here 9 years and haven't been there before.  It took us 5 days to get to Panama City.  These photos are taken on the southern most shore of the peninsula, Playa Venao or Playa Venado.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XHI1fpvI/AAAAAAAAAjY/q0pp96vGE8I/s1600-h/IMG_3094.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XHI1fpvI/AAAAAAAAAjY/q0pp96vGE8I/s320/IMG_3094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327572664345143026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XG9Ml7PI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/R8pVjN0LptM/s1600-h/IMG_3168.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XG9Ml7PI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/R8pVjN0LptM/s320/IMG_3168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327572661220797682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XGjzH91I/AAAAAAAAAjI/YDkPTsVRZlI/s1600-h/IMG_3122.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XGjzH91I/AAAAAAAAAjI/YDkPTsVRZlI/s320/IMG_3122.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327572654403090258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XGb54cxI/AAAAAAAAAjA/Gp_uB0WgPHU/s1600-h/IMG_3082.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XGb54cxI/AAAAAAAAAjA/Gp_uB0WgPHU/s320/IMG_3082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327572652283949842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Cheers to a great visit and a great friend.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-368647276793716701?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/368647276793716701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=368647276793716701' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/368647276793716701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/368647276793716701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/04/time-has-come-and-gone.html' title='Time has come and gone'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Se9XHI1fpvI/AAAAAAAAAjY/q0pp96vGE8I/s72-c/IMG_3094.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-3102624639318520207</id><published>2009-04-09T07:00:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T07:10:12.814-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We had visitors</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We had an eventful day yesterday.  A snake and a weird rodent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sd3kmoWzz9I/AAAAAAAAAiY/qByFXLKoFTs/s1600-h/IMG_3047.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sd3kmoWzz9I/AAAAAAAAAiY/qByFXLKoFTs/s320/IMG_3047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322661686941044690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;                    Niko caught a boa.  No , he's not a terroist.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sd3kmDM0o2I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/0oOIjYd2hyo/s1600-h/IMG_3060.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sd3kmDM0o2I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/0oOIjYd2hyo/s320/IMG_3060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322661676967043938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What the heck is this thing?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sd3kmNEFdvI/AAAAAAAAAiI/_jQxA_cTH-Y/s1600-h/IMG_3067.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sd3kmNEFdvI/AAAAAAAAAiI/_jQxA_cTH-Y/s320/IMG_3067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322661679614752498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It ran pretty fast&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-3102624639318520207?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/3102624639318520207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=3102624639318520207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3102624639318520207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3102624639318520207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-had-visitors.html' title='We had visitors'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/Sd3kmoWzz9I/AAAAAAAAAiY/qByFXLKoFTs/s72-c/IMG_3047.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-6188963954184717290</id><published>2009-03-31T19:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T19:10:30.811-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What is going on?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SdKwVKtICBI/AAAAAAAAAhk/peDug-edx8A/s1600-h/IMG_2955.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SdKwVKtICBI/AAAAAAAAAhk/peDug-edx8A/s320/IMG_2955.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319507987575343122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;What is going on?  We haven't had a dry season yet and this has been our view for the last 2 nights.  My buddy from Denver is headed here next week.  I didn't tell him to bring rain gear.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-6188963954184717290?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/6188963954184717290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=6188963954184717290' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6188963954184717290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6188963954184717290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-is-going-on.html' title='What is going on?'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SdKwVKtICBI/AAAAAAAAAhk/peDug-edx8A/s72-c/IMG_2955.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4057519638728142629</id><published>2009-03-25T14:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:32:48.930-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Look what Manuel found</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ScqGMZjG02I/AAAAAAAAAhc/n3sWdlrTxjk/s1600-h/IMG_2923.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ScqGMZjG02I/AAAAAAAAAhc/n3sWdlrTxjk/s320/IMG_2923.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317209857638978402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ScqGMCpTMvI/AAAAAAAAAhU/rdt7PymUZTE/s1600-h/IMG_2922.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ScqGMCpTMvI/AAAAAAAAAhU/rdt7PymUZTE/s1600-h/IMG_2922.JPG"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ScqGMCpTMvI/AAAAAAAAAhU/rdt7PymUZTE/s1600-h/IMG_2922.JPG"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;Manuel was pruning the coffee plants and came across a hummingbirds nest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ScqGMCpTMvI/AAAAAAAAAhU/rdt7PymUZTE/s320/IMG_2922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317209851490939634" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Notice the moss on the side.  They pick it off the other trees and stick it on the outside of the nest to hold it in place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4057519638728142629?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4057519638728142629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4057519638728142629' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4057519638728142629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4057519638728142629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/03/look-what-manuel-found.html' title='Look what Manuel found'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ScqGMZjG02I/AAAAAAAAAhc/n3sWdlrTxjk/s72-c/IMG_2923.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5083784967129792370</id><published>2009-03-08T09:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T09:09:58.036-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A double</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;We have had very unusual weather this year.  The winds have been unrelenting and the rains are still around.  We had a double rainbow yesterday.  They are not that uncommon here.  I saw a triple rainbow a few years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SbPRL6t336I/AAAAAAAAAhM/7OTWjaFOZaY/s1600-h/IMG_2888.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SbPRL6t336I/AAAAAAAAAhM/7OTWjaFOZaY/s320/IMG_2888.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310818388270374818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5083784967129792370?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5083784967129792370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5083784967129792370' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5083784967129792370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5083784967129792370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/03/double.html' title='A double'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SbPRL6t336I/AAAAAAAAAhM/7OTWjaFOZaY/s72-c/IMG_2888.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-9034563549182895221</id><published>2009-02-27T19:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T20:04:09.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A sad day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Our daughter and grandchildren left Panama.  These are some shots in and around the city.  We had the best time with the kids.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMoR6w4hI/AAAAAAAAAhE/OBGOkEFv1UA/s1600-h/IMG_2668.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMoR6w4hI/AAAAAAAAAhE/OBGOkEFv1UA/s320/IMG_2668.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307646784488661522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Effie and Fischer at the helm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMoYPlLsI/AAAAAAAAAg8/VaDxn7GNUh0/s1600-h/IMG_2689.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMoYPlLsI/AAAAAAAAAg8/VaDxn7GNUh0/s320/IMG_2689.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307646786186587842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;An area in Casco Viejo.  The old city of Panama.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMn6bFtXI/AAAAAAAAAg0/S9dYKXMoLiQ/s1600-h/IMG_2760.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMn6bFtXI/AAAAAAAAAg0/S9dYKXMoLiQ/s320/IMG_2760.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307646778181793138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Panama City skyline.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMnkd9RmI/AAAAAAAAAgs/zk1Kh_8OYdo/s1600-h/IMG_2722.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMnkd9RmI/AAAAAAAAAgs/zk1Kh_8OYdo/s320/IMG_2722.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307646772288243298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-9034563549182895221?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/9034563549182895221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=9034563549182895221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/9034563549182895221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/9034563549182895221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/sad-day.html' title='A sad day'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaiMoR6w4hI/AAAAAAAAAhE/OBGOkEFv1UA/s72-c/IMG_2668.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-3398914799081143365</id><published>2009-02-23T17:43:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T17:51:46.854-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A day of nutt'n</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Our last day in Boquete started off misting, blowing and at times raining.  So we had a leisure day on the farm.  A little breakfast, a trip downtown for some last minute shopping and some good old downtime.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnfHirX3I/AAAAAAAAAgk/UxPgzBw3tm0/s1600-h/IMG_2639.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnfHirX3I/AAAAAAAAAgk/UxPgzBw3tm0/s320/IMG_2639.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306128201526501234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnew91g_I/AAAAAAAAAgc/PwW9gXorqq4/s1600-h/IMG_2623.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnew91g_I/AAAAAAAAAgc/PwW9gXorqq4/s320/IMG_2623.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306128195466396658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnejNsMLI/AAAAAAAAAgU/Oib-g1QKiRg/s1600-h/IMG_2635.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnejNsMLI/AAAAAAAAAgU/Oib-g1QKiRg/s320/IMG_2635.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306128191774798002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnd8UtvgI/AAAAAAAAAgM/HXZ393sMR_g/s1600-h/IMG_2619.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnd8UtvgI/AAAAAAAAAgM/HXZ393sMR_g/s320/IMG_2619.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306128181335277058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-3398914799081143365?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/3398914799081143365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=3398914799081143365' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3398914799081143365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3398914799081143365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/day-of-nuttn.html' title='A day of nutt&apos;n'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaMnfHirX3I/AAAAAAAAAgk/UxPgzBw3tm0/s72-c/IMG_2639.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8680774172889559927</id><published>2009-02-22T18:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T19:08:32.722-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A tough day of hula-hoop</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;After a tough hula-hoop competition, the kids had to retire to the hot tub.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHokjr_09I/AAAAAAAAAf8/Ltmg_hP9nnk/s1600-h/IMG_2459.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHokjr_09I/AAAAAAAAAf8/Ltmg_hP9nnk/s320/IMG_2459.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305777550771868626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHokYlm-xI/AAAAAAAAAf0/lyGhcm9UuaA/s1600-h/IMG_2480.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHokgdg9mI/AAAAAAAAAgE/1SJhcCYScdU/s1600-h/IMG_2442.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHokgdg9mI/AAAAAAAAAgE/1SJhcCYScdU/s320/IMG_2442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305777549905819234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8680774172889559927?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8680774172889559927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8680774172889559927' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8680774172889559927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8680774172889559927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/tough-day-of-hula-hoop.html' title='A tough day of hula-hoop'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHokjr_09I/AAAAAAAAAf8/Ltmg_hP9nnk/s72-c/IMG_2459.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1809065718270884387</id><published>2009-02-22T18:08:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T18:16:43.808-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A day of relaxation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Today we went to a local river and had a great time in the water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The temp. was a lot warmer here than back in Boquete.  This is part of carnival week so the music was blaring and there were lots of people.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHcHQ3X_ZI/AAAAAAAAAfs/Q81b4l9lLFc/s1600-h/P2220128.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHcHQ3X_ZI/AAAAAAAAAfs/Q81b4l9lLFc/s320/P2220128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305763853363576210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHcHBJ0KNI/AAAAAAAAAfk/Eicu3cVtgMQ/s1600-h/P2220131.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHcHBJ0KNI/AAAAAAAAAfk/Eicu3cVtgMQ/s320/P2220131.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305763849145952466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHcGqmiI1I/AAAAAAAAAfc/hJoY9bqBsRY/s1600-h/P2220125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHcGqmiI1I/AAAAAAAAAfc/hJoY9bqBsRY/s320/P2220125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305763843092390738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1809065718270884387?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1809065718270884387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1809065718270884387' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1809065718270884387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1809065718270884387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/day-of-relaxation.html' title='A day of relaxation'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SaHcHQ3X_ZI/AAAAAAAAAfs/Q81b4l9lLFc/s72-c/P2220128.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2614204211603194904</id><published>2009-02-20T15:51:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T16:17:17.099-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Going to the birds</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Today was a visit to Paradise Gardens which is just down the street from us.  It's a refuge for injured animals as well as a private collection of exotic bird.  A baby anteater, sloths, large cats and many different birds were displayed in a natural garden setting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aF0fom1I/AAAAAAAAAfU/5buSsEd12KY/s1600-h/IMG_2177.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aF0fom1I/AAAAAAAAAfU/5buSsEd12KY/s320/IMG_2177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304987573358730066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aF_fhmII/AAAAAAAAAfM/wfqu7RjAjjQ/s1600-h/IMG_2296.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aF_fhmII/AAAAAAAAAfM/wfqu7RjAjjQ/s320/IMG_2296.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304987576311060610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aFhUA3FI/AAAAAAAAAfE/P0N0gMuOR4c/s1600-h/IMG_2319.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aFhUA3FI/AAAAAAAAAfE/P0N0gMuOR4c/s320/IMG_2319.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304987568209714258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aFcjHS4I/AAAAAAAAAe8/N6D5Udv4yCY/s1600-h/IMG_2314.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aFcjHS4I/AAAAAAAAAe8/N6D5Udv4yCY/s320/IMG_2314.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304987566930873218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aFPyVrtI/AAAAAAAAAe0/Je1pSKpxMgY/s1600-h/IMG_2308.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aFPyVrtI/AAAAAAAAAe0/Je1pSKpxMgY/s320/IMG_2308.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304987563505069778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2614204211603194904?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2614204211603194904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2614204211603194904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2614204211603194904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2614204211603194904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/going-to-birds.html' title='Going to the birds'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8aF0fom1I/AAAAAAAAAfU/5buSsEd12KY/s72-c/IMG_2177.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-892484857127718695</id><published>2009-02-20T15:28:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T17:04:25.967-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a bird, no it's a plane. . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We spent the morning at the Boquete Tree Trek.  It's a canopy tour with 14 stations.  Annie, Jess, Effie &amp;amp; Fischer had a memorable time.  It was awesome.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8qydLGI/AAAAAAAAAes/xc4dY2lE4Bs/s1600-h/IMG_2409.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8qydLGI/AAAAAAAAAes/xc4dY2lE4Bs/s320/IMG_2409.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304983018087984226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8X25iVI/AAAAAAAAAek/oIvoSNNi5UM/s1600-h/IMG_2404.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8X25iVI/AAAAAAAAAek/oIvoSNNi5UM/s320/IMG_2404.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304983013006346578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8anoSaI/AAAAAAAAAec/4yTL6wmmlkk/s1600-h/IMG_2415.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8anoSaI/AAAAAAAAAec/4yTL6wmmlkk/s320/IMG_2415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304983013747607970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8NWEYzI/AAAAAAAAAeU/IRqJpW_JyIQ/s1600-h/IMG_2358.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8NWEYzI/AAAAAAAAAeU/IRqJpW_JyIQ/s320/IMG_2358.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304983010184291122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V7wFFBlI/AAAAAAAAAeM/qTm7eiP8LgM/s1600-h/IMG_2434.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V7wFFBlI/AAAAAAAAAeM/qTm7eiP8LgM/s320/IMG_2434.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304983002328401490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-892484857127718695?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/892484857127718695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=892484857127718695' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/892484857127718695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/892484857127718695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-bird-no-its-plane.html' title='It&apos;s a bird, no it&apos;s a plane. . .'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ8V8qydLGI/AAAAAAAAAes/xc4dY2lE4Bs/s72-c/IMG_2409.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-7254741420281450840</id><published>2009-02-19T18:30:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T18:47:19.352-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A day with Chicho</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Today everyone went to see Chicho (my foster dad).  Here he is all spiffed up to see us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ3tDqdIVtI/AAAAAAAAAd0/iTDbB8fIwDE/s320/IMG_2126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304656583304173266" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;He really enjoyed see part of our family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ3tDUK4XzI/AAAAAAAAAds/FJ6cVQA8KeA/s320/IMG_2137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304656577322049330" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chicho is giving us a tour of his property and crops.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ3uqJstloI/AAAAAAAAAeE/6K0J6WKYoOc/s320/IMG_2107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304658344037684866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is the flower of the legume tree which he grows for food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ3tDZp1H0I/AAAAAAAAAdk/kFoVBvIKI50/s1600-h/IMG_2107.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ3tD421-DI/AAAAAAAAAd8/VPuL0RMM-FQ/s320/IMG_2129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304656587170117682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-7254741420281450840?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/7254741420281450840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=7254741420281450840' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7254741420281450840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7254741420281450840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/day-with-chicho.html' title='A day with Chicho'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZ3tDqdIVtI/AAAAAAAAAd0/iTDbB8fIwDE/s72-c/IMG_2126.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8914172479412101556</id><published>2009-02-18T18:13:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T19:01:21.213-05:00</updated><title type='text'>They're here!!!   Let the games begin!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Grannie Annie and Fischer got right into it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXfNIm1CI/AAAAAAAAAdc/sc88RsKEXpQ/s1600-h/IMG_2072.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXfNIm1CI/AAAAAAAAAdc/sc88RsKEXpQ/s320/IMG_2072.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304281023493100578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Breakfast on the porch.  Literally&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXeGoMvgI/AAAAAAAAAdU/Y4zlWdEmwsA/s1600-h/IMG_2064.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXeGoMvgI/AAAAAAAAAdU/Y4zlWdEmwsA/s320/IMG_2064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304281004566691330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXdxoDldI/AAAAAAAAAdM/0olFGs-S8bo/s1600-h/IMG_2074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXdxoDldI/AAAAAAAAAdM/0olFGs-S8bo/s320/IMG_2074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304280998928946642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Annie and I with Effie &amp;amp; Fischer in front of Volcan Baru&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXdkwD6jI/AAAAAAAAAdE/dBlC__AKLZk/s1600-h/IMG_2094.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXdkwD6jI/AAAAAAAAAdE/dBlC__AKLZk/s320/IMG_2094.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304280995472861746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8914172479412101556?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8914172479412101556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8914172479412101556' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8914172479412101556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8914172479412101556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/theyre-here-let-games-begin.html' title='They&apos;re here!!!   Let the games begin!'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SZyXfNIm1CI/AAAAAAAAAdc/sc88RsKEXpQ/s72-c/IMG_2072.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4482797274537957390</id><published>2009-02-05T19:44:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T19:52:48.639-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Snow White</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I'm in Acton, Ma. finishing up some business.  Why am I here?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I landed in Boston in a snow storm and it hasn't been above 20 degrees since I've been here.  I'm off to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Barrington&lt;/span&gt; R.I. tomorrow to visit with my daughter Jess and her family.  It's supposed to be in the 40's this weekend.  She and our 2 grandchildren are coming with me back to Panama for a little visit.    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SYuIjCy5djI/AAAAAAAAAcg/jtuQfQ1hDv8/s1600-h/IMG_0001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SYuIjCy5djI/AAAAAAAAAcg/jtuQfQ1hDv8/s320/IMG_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299479522158671410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SYuIixC-qiI/AAAAAAAAAcY/ocH17f0SjoM/s1600-h/IMG_0003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SYuIixC-qiI/AAAAAAAAAcY/ocH17f0SjoM/s320/IMG_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299479517394283042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4482797274537957390?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4482797274537957390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4482797274537957390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4482797274537957390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4482797274537957390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/02/snow-white.html' title='Snow White'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SYuIjCy5djI/AAAAAAAAAcg/jtuQfQ1hDv8/s72-c/IMG_0001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4670870299713683976</id><published>2009-01-24T17:08:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T19:44:02.241-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chicho's home</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hesitate to show these photos.  When I go to Chicho's with his supplies, he always greets me with a big loud "Mickey".  In spanish, Mike, is pronounced Mickey.  I always want to know how he is doing and I always get a "regular" out of him.  It doesn't show very well but it's a dirt floor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSVHSN4kI/AAAAAAAAAb0/WEsqyT9oqmc/s1600-h/IMG_1936.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSVHSN4kI/AAAAAAAAAb0/WEsqyT9oqmc/s320/IMG_1936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294986678334513730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSUw0UccI/AAAAAAAAAbs/tq7435klhxo/s1600-h/IMG_1916.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSUw0UccI/AAAAAAAAAbs/tq7435klhxo/s320/IMG_1916.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294986672303534530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSU7Io4JI/AAAAAAAAAbk/nEGiw_aIOLk/s1600-h/IMG_1921.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSU7Io4JI/AAAAAAAAAbk/nEGiw_aIOLk/s320/IMG_1921.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294986675073114258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSUSr-9ZI/AAAAAAAAAbc/sG8-MmH5cW8/s1600-h/IMG_1928.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSUSr-9ZI/AAAAAAAAAbc/sG8-MmH5cW8/s320/IMG_1928.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294986664215508370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSUI8g51I/AAAAAAAAAbU/13F_5B2svy4/s1600-h/IMG_1917.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSUI8g51I/AAAAAAAAAbU/13F_5B2svy4/s320/IMG_1917.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294986661600487250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4670870299713683976?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4670870299713683976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4670870299713683976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4670870299713683976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4670870299713683976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/chichos-home.html' title='Chicho&apos;s home'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuSVHSN4kI/AAAAAAAAAb0/WEsqyT9oqmc/s72-c/IMG_1936.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2556163577957326348</id><published>2009-01-24T16:45:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T17:05:27.716-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And another special day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For those who don't know my step-dad, Chicho, this is him.  I deliver food to Chicho twice a month.  He lives up in the mountains, up a step, rocky trail then levels out to a nice meadow.  Anyway, Chicho hasn't been home the last 2 trips I've made.  So today I was going to drive up to his house again to check on him.  As I'm driving up the Volcancito road, there, standing in a driveway was Chicho.  What a great relief.  It turned out to be where his daughter lives.  Typical Panamanian ways, I was invited into their humble home to sit down and meet the family.  It really makes you feel good to be invited in. So I offered to take him home but only if I could bring him to our farm for a cup of coffee and a little tour.  At times like this I really wish I was more fluent in Spanish.  But somehow we communicate.  So this was my special day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuNcd59RYI/AAAAAAAAAbE/m92zBBV0ZcU/s1600-h/IMG_2001.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuNcd59RYI/AAAAAAAAAbE/m92zBBV0ZcU/s320/IMG_2001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294981307107722626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuNcIOM4zI/AAAAAAAAAa8/3spiWwPxXDE/s1600-h/IMG_2002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuNcIOM4zI/AAAAAAAAAa8/3spiWwPxXDE/s320/IMG_2002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294981301287052082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuQEGlUJtI/AAAAAAAAAbM/wMAvymEADtk/s1600-h/IMG_1999.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuQEGlUJtI/AAAAAAAAAbM/wMAvymEADtk/s320/IMG_1999.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294984187065149138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuNbgEywlI/AAAAAAAAAas/BwfZEHMzOvo/s1600-h/IMG_1997.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuNbgEywlI/AAAAAAAAAas/BwfZEHMzOvo/s320/IMG_1997.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294981290510172754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2556163577957326348?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2556163577957326348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2556163577957326348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2556163577957326348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2556163577957326348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/and-another-special-day.html' title='And another special day'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXuNcd59RYI/AAAAAAAAAbE/m92zBBV0ZcU/s72-c/IMG_2001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-7205850975727663318</id><published>2009-01-20T16:11:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T16:23:15.138-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We had a nice visit today</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Today we had a nice visit from our good friends Jim &amp;amp; Cindy and their good friends from Missoula, MT., Bob &amp;amp; Connie.  They wanted to get a look at Annie's Orchids.  She's getting a reputation now.  This is a sample of what they saw.  Enjoy!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-qZu9I8I/AAAAAAAAAac/Hr6AUriiF4k/s1600-h/IMG_1901.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-qZu9I8I/AAAAAAAAAac/Hr6AUriiF4k/s320/IMG_1901.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293487310203855810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-qHM8y-I/AAAAAAAAAaU/TkUb7CxG2wE/s1600-h/IMG_1883.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-qHM8y-I/AAAAAAAAAaU/TkUb7CxG2wE/s320/IMG_1883.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293487305229388770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-p9W1mGI/AAAAAAAAAaM/1qfpIiL6Gsk/s1600-h/IMG_1857.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 296px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-p9W1mGI/AAAAAAAAAaM/1qfpIiL6Gsk/s320/IMG_1857.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293487302586505314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-ppV9L7I/AAAAAAAAAaE/asN5WI-2aw0/s1600-h/IMG_1907.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-ppV9L7I/AAAAAAAAAaE/asN5WI-2aw0/s320/IMG_1907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293487297214099378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-pBOewfI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/kCRB-ztKung/s1600-h/IMG_1898.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-pBOewfI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/kCRB-ztKung/s320/IMG_1898.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293487286445326834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-7205850975727663318?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/7205850975727663318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=7205850975727663318' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7205850975727663318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7205850975727663318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/we-had-visit-today.html' title='We had a nice visit today'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXY-qZu9I8I/AAAAAAAAAac/Hr6AUriiF4k/s72-c/IMG_1901.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4166209875894650582</id><published>2009-01-19T18:15:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T14:13:43.499-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A home in El Banco</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A couple of days ago a small group of Rotary members, spouses and friends, went to visit a home that had a grandmother (83) the mother and her disabled daughter living together in their home. It was a 2 fold trip.  The most important was to assess the needs of the family.  The daughter has to be carried down a fairly step pathway to the outhouse.  Also, there are no areas that the daughter can get outside and use her modest wheelchair. The ground is years of rutted clay.  There are no men living with the family.  Not great conditions.  It was decided to cement walkways and a patio so that she can become a little more mobile.  The second purpose was to show some of our new members what we do for projects and assistance.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKlzFeVnI/AAAAAAAAAZU/qfBPRu6sU1s/s1600-h/IMG_1822.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKlzFeVnI/AAAAAAAAAZU/qfBPRu6sU1s/s320/IMG_1822.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293148581528491634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The photo above is their washing machine.  Notice the spigot at the top of the pole&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKlicXeqI/AAAAAAAAAZM/YqR0rx4JXG0/s1600-h/IMG_1810.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKlicXeqI/AAAAAAAAAZM/YqR0rx4JXG0/s320/IMG_1810.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293148577061108386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They do cook with propane but this ??? is the preferred way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUPMrd1jZI/AAAAAAAAAZk/2aqOPQ3SqoE/s320/IMG_1814.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293153647544602002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is the grandmother and the daughter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKmL3GXVI/AAAAAAAAAZc/AYCslJQ0WGs/s1600-h/IMG_1823.JPG"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKmL3GXVI/AAAAAAAAAZc/AYCslJQ0WGs/s1600-h/IMG_1823.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKmL3GXVI/AAAAAAAAAZc/AYCslJQ0WGs/s320/IMG_1823.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293148588179086674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;This is one of Rotarys wheelchairs.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4166209875894650582?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4166209875894650582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4166209875894650582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4166209875894650582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4166209875894650582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/home-in-el-banco.html' title='A home in El Banco'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXUKlzFeVnI/AAAAAAAAAZU/qfBPRu6sU1s/s72-c/IMG_1822.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8869511037701133652</id><published>2009-01-18T16:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T16:18:13.880-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting ready</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;These are exciting times.  Our daughter Jess &amp;amp; our 2 grandchildren, Effie &amp;amp; Fischer are coming back with me to Panama.  Sooo, it's work time to neaten up our finca.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZrJr3LeI/AAAAAAAAAY8/fyihHtBkXZg/s1600-h/IMG_1784.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZrJr3LeI/AAAAAAAAAY8/fyihHtBkXZg/s320/IMG_1784.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292742953703779810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZqccsjiI/AAAAAAAAAY0/mtcn9Oz0e-s/s1600-h/IMG_1786.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZqccsjiI/AAAAAAAAAY0/mtcn9Oz0e-s/s320/IMG_1786.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292742941560573474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZpvolT1I/AAAAAAAAAYs/5WqqjweP76I/s1600-h/IMG_1791.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZpvolT1I/AAAAAAAAAYs/5WqqjweP76I/s320/IMG_1791.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292742929530834770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZpGUfsCI/AAAAAAAAAYk/-uQX26eycJg/s1600-h/IMG_1798.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZpGUfsCI/AAAAAAAAAYk/-uQX26eycJg/s320/IMG_1798.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292742918440726562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8869511037701133652?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8869511037701133652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8869511037701133652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8869511037701133652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8869511037701133652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/getting-ready.html' title='Getting ready'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SXOZrJr3LeI/AAAAAAAAAY8/fyihHtBkXZg/s72-c/IMG_1784.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-3447045471896730146</id><published>2009-01-14T15:43:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T15:46:20.964-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Cow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;WOW!!!  Look at the size of this Hibiscus bloom.  And they are all over the farm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SW5OwTyPCyI/AAAAAAAAAYc/-RyxXFJXsuE/s1600-h/IMG_1789.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SW5OwTyPCyI/AAAAAAAAAYc/-RyxXFJXsuE/s320/IMG_1789.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291253204058573602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-3447045471896730146?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/3447045471896730146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=3447045471896730146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3447045471896730146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3447045471896730146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/holy-cow.html' title='Holy Cow'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SW5OwTyPCyI/AAAAAAAAAYc/-RyxXFJXsuE/s72-c/IMG_1789.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1427299579565107076</id><published>2009-01-11T18:58:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T19:25:44.176-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A day with the kids</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today was another special day.  Annie and I and a couple of fellow Rotarians spent time at Casa Esperanza which is a school for children of the farm workers.  Games, balloons and soccer along with lunch was provided.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM5CGzUBI/AAAAAAAAAYU/YzQJWRnqrKQ/s1600-h/IMG_1743.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM5CGzUBI/AAAAAAAAAYU/YzQJWRnqrKQ/s320/IMG_1743.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195623745900562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM4l9iYqI/AAAAAAAAAYM/5HRIfHb94s8/s1600-h/IMG_1778.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM4l9iYqI/AAAAAAAAAYM/5HRIfHb94s8/s320/IMG_1778.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195616190849698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM4JuvkvI/AAAAAAAAAYE/rQP1yZjPTOk/s1600-h/IMG_1670.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM4JuvkvI/AAAAAAAAAYE/rQP1yZjPTOk/s320/IMG_1670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195608612606706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM3y93jHI/AAAAAAAAAX8/2tqGDQ1nxW0/s1600-h/IMG_1647.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM3y93jHI/AAAAAAAAAX8/2tqGDQ1nxW0/s320/IMG_1647.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195602502028402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM3kKGd4I/AAAAAAAAAX0/Cu68-xU9gc8/s1600-h/IMG_1655.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM3kKGd4I/AAAAAAAAAX0/Cu68-xU9gc8/s320/IMG_1655.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195598526805890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1427299579565107076?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1427299579565107076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1427299579565107076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1427299579565107076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1427299579565107076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-with-kids.html' title='A day with the kids'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWqM5CGzUBI/AAAAAAAAAYU/YzQJWRnqrKQ/s72-c/IMG_1743.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8175806560127481547</id><published>2009-01-10T16:28:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T19:26:59.566-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Our new trailer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Niko, on the tractor, asked for a trailer to haul the coffee up the hill.  This is the result.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWkTSMOHJaI/AAAAAAAAAXk/erEjViKO-G0/s1600-h/IMG_1548.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWkURj_ogiI/AAAAAAAAAXs/EeKGyLxjflI/s1600-h/IMG_1549.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWkURj_ogiI/AAAAAAAAAXs/EeKGyLxjflI/s320/IMG_1549.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289781529275826722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is what he got.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8175806560127481547?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8175806560127481547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8175806560127481547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8175806560127481547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8175806560127481547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/our-new-trailor.html' title='Our new trailer'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWkURj_ogiI/AAAAAAAAAXs/EeKGyLxjflI/s72-c/IMG_1549.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2313726578779644157</id><published>2009-01-09T15:50:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T15:59:13.100-05:00</updated><title type='text'>2 for 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Today you get 2 thoughts.  1st is this beautiful rainbow that I just took from our porch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWe6FebyMzI/AAAAAAAAAXc/J_u_IVBgXZc/s1600-h/IMG_1603.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWe6FebyMzI/AAAAAAAAAXc/J_u_IVBgXZc/s320/IMG_1603.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289400890601648946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;2nd is this photo of our wonderful Christmas tree that was decorated and presented to us just before the holidays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWe6FPNgQII/AAAAAAAAAXU/V192w6R-gwc/s1600-h/IMG_1600.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWe6FPNgQII/AAAAAAAAAXU/V192w6R-gwc/s320/IMG_1600.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289400886515220610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2313726578779644157?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2313726578779644157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2313726578779644157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2313726578779644157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2313726578779644157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/2-for-1.html' title='2 for 1'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWe6FebyMzI/AAAAAAAAAXc/J_u_IVBgXZc/s72-c/IMG_1603.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4776544540314053686</id><published>2009-01-08T16:46:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T16:54:03.415-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Coffee Harvest</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Here's part of our staff.  Sylvia, the Jefe, is on the right.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1EToqrvI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ThOxUBjTcR8/s1600-h/IMG_1599.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1EToqrvI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ThOxUBjTcR8/s320/IMG_1599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289043529243995890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a photo of how we measure the quantity so we can pay the workers.  One tank full earns them $1.75.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1D9MvwqI/AAAAAAAAAXE/clzSa2XUMj8/s1600-h/IMG_1588.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1D9MvwqI/AAAAAAAAAXE/clzSa2XUMj8/s320/IMG_1588.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289043523221308066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1DYBzzCI/AAAAAAAAAW8/aWc-yqmaqEg/s1600-h/IMG_1562.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1DYBzzCI/AAAAAAAAAW8/aWc-yqmaqEg/s320/IMG_1562.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289043513243323426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1DDdm4WI/AAAAAAAAAW0/mAWlQ7_Ooy8/s1600-h/IMG_1544.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1DDdm4WI/AAAAAAAAAW0/mAWlQ7_Ooy8/s320/IMG_1544.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289043507722772834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4776544540314053686?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4776544540314053686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4776544540314053686' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4776544540314053686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4776544540314053686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/coffee-harvest.html' title='Coffee Harvest'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SWZ1EToqrvI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ThOxUBjTcR8/s72-c/IMG_1599.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8054032922923021465</id><published>2009-01-01T13:13:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T13:25:29.765-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another day for the birds</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are having absolutely beautiful weather now.   We have no workers for 4 days.  What a holiday. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0IoRNt4YI/AAAAAAAAAWk/REeyjHq-N7I/s1600-h/IMG_1531.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0IoRNt4YI/AAAAAAAAAWk/REeyjHq-N7I/s320/IMG_1531.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286391025511555458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The view looking towards the Pacific on a spectacular day.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A sequence of how a hummingbird gets its food.  If you follow the photos, the 2nd one shows a little of its tongue as it goes back into its beak.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0KYqQAopI/AAAAAAAAAWs/siRPYL435RY/s1600-h/IMG_1512.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0KYqQAopI/AAAAAAAAAWs/siRPYL435RY/s320/IMG_1512.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286392956377408146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0InSX4AiI/AAAAAAAAAWU/5YzkiR0PgVQ/s1600-h/IMG_1513.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0InSX4AiI/AAAAAAAAAWU/5YzkiR0PgVQ/s320/IMG_1513.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286391008642728482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0InOOrvLI/AAAAAAAAAWM/jAe_XgodDxM/s1600-h/IMG_1512.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0IoAE-_WI/AAAAAAAAAWc/vziSVwpqAaA/s1600-h/IMG_1514.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0IoAE-_WI/AAAAAAAAAWc/vziSVwpqAaA/s320/IMG_1514.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286391020911525218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8054032922923021465?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8054032922923021465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8054032922923021465' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8054032922923021465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8054032922923021465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-day-for-birds.html' title='Another day for the birds'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SV0IoRNt4YI/AAAAAAAAAWk/REeyjHq-N7I/s72-c/IMG_1531.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1272801976952106490</id><published>2008-12-31T16:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-31T16:33:56.605-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A perfect day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today was a great day.  The weather has been perfect since we got back.  The temps. in the high 60's - mid 70's.  I wanted to take Chicho (my dad) something for New Years.  When I was at his house last week I noticed a couple of empty pints of Gin on the floor.  So, I brought him a bottle of Gin along with some snacks and bread.  I think he was happy.  It made my day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjctsu3wI/AAAAAAAAAWE/_ndqSRgJdPw/s1600-h/IMG_1520.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjctsu3wI/AAAAAAAAAWE/_ndqSRgJdPw/s320/IMG_1520.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286068670092467970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        This is the view of the Volcano from Chicho's front yard.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjcd4J0XI/AAAAAAAAAV8/jzghx-ATf1k/s1600-h/IMG_1518.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjcd4J0XI/AAAAAAAAAV8/jzghx-ATf1k/s320/IMG_1518.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286068665845404018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                            This is his front yard and house.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjcKEb5fI/AAAAAAAAAV0/vHnjLO597CU/s1600-h/IMG_1526.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjcKEb5fI/AAAAAAAAAV0/vHnjLO597CU/s320/IMG_1526.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286068660528211442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                 This is Chicho greeting me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjbioydyI/AAAAAAAAAVs/VFHN9-etgic/s1600-h/IMG_1525.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjbioydyI/AAAAAAAAAVs/VFHN9-etgic/s320/IMG_1525.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286068649943267106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                              This is Chicho saying goodbye.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1272801976952106490?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1272801976952106490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1272801976952106490' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1272801976952106490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1272801976952106490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/perfect-day.html' title='A perfect day'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVvjctsu3wI/AAAAAAAAAWE/_ndqSRgJdPw/s72-c/IMG_1520.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-7160944043749082150</id><published>2008-12-24T19:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T19:32:45.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;What a wonderful Christmas present.  We got back from our trip this AM and were greeted with our casita all decorated by our employees.  They didn't want us to come home to a house not decorated for the Holidays.  They scoured around the house and found the decorations and did this for us.  How 'bout that Christmas tree???   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVLTjof4dwI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KWAF0vdAYAI/s1600-h/IMG_1497.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVLTjof4dwI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KWAF0vdAYAI/s320/IMG_1497.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283517921979037442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVLTjeLprTI/AAAAAAAAAVc/Pu1ycO_r64c/s1600-h/IMG_1507.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVLTjeLprTI/AAAAAAAAAVc/Pu1ycO_r64c/s320/IMG_1507.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283517919209827634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVLTi5E60HI/AAAAAAAAAVU/q_nnzpePm_I/s1600-h/IMG_1492.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVLTi5E60HI/AAAAAAAAAVU/q_nnzpePm_I/s320/IMG_1492.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283517909249478770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-7160944043749082150?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/7160944043749082150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=7160944043749082150' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7160944043749082150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7160944043749082150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/happy-holidays.html' title='Happy Holidays'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVLTjof4dwI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KWAF0vdAYAI/s72-c/IMG_1497.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8506081052414422612</id><published>2008-12-22T18:19:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T18:24:15.641-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ipanema</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;You might recognize some of the features in the photos.  We entered Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this afternoon.  We are finally off the boat.  Annie and I are staying at a hotel on Ipanema Beach for the night then on to Panama mid day tomorrow.  Our latest journey is over.  What a trip.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAhDHcn-CI/AAAAAAAAAVM/q_W60CSshw8/s1600-h/IMG_1458.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAhDHcn-CI/AAAAAAAAAVM/q_W60CSshw8/s320/IMG_1458.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282758700328024098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAhC7AOj-I/AAAAAAAAAVE/frJCLdF63ck/s1600-h/IMG_1451.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAhC7AOj-I/AAAAAAAAAVE/frJCLdF63ck/s320/IMG_1451.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282758696987693026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAhCDdVqdI/AAAAAAAAAU8/xqgMMSCV0vg/s1600-h/IMG_1478.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAhCDdVqdI/AAAAAAAAAU8/xqgMMSCV0vg/s320/IMG_1478.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282758682077407698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8506081052414422612?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8506081052414422612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8506081052414422612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8506081052414422612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8506081052414422612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/ipanema.html' title='Ipanema'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAhDHcn-CI/AAAAAAAAAVM/q_W60CSshw8/s72-c/IMG_1458.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4881804995839891466</id><published>2008-12-22T18:12:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T18:19:41.290-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Buenos Aires</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Out of all the places we visited, Buenos Aires was at the bottom.  This really bothers me because Annie has been there twice and absolutely loves it.  We went on a tour and the first 1/2 was through all the bad areas.  Very depressing.  It was hot and not very attractive.  These pictures are of the port, Caminito (which is a dressed up tourist area) and a cemetery where we had only 15 minutes to visit because we had to wait over 20 minutes extra for 2 people who were wandering the streets in LaLa land.  I'm not into large tour groups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAfdiENl4I/AAAAAAAAAU0/OBFUA8G9B3c/s1600-h/IMG_1308.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAfdiENl4I/AAAAAAAAAU0/OBFUA8G9B3c/s320/IMG_1308.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282756955126732674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAfdMiS4DI/AAAAAAAAAUs/KfI6ww3DiYQ/s1600-h/IMG_1290.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAfdMiS4DI/AAAAAAAAAUs/KfI6ww3DiYQ/s320/IMG_1290.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282756949347328050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAfcsbZa1I/AAAAAAAAAUk/2Tj535NdxZI/s1600-h/IMG_1230.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAfcsbZa1I/AAAAAAAAAUk/2Tj535NdxZI/s320/IMG_1230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282756940728462162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4881804995839891466?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4881804995839891466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4881804995839891466' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4881804995839891466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4881804995839891466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/buenos-aires.html' title='Buenos Aires'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAfdiENl4I/AAAAAAAAAU0/OBFUA8G9B3c/s72-c/IMG_1308.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-704949101414428799</id><published>2008-12-22T18:07:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T18:12:08.725-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Broadway?????</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Was I in Broadway?  The shows on board the boat were top notch.  I kept asking other experienced cruiser if this was the norm for entertainment.  It was wonderful.  As you all know me, I'm not a theatrical type of guy but this was entertaining.  We went back and saw the 2nd show some nights.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAeJc8CRxI/AAAAAAAAAUc/GSmK7veAuAg/s1600-h/IMG_0996.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAeJc8CRxI/AAAAAAAAAUc/GSmK7veAuAg/s320/IMG_0996.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282755510641248018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAeJG7VUaI/AAAAAAAAAUU/QCrhULpz8eI/s1600-h/IMG_0913.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAeJG7VUaI/AAAAAAAAAUU/QCrhULpz8eI/s320/IMG_0913.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282755504732721570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAeItuYIlI/AAAAAAAAAUM/RL_5boispoA/s1600-h/IMG_0874.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAeItuYIlI/AAAAAAAAAUM/RL_5boispoA/s320/IMG_0874.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282755497967493714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-704949101414428799?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/704949101414428799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=704949101414428799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/704949101414428799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/704949101414428799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/broadway.html' title='Broadway?????'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAeJc8CRxI/AAAAAAAAAUc/GSmK7veAuAg/s72-c/IMG_0996.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1133519339798108627</id><published>2008-12-22T18:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T18:07:28.142-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On to Montevideo, Uraguay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Next stop after the Falkland Islands was Montevideo, Uraguay.  The weather was getting warmer and we visited another winery (Santa Rosa) that was amazing.  All the wine you wanted with some fantastic Tango dancing and a wonderful lunch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAdK_6NOqI/AAAAAAAAAUE/MvcBsDpHS5A/s1600-h/IMG_1068.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAdK_6NOqI/AAAAAAAAAUE/MvcBsDpHS5A/s320/IMG_1068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282754437697059490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAdKtibZ6I/AAAAAAAAAT8/jVMucujjwK0/s1600-h/IMG_1036.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAdKtibZ6I/AAAAAAAAAT8/jVMucujjwK0/s320/IMG_1036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282754432765487010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAdKf2lNDI/AAAAAAAAAT0/hKae1ZpOq68/s1600-h/IMG_1129.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAdKf2lNDI/AAAAAAAAAT0/hKae1ZpOq68/s320/IMG_1129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282754429091918898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1133519339798108627?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1133519339798108627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1133519339798108627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1133519339798108627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1133519339798108627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-to-montevideo-uraguay.html' title='On to Montevideo, Uraguay'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SVAdK_6NOqI/AAAAAAAAAUE/MvcBsDpHS5A/s72-c/IMG_1068.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-6475635949614995991</id><published>2008-12-15T13:41:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T13:56:05.138-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Falkland Islands</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;What a wonderful surprise.  The beaches were like the Caribbean.  White sand and clear water.  A little different in temp.  The water was 47 degrees.  Unfortunately, most of the beaches have land mines that are left over from the British/Argentinean conflict.  They are all fenced off.  The weather again was perfect, as you can see.  It must have been in the 60's.  Very unusual for them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUamWWjLsiI/AAAAAAAAATs/yyuqDXEo2Q0/s1600-h/IMG_0703.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUamWWjLsiI/AAAAAAAAATs/yyuqDXEo2Q0/s320/IMG_0703.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280090516078965282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;                          This guy had a reindeer in it's yard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUamV3O7r3I/AAAAAAAAATk/Mr5gRdEPERQ/s1600-h/IMG_0646.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUamV3O7r3I/AAAAAAAAATk/Mr5gRdEPERQ/s320/IMG_0646.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280090507672530802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;                   They had 5 types of Penguins on the island&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUamVDpV2GI/AAAAAAAAATc/ZQQ9TMSSPvU/s1600-h/IMG_0644.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUamVDpV2GI/AAAAAAAAATc/ZQQ9TMSSPvU/s320/IMG_0644.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280090493824653410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The sand dunes and white sand with clear water was amazing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-6475635949614995991?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/6475635949614995991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=6475635949614995991' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6475635949614995991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6475635949614995991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/falkland-islands.html' title='The Falkland Islands'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUamWWjLsiI/AAAAAAAAATs/yyuqDXEo2Q0/s72-c/IMG_0703.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2833213955363935118</id><published>2008-12-14T18:49:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T18:59:23.689-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The strangest things</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I was out exploring the ship today and I ran across a section of the boat I hadn't seen before.  It had the strangest pieces of machinery and people doing the oddest things with them.  They were sweating and groaning.  There was were even people laying all over the floor in the weirdest positions I have every seen.  I kind of scared me so I won't go there again&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWcpIpelxI/AAAAAAAAATE/4SxyDe6dWxs/s1600-h/IMG_0608.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWcpIpelxI/AAAAAAAAATE/4SxyDe6dWxs/s320/IMG_0608.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279798368671799058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWcqEZkQ-I/AAAAAAAAATU/unMLqZWz7gQ/s1600-h/IMG_0620.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWcqEZkQ-I/AAAAAAAAATU/unMLqZWz7gQ/s320/IMG_0620.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279798384711189474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWcpiA7lLI/AAAAAAAAATM/tDufhdkf6jI/s1600-h/IMG_0609.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWcpiA7lLI/AAAAAAAAATM/tDufhdkf6jI/s320/IMG_0609.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279798375481054386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2833213955363935118?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2833213955363935118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2833213955363935118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2833213955363935118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2833213955363935118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/strangest-things.html' title='The strangest things'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWcpIpelxI/AAAAAAAAATE/4SxyDe6dWxs/s72-c/IMG_0608.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4335315066122869338</id><published>2008-12-14T18:41:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T18:47:29.540-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cape Horn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Well, we made it around Cape Horn.  It is not uncommon to have 30-40 foot seas.  As you can see, it was almost dead calm and 47 degrees out.  Lucky us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWarC5BxbI/AAAAAAAAASs/9c5xZ89mbzw/s1600-h/IMG_0569.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWarC5BxbI/AAAAAAAAASs/9c5xZ89mbzw/s320/IMG_0569.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279796202462889394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWarg9w1lI/AAAAAAAAAS8/hvpQA-8K8vA/s1600-h/IMG_0575.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWarg9w1lI/AAAAAAAAAS8/hvpQA-8K8vA/s320/IMG_0575.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279796210535814738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWarRAkfKI/AAAAAAAAAS0/5UxBW702cpo/s1600-h/IMG_0573.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWarRAkfKI/AAAAAAAAAS0/5UxBW702cpo/s320/IMG_0573.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279796206252620962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4335315066122869338?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4335315066122869338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4335315066122869338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4335315066122869338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4335315066122869338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/cape-horn.html' title='Cape Horn'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWarC5BxbI/AAAAAAAAASs/9c5xZ89mbzw/s72-c/IMG_0569.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-3325964844386880171</id><published>2008-12-14T09:29:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T18:41:30.055-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ushuaia, Chile</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;A beautiful little port just west of Cape Horn&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWYs4JhK3I/AAAAAAAAASk/iHacKWJCm-o/s1600-h/IMG_0541.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWYs4JhK3I/AAAAAAAAASk/iHacKWJCm-o/s320/IMG_0541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279794034915748722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWYsbReg_I/AAAAAAAAASc/9bkJ_A9b5EQ/s1600-h/IMG_0528.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWYsbReg_I/AAAAAAAAASc/9bkJ_A9b5EQ/s320/IMG_0528.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279794027164500978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWYrUxe--I/AAAAAAAAASU/5qN-E2XXEbw/s1600-h/IMG_0486.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWYrUxe--I/AAAAAAAAASU/5qN-E2XXEbw/s320/IMG_0486.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279794008239832034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-3325964844386880171?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/3325964844386880171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=3325964844386880171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3325964844386880171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3325964844386880171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/ushuaia-chile.html' title='Ushuaia, Chile'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUWYs4JhK3I/AAAAAAAAASk/iHacKWJCm-o/s72-c/IMG_0541.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8121512796595168676</id><published>2008-12-14T08:47:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T09:28:59.257-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Our living quarters</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;This is our accommodation on our cruise.  Actually, it's almost as big as our house.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUWq4KI2kI/AAAAAAAAAR0/a5avKqqTcIQ/s1600-h/IMG_0244.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUWq4KI2kI/AAAAAAAAAR0/a5avKqqTcIQ/s320/IMG_0244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279651064047000130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUWqvXxUzI/AAAAAAAAARs/iOhXB-f7Dgs/s1600-h/IMG_0249.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUWqvXxUzI/AAAAAAAAARs/iOhXB-f7Dgs/s320/IMG_0249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279651061688259378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8121512796595168676?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8121512796595168676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8121512796595168676' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8121512796595168676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8121512796595168676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/our-living-quarters.html' title='Our living quarters'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUWq4KI2kI/AAAAAAAAAR0/a5avKqqTcIQ/s72-c/IMG_0244.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-343199486171439519</id><published>2008-12-14T08:30:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T08:47:06.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Almost forgot Punta Arenas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I almost forgot to send something from our first port of call. Punta Arenas was a 3 day sail south along the coast of Chile.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUM6doFfuI/AAAAAAAAARU/AOnWP4xys2o/s320/IMG_0407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279640336686481122" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is some of the fine Alpaca knit knit sweaters, hats and scarfs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUM7DDb3lI/AAAAAAAAARk/kJ8jJUi2TTE/s1600-h/IMG_0415.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUM7DDb3lI/AAAAAAAAARk/kJ8jJUi2TTE/s320/IMG_0415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279640346733305426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A view from a hill looking down into the small city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUM6-ZIyWI/AAAAAAAAARc/ba9Fc3ArhEc/s1600-h/IMG_0420.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUM6-ZIyWI/AAAAAAAAARc/ba9Fc3ArhEc/s320/IMG_0420.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279640345482152290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Annie all bundled up.  Its was 46 degrees out.  Really not too bad.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-343199486171439519?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/343199486171439519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=343199486171439519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/343199486171439519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/343199486171439519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/almost-forgot-punta-arenas.html' title='Almost forgot Punta Arenas'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUUM6doFfuI/AAAAAAAAARU/AOnWP4xys2o/s72-c/IMG_0407.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4502049935501987513</id><published>2008-12-13T08:47:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T08:57:01.783-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Some sights</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;These are some of the sights we see as we approach the southern tip of South America.  The sun raises @ 5:00 AM and sets after 10:00 PM.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO-Tjv7a4I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/KWxvZPXx_VY/s1600-h/IMG_0330.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO-Tjv7a4I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/KWxvZPXx_VY/s320/IMG_0330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279272431431412610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO-U7ZsbaI/AAAAAAAAARM/SeQA72mDQeg/s1600-h/IMG_0309.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO-U7ZsbaI/AAAAAAAAARM/SeQA72mDQeg/s320/IMG_0309.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279272454960475554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO-UV2VDvI/AAAAAAAAARE/_7Bws4Fjcm0/s1600-h/IMG_0364.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO-UV2VDvI/AAAAAAAAARE/_7Bws4Fjcm0/s320/IMG_0364.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279272444880031474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4502049935501987513?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4502049935501987513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4502049935501987513' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4502049935501987513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4502049935501987513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/some-sights.html' title='Some sights'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO-Tjv7a4I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/KWxvZPXx_VY/s72-c/IMG_0330.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1880962293175905603</id><published>2008-12-13T08:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T08:40:33.757-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We're on board</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Well, for those who have not been on a cruise ship or those that don't have a desire to, you have no idea what you are missing. There is as much as you want to do or as little.  The food is spectacular and the entertainment is first class.  The shore excursions are so organized you have no idea that you have 2500 fellow passengers with you.  We chose this cruise because it gives us 7 out of 14 days at sea.  I don't like going to a port everyday.  We highly recommend this cruise.  The main lobby is like a grand hotel in a city. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO5ws0Nb2I/AAAAAAAAAQM/Y9KNwA7THAE/s320/IMG_0260.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279267434523357026" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO5xdzsQ5I/AAAAAAAAAQc/oN_vxfW31rw/s1600-h/IMG_0282.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO5xdzsQ5I/AAAAAAAAAQc/oN_vxfW31rw/s320/IMG_0282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279267447674520466" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4259548441150700791?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4259548441150700791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4259548441150700791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4259548441150700791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4259548441150700791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/love-boat.html' title='The Love Boat'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUO3wE-h1tI/AAAAAAAAAQE/n9-xJwt2RAc/s72-c/IMG_0231.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8241706865824506532</id><published>2008-12-11T12:43:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T13:10:30.537-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Muddy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we were in Mendoza, I had the opportunity to do some mud wrestling.  I won and these were my winnings.  Yeah baby. I beat the blonde and the brunette.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFSiN2AGPI/AAAAAAAAAPU/fXernoxm5QU/s1600-h/IMG_9903.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFSiN2AGPI/AAAAAAAAAPU/fXernoxm5QU/s320/IMG_9903.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278590986040121586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFShqHNB1I/AAAAAAAAAPM/IH9E5ph48Nc/s1600-h/IMG_9867.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFShqHNB1I/AAAAAAAAAPM/IH9E5ph48Nc/s320/IMG_9867.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278590976448595794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8241706865824506532?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8241706865824506532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8241706865824506532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8241706865824506532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8241706865824506532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/muddy.html' title='Muddy'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFSiN2AGPI/AAAAAAAAAPU/fXernoxm5QU/s72-c/IMG_9903.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-7587881719884903169</id><published>2008-12-11T08:54:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T12:42:53.467-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mendoza, Argentina</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we got to Mendoza, Argentina we stayed at a B &amp;amp; B in a nice quiet  residential section of the city.  Except it was across the street from a middle school.  With school getting out on Friday, and we arrived on a Wednesday, we had 3 nights of school celebrations to serenade us to sleep.  But, the wine tours made up for it all.  Would you believe they told us that each empty oak barrell costs them $1200.  Add that up.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFO1HmY7VI/AAAAAAAAAO8/4Bh0mlFlEm0/s1600-h/IMG_9974.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFO1HmY7VI/AAAAAAAAAO8/4Bh0mlFlEm0/s320/IMG_9974.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278586912735030610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFO1i4XuDI/AAAAAAAAAPE/ovzDA1xDKFk/s1600-h/IMG_0021.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFO1i4XuDI/AAAAAAAAAPE/ovzDA1xDKFk/s320/IMG_0021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278586920058206258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-7587881719884903169?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/7587881719884903169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=7587881719884903169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7587881719884903169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7587881719884903169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/mendoza-argentina.html' title='Mendoza, Argentina'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUFO1HmY7VI/AAAAAAAAAO8/4Bh0mlFlEm0/s72-c/IMG_9974.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1779953867139060859</id><published>2008-12-10T08:35:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T19:21:34.956-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Zoom zoom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUBc3V_UYDI/AAAAAAAAAOk/05ZWv3p5GbE/s1600-h/IMG_0213.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think we were on the same road as the one they filmed the Mazda commercial on.  This was breath taking.  It is the road from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina and goes over the Andes.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUBc3V_UYDI/AAAAAAAAAOk/05ZWv3p5GbE/s320/IMG_0213.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278320869143502898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1779953867139060859?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1779953867139060859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1779953867139060859' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1779953867139060859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1779953867139060859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/zoom-zoom.html' title='Zoom zoom'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SUBc3V_UYDI/AAAAAAAAAOk/05ZWv3p5GbE/s72-c/IMG_0213.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5323733233410541762</id><published>2008-12-09T12:04:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:31:34.255-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry for the delay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry I haven't written anything lately.  As you probably know, Boquete has survived the terrible floods and rains.  Annie and I are now on a trip through South America.  Our first stop was Santiago, Chile.  After an 8 hour delay leaving Panama we arrived in Santiago @ 3:00 AM.  Not a good start.  But everything has been great since.  Internet service is very slow so I can't upload many photos.&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ST6rGhAChpI/AAAAAAAAAOU/SFR9m440_74/s1600-h/IMG_9751.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ST6rGhAChpI/AAAAAAAAAOU/SFR9m440_74/s320/IMG_9751.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277843941750900370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ST6rG3nqSRI/AAAAAAAAAOc/YV3j4UHTBk4/s1600-h/IMG_9737.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ST6rG3nqSRI/AAAAAAAAAOc/YV3j4UHTBk4/s320/IMG_9737.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277843947822663954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5323733233410541762?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5323733233410541762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5323733233410541762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5323733233410541762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5323733233410541762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/12/sorry-for-delay.html' title='Sorry for the delay'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/ST6rGhAChpI/AAAAAAAAAOU/SFR9m440_74/s72-c/IMG_9751.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5079228483859605847</id><published>2008-10-29T10:32:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T10:57:16.156-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I almost forgot</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The major tournament of the week was a 36 hole team tournament.  Brently and Spence vs. Justin and Papa Mike.  You try to tell who won.  A rematch has been called for. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGJHpZ8RI/AAAAAAAAAN8/fZ2IL9KIcEY/s1600-h/IMG_9015.JPG"&gt; &lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGJHpZ8RI/AAAAAAAAAN8/fZ2IL9KIcEY/s320/IMG_9015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262603655812083986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                              How 'bout this for a foursome?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGIvWLQtI/AAAAAAAAAN0/tjcwO4tfx_4/s1600-h/IMG_8995.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGIvWLQtI/AAAAAAAAAN0/tjcwO4tfx_4/s320/IMG_8995.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262603649288979154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                Marina starting early in life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGIfPGkRI/AAAAAAAAANs/ecsK9ay7v-4/s1600-h/IMG_9002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGIfPGkRI/AAAAAAAAANs/ecsK9ay7v-4/s320/IMG_9002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262603644964344082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                           We even had an official scorer, Di.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGH6yReLI/AAAAAAAAANk/8_hj0NDKF5A/s1600-h/IMG_9023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGH6yReLI/AAAAAAAAANk/8_hj0NDKF5A/s320/IMG_9023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262603635179747506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                     Can you tell who lost?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGHS_8PGI/AAAAAAAAANc/jz94pUiV58k/s1600-h/IMG_9025.JPG"&gt;    &lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGHS_8PGI/AAAAAAAAANc/jz94pUiV58k/s320/IMG_9025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262603624499657826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;                Brent was in shock.  He wishes he had an eraser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5079228483859605847?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5079228483859605847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5079228483859605847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5079228483859605847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5079228483859605847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-almost-forgot.html' title='I almost forgot'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiGJHpZ8RI/AAAAAAAAAN8/fZ2IL9KIcEY/s72-c/IMG_9015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5061772687358100543</id><published>2008-10-29T10:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T10:32:03.087-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Halloween</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The kids hard at work for Halloween.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBWHCe3PI/AAAAAAAAANU/jhdB23ytEmI/s1600-h/IMG_9102.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBWHCe3PI/AAAAAAAAANU/jhdB23ytEmI/s320/IMG_9102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262598381428989170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBV3nBSbI/AAAAAAAAANM/C8nEN7DNnYc/s1600-h/IMG_9104.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBV3nBSbI/AAAAAAAAANM/C8nEN7DNnYc/s320/IMG_9104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262598377287272882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBUwaktbI/AAAAAAAAANE/U3IKk1Favf8/s1600-h/IMG_9098.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBUwaktbI/AAAAAAAAANE/U3IKk1Favf8/s320/IMG_9098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262598358176150962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBUun9adI/AAAAAAAAAM8/owAzBbwrOzs/s1600-h/IMG_9112.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBUun9adI/AAAAAAAAAM8/owAzBbwrOzs/s320/IMG_9112.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262598357695424978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5061772687358100543?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5061772687358100543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5061772687358100543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5061772687358100543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5061772687358100543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-halloween.html' title='Happy Halloween'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQiBWHCe3PI/AAAAAAAAANU/jhdB23ytEmI/s72-c/IMG_9102.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5720103086495251304</id><published>2008-10-29T10:16:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T10:21:58.989-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I told you so</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While in Montana a couple of weeks ago I spotted an unusual product.  I told my grandchildren, Justin and Spencer, about it and they wouldn't believe me.  I think my son Brent was on their side also.  Sooooooooo.... Here's the proof.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQh-_nycrrI/AAAAAAAAAM0/3jctJ1ikr28/s1600-h/monkey_logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQh-_nycrrI/AAAAAAAAAM0/3jctJ1ikr28/s320/monkey_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262595796059860658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5720103086495251304?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5720103086495251304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5720103086495251304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5720103086495251304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5720103086495251304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-told-you-so.html' title='I told you so'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQh-_nycrrI/AAAAAAAAAM0/3jctJ1ikr28/s72-c/monkey_logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4111939354426989507</id><published>2008-10-25T18:36:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-25T19:06:21.455-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I haven't lost it</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyrLZq1qI/AAAAAAAAAMo/KOhuTpw6rgc/s1600-h/IMG_8921.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;After not touching a golf club for over 3 years, I was invited to Tucson, AZ for an invitational tournament with the Blizzard Cup up for grabs.  It was only 18 holes but I was consistent and shot a 1 under with a bogey on the last hole.  The weather was ideal and I was in a groove.  My closest competitors were +4, +7 &amp;amp; +16.  Because I won this tournament, I was invited to participate in the final tournament of the year which will be held tomorrow.  It is a 36 hole tournament with the top 4 players from today invited into tomorrows tournament.  I am psyched.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyrLZq1qI/AAAAAAAAAMo/KOhuTpw6rgc/s1600-h/IMG_8921.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyrLZq1qI/AAAAAAAAAMo/KOhuTpw6rgc/s320/IMG_8921.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261245244563445410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Justin standing over a crucial putt with Spencer giving advice. (He made it.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyqhhK6QI/AAAAAAAAAMg/mGCVK7UrIyU/s1600-h/IMG_8939.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyqhhK6QI/AAAAAAAAAMg/mGCVK7UrIyU/s320/IMG_8939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261245233320618242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                     Justin missed this one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyqHcbWNI/AAAAAAAAAMY/K8HfRGR3jOc/s1600-h/IMG_8931.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyqHcbWNI/AAAAAAAAAMY/K8HfRGR3jOc/s320/IMG_8931.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261245226321402066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Diana getting her ball out of the hole after a great 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOypjIIZ6I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Ef0nNjXORio/s1600-h/IMG_8957.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOypjIIZ6I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Ef0nNjXORio/s320/IMG_8957.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261245216572598178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                    The 2008 Blizzard Cup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4111939354426989507?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4111939354426989507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4111939354426989507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4111939354426989507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4111939354426989507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-havent-lost-it.html' title='I haven&apos;t lost it'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SQOyrLZq1qI/AAAAAAAAAMo/KOhuTpw6rgc/s72-c/IMG_8921.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-6821976052119932443</id><published>2008-10-06T20:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T20:29:52.761-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where have you been?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOq7Ws7eoWI/AAAAAAAAALw/9veikyI-pOs/s1600-h/IMG_8355.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOq7Ws7eoWI/AAAAAAAAALw/9veikyI-pOs/s320/IMG_8355.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254217913973252450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOq7XJBt4yI/AAAAAAAAAL4/TbCxkXbNj6s/s1600-h/IMG_8354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOq7XJBt4yI/AAAAAAAAAL4/TbCxkXbNj6s/s320/IMG_8354.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254217921515610914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took a ride late this afternoon and I saw an old friend of mine.  I have no idea where he has been but "Bullwinkle" was sauntering through the trees on his way to having a late dinner.  I think he had missed me also because he stood and looked at me for a long time.  &lt;div&gt;After seeing him, "Bambi" appeared and said hi also.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-6821976052119932443?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/6821976052119932443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=6821976052119932443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6821976052119932443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6821976052119932443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/10/where-have-you-been.html' title='Where have you been?'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOq7Ws7eoWI/AAAAAAAAALw/9veikyI-pOs/s72-c/IMG_8355.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5215057728952366217</id><published>2008-10-05T21:51:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-05T22:02:54.250-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Great day in Montana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOl_kWw2ePI/AAAAAAAAALY/TS6agGO7URY/s1600-h/IMG_8299.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOl_kWw2ePI/AAAAAAAAALY/TS6agGO7URY/s320/IMG_8299.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253870702866888946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOl_kQZLDlI/AAAAAAAAALg/0K6iNAvlEAs/s1600-h/IMG_8304.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOl_kQZLDlI/AAAAAAAAALg/0K6iNAvlEAs/s320/IMG_8304.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253870701156961874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOl_kjrORYI/AAAAAAAAALo/Qk-n8Jbek_0/s1600-h/IMG_8294.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOl_kjrORYI/AAAAAAAAALo/Qk-n8Jbek_0/s320/IMG_8294.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253870706332943746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ry and I went to get his elk meat today.  Ryan got a 750# bull elk the first week of bow season.  We rode around some of the mountain roads and came across some wildlife.  We got home and had homemade pasta with andouille (elk sausage) and watched the Red Sox game.  Not a bad day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5215057728952366217?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5215057728952366217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5215057728952366217' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5215057728952366217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5215057728952366217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/10/great-day-in-montana.html' title='Great day in Montana'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOl_kWw2ePI/AAAAAAAAALY/TS6agGO7URY/s72-c/IMG_8299.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-3735702603835147178</id><published>2008-10-04T09:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T09:55:51.918-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doesn't get any better</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOeD0zrnCRI/AAAAAAAAALA/shWnKWvt3P4/s1600-h/IMG_8199.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOeD0zrnCRI/AAAAAAAAALA/shWnKWvt3P4/s320/IMG_8199.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253312433600530706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOeD1KnuwxI/AAAAAAAAALI/61coRTWbSx0/s1600-h/IMG_8201.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOeD1KnuwxI/AAAAAAAAALI/61coRTWbSx0/s320/IMG_8201.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253312439758275346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOeD1INUVYI/AAAAAAAAALQ/ULn1FVCJw3Y/s1600-h/IMG_8161.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOeD1INUVYI/AAAAAAAAALQ/ULn1FVCJw3Y/s320/IMG_8161.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253312439110620546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was in Denver and the "Rockies" doing some fishing with my buddy last week and now I'm in Bozeman, Montana with my son Ryan.  Ry and I did a float down the Madison on a beautiful warm day yesterday.  I hope to be in Libby, Montana later this week to do some more fishing with my fellow rotarian from Boquete, Panama.  What a country!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-3735702603835147178?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/3735702603835147178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=3735702603835147178' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3735702603835147178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/3735702603835147178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/10/doesnt-get-any-better.html' title='Doesn&apos;t get any better'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SOeD0zrnCRI/AAAAAAAAALA/shWnKWvt3P4/s72-c/IMG_8199.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8006013234259347697</id><published>2008-09-26T14:59:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T15:09:45.772-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What scenery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SN1Bbb3FoNI/AAAAAAAAAKo/fyceL-BOp0I/s1600-h/IMG_8012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SN1Bbb3FoNI/AAAAAAAAAKo/fyceL-BOp0I/s320/IMG_8012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250424680174952658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SN1BbgetaaI/AAAAAAAAAKw/gHcVrw8djpU/s1600-h/IMG_8097.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SN1BbgetaaI/AAAAAAAAAKw/gHcVrw8djpU/s320/IMG_8097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250424681414879650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SN1BbzG3kEI/AAAAAAAAAK4/c-q3wsj9OFo/s1600-h/IMG_8123.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SN1BbzG3kEI/AAAAAAAAAK4/c-q3wsj9OFo/s320/IMG_8123.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250424686415155266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in Denver now.  I flew here a week ago to visit my high school buddy and take in some fishing in the mountains.  The foliage has started to change and what a show.  The Aspens are in full color (yellow).  Although I got out fished 32-2, the trip was spectacular. Oh yeah, it was in the upper 70's/low 80's for the 3 days in the mountains.   &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8006013234259347697?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8006013234259347697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8006013234259347697' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8006013234259347697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8006013234259347697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-scenery.html' title='What scenery'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SN1Bbb3FoNI/AAAAAAAAAKo/fyceL-BOp0I/s72-c/IMG_8012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8259117239628295408</id><published>2008-09-10T11:20:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T11:30:54.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We made it!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2FLkAMmI/AAAAAAAAAKE/GHYZhSyrxPc/s1600-h/IMG_7673.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2FLkAMmI/AAAAAAAAAKE/GHYZhSyrxPc/s320/IMG_7673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244430859959808610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2Fl5RoUI/AAAAAAAAAKM/Tj5BnSJvNSc/s1600-h/IMG_7975.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2Fl5RoUI/AAAAAAAAAKM/Tj5BnSJvNSc/s320/IMG_7975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244430867028353346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2GOP11PI/AAAAAAAAAKU/wSqepwoisCM/s1600-h/IMG_7950.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2GOP11PI/AAAAAAAAAKU/wSqepwoisCM/s320/IMG_7950.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244430877860418802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2HsYRJ6I/AAAAAAAAAKc/yApoKJYOVpc/s1600-h/IMG_7690.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2HsYRJ6I/AAAAAAAAAKc/yApoKJYOVpc/s320/IMG_7690.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244430903128696738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annie, I and 6 other people went deep into the Comarca (land dedicated to the indigenous people of Panama) for 3 days and 2 nights.  It was to evaluate what the needs are for the people.  It was a great trip.  Very basic accommodations and food but a priceless experience.   &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8259117239628295408?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8259117239628295408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8259117239628295408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8259117239628295408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8259117239628295408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/09/we-made-it.html' title='We made it!!!'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SMf2FLkAMmI/AAAAAAAAAKE/GHYZhSyrxPc/s72-c/IMG_7673.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2749441330988593955</id><published>2008-09-03T10:14:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T10:29:57.284-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do you believe this?????</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL6tGNnZnLI/AAAAAAAAAJs/M-zyX33EHC0/s1600-h/IMG_7557.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL6tGNnZnLI/AAAAAAAAAJs/M-zyX33EHC0/s320/IMG_7557.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241817338551573682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL6tGdp4R8I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/CTf0PdxM9YA/s1600-h/IMG_7559.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL6tGdp4R8I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/CTf0PdxM9YA/s320/IMG_7559.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241817342856939458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL6tG8XjXxI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/DKmi99aOuQ8/s1600-h/IMG_7563.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL6tG8XjXxI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/DKmi99aOuQ8/s320/IMG_7563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241817351101570834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a guy come today, he was supposed to be here Monday) to clean the tree up with his chain saw.  Yesterday afternoon another tree came down on top of the fallen one.  What is going on.  At least I have the guy for the whole day.  I'm running out of trees.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2749441330988593955?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2749441330988593955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2749441330988593955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2749441330988593955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2749441330988593955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/09/do-you-believe-this.html' title='Do you believe this?????'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL6tGNnZnLI/AAAAAAAAAJs/M-zyX33EHC0/s72-c/IMG_7557.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1639883024190699371</id><published>2008-09-02T16:22:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T16:33:06.067-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting there</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL2w9XgDVcI/AAAAAAAAAIw/Mz6NWkAmEys/s1600-h/IMG_7554.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL2w9XgDVcI/AAAAAAAAAIw/Mz6NWkAmEys/s320/IMG_7554.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241540109656085954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL2w9gx93nI/AAAAAAAAAI4/fmbLmk_3GHk/s1600-h/IMG_7556.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL2w9gx93nI/AAAAAAAAAI4/fmbLmk_3GHk/s320/IMG_7556.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241540112147144306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are this much further now.  We have had terrible rains every afternoon so the workers leave early.  Not much gets done in a half day of work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1639883024190699371?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1639883024190699371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1639883024190699371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1639883024190699371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1639883024190699371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/09/getting-there.html' title='Getting there'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SL2w9XgDVcI/AAAAAAAAAIw/Mz6NWkAmEys/s72-c/IMG_7554.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5982320381336844439</id><published>2008-08-31T18:55:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-31T20:19:02.508-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Timber!!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SLtCc5DKxEI/AAAAAAAAAIY/HC7Y1R43dRA/s1600-h/IMG_7549.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SLtCc5DKxEI/AAAAAAAAAIY/HC7Y1R43dRA/s320/IMG_7549.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240855655493583938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SLtCdDFuKxI/AAAAAAAAAIg/fJjOjfDDtm4/s1600-h/IMG_7551.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SLtCdDFuKxI/AAAAAAAAAIg/fJjOjfDDtm4/s320/IMG_7551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240855658188647186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SLtCdjIyaGI/AAAAAAAAAIo/5_QY8cuJwFY/s1600-h/IMG_7552.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SLtCdjIyaGI/AAAAAAAAAIo/5_QY8cuJwFY/s320/IMG_7552.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240855666791442530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as our projects were starting to dwindle, down comes a tree on top of the Orchid House.  We can't replace the plastic this time of year (rains), so we'll have to wait till Jan. to do the new roof.  It busted up some steel framing also.  There were no winds just inches of rainfall.  But, the tree broke off about 12' up the trunk. Huh????&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5982320381336844439?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5982320381336844439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5982320381336844439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5982320381336844439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5982320381336844439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/08/timber.html' title='Timber!!!!!!!!'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SLtCc5DKxEI/AAAAAAAAAIY/HC7Y1R43dRA/s72-c/IMG_7549.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5176977877824409953</id><published>2008-08-15T15:53:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T16:04:56.679-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here's looking at you.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKXuk-kZ-VI/AAAAAAAAAII/HtU6zXcN69I/s1600-h/IMG_7442.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKXuk-kZ-VI/AAAAAAAAAII/HtU6zXcN69I/s320/IMG_7442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234852460926466386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKXulLfyGKI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/H4VXLj8AS4g/s1600-h/IMG_7450.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKXulLfyGKI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/H4VXLj8AS4g/s320/IMG_7450.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234852464396736674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that we are back from St. Thomas, I now have the flu.  But, yesterday I was at one of my friends house and met up with one of his birds, face to face.  Also, the storms are here   &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5176977877824409953?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5176977877824409953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5176977877824409953' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5176977877824409953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5176977877824409953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/08/heres-looking-at-you.html' title='Here&apos;s looking at you.'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKXuk-kZ-VI/AAAAAAAAAII/HtU6zXcN69I/s72-c/IMG_7442.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-7046201569617115035</id><published>2008-08-11T19:19:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T19:26:13.253-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cheery day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYep45FMI/AAAAAAAAAHo/DVzw6uUomAY/s1600-h/IMG_7355.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYep45FMI/AAAAAAAAAHo/DVzw6uUomAY/s320/IMG_7355.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233420788156667074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYfUFgIyI/AAAAAAAAAHw/QrpWQ4snbg8/s1600-h/IMG_7344.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYfUFgIyI/AAAAAAAAAHw/QrpWQ4snbg8/s320/IMG_7344.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233420799483847458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYfsAgpAI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1B6-AhnlRhg/s1600-h/IMG_7315.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYfsAgpAI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1B6-AhnlRhg/s320/IMG_7315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233420805905359874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYf4-WMxI/AAAAAAAAAIA/2hKa4_eXQP4/s1600-h/IMG_3800.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYf4-WMxI/AAAAAAAAAIA/2hKa4_eXQP4/s320/IMG_3800.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233420809385947922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How could you not be in good spirits when you are surrounded by these.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-7046201569617115035?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/7046201569617115035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=7046201569617115035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7046201569617115035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7046201569617115035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/08/cheery-day.html' title='Cheery day'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SKDYep45FMI/AAAAAAAAAHo/DVzw6uUomAY/s72-c/IMG_7355.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8408233839076449278</id><published>2008-08-10T19:32:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-10T19:43:50.735-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kind of fruity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJ-J-PiUKiI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/4doljMZkDfA/s1600-h/IMG_7306.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJ-J-PiUKiI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/4doljMZkDfA/s320/IMG_7306.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233052994443160098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJ-J-jjRD7I/AAAAAAAAAHY/uJTVc9nk1F8/s1600-h/IMG_7308.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJ-J-jjRD7I/AAAAAAAAAHY/uJTVc9nk1F8/s320/IMG_7308.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233052999815860146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJ-J-9wypBI/AAAAAAAAAHg/Dh0C4138exI/s1600-h/IMG_7303.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJ-J-9wypBI/AAAAAAAAAHg/Dh0C4138exI/s320/IMG_7303.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233053006851908626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annie and I were coming back from shopping in David and couldn't help but stop to buy some fruit.  I love the way the pineapple was displayed.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8408233839076449278?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8408233839076449278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8408233839076449278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8408233839076449278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8408233839076449278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/08/kind-of-fruity.html' title='Kind of fruity'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJ-J-PiUKiI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/4doljMZkDfA/s72-c/IMG_7306.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1833990243842546127</id><published>2008-08-08T16:26:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T16:57:54.138-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Back Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJy-kNCDdiI/AAAAAAAAAG4/osFaQMW_G2c/s1600-h/IMG_7283.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJy-kNCDdiI/AAAAAAAAAG4/osFaQMW_G2c/s320/IMG_7283.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232266396280518178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJy-kQ-QXsI/AAAAAAAAAHA/tVu03RzjEYk/s1600-h/IMG_7278.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJy-kQ-QXsI/AAAAAAAAAHA/tVu03RzjEYk/s320/IMG_7278.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232266397338328770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJy-kogTCDI/AAAAAAAAAHI/pGGMNwhqFcw/s1600-h/IMG_7276.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJy-kogTCDI/AAAAAAAAAHI/pGGMNwhqFcw/s320/IMG_7276.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232266403655125042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We made it back home and was greeted with one happy dog. Snickers really missed us.  The rains are here. Everyday about 3 PM the rains start.  The coffee loves it.  At least we don't have to worry about the irrigation system working.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1833990243842546127?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1833990243842546127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1833990243842546127' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1833990243842546127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1833990243842546127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-home.html' title='Back Home'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJy-kNCDdiI/AAAAAAAAAG4/osFaQMW_G2c/s72-c/IMG_7283.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8923392183679169682</id><published>2008-08-02T19:53:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-02T20:14:06.454-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where the 2 continents meet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJUFwAm-ouI/AAAAAAAAAGg/-VhgKYtDlZw/s1600-h/IMG_7257.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJUFwAm-ouI/AAAAAAAAAGg/-VhgKYtDlZw/s320/IMG_7257.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230092864616047330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJUFwQpb3EI/AAAAAAAAAGo/aWBG9kIIZM4/s1600-h/IMG_7263.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJUFwQpb3EI/AAAAAAAAAGo/aWBG9kIIZM4/s320/IMG_7263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230092868921318466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJUFw9Am1HI/AAAAAAAAAGw/QgPjElaWYo8/s1600-h/IMG_7267.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJUFw9Am1HI/AAAAAAAAAGw/QgPjElaWYo8/s320/IMG_7267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230092880829666418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annie and I made it back to Panama today.  We are staying at a hotel on the Panama Canal.  The bridge is the "Bridge of the Americas" where North America and South America is seperated.  Annie is watching a U.S. Coast Guard ship enter the canal.  For those who haven't seen a Mango tree, now you have.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8923392183679169682?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8923392183679169682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8923392183679169682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8923392183679169682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8923392183679169682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-2-continents-meet.html' title='Where the 2 continents meet'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SJUFwAm-ouI/AAAAAAAAAGg/-VhgKYtDlZw/s72-c/IMG_7257.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-7817964524114800661</id><published>2008-07-26T12:18:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T13:42:56.193-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Time is running out</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SItvC1Ry0tI/AAAAAAAAAGI/oMelx09hHbw/s1600-h/IMG_7159.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SItvC1Ry0tI/AAAAAAAAAGI/oMelx09hHbw/s320/IMG_7159.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227393886945727186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SItvDRGcYBI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/PMnYu0b7KSo/s1600-h/IMG_7154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SItvDRGcYBI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/PMnYu0b7KSo/s320/IMG_7154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227393894414311442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SItvDn0jKgI/AAAAAAAAAGY/GnmbE3JnW7k/s1600-h/IMG_7146.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SItvDn0jKgI/AAAAAAAAAGY/GnmbE3JnW7k/s320/IMG_7146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227393900513274370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our stay on St. Thomas is winding down.  In the time we have been here it has rained a total of 2 hours. We love it but the Island needs much more rain.  We'll be back in Panama next Friday (Aug. 1st) night and in Boquete on the 3rd.  Annie and I hope to have one more night out for dinner and a few more days at the pool and the beach.  Look for the rainbow and the beach at the end of it.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-7817964524114800661?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/7817964524114800661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=7817964524114800661' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7817964524114800661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/7817964524114800661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/07/time-is-running-out.html' title='Time is running out'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SItvC1Ry0tI/AAAAAAAAAGI/oMelx09hHbw/s72-c/IMG_7159.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4410768959152418320</id><published>2008-07-17T11:47:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T12:20:20.401-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Food &amp; Fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SH9_OxER_4I/AAAAAAAAAFw/UWdgmV5GmoY/s1600-h/IMG_7057.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SH9_OxER_4I/AAAAAAAAAFw/UWdgmV5GmoY/s320/IMG_7057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224033984439254914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SH9_P3Rb2zI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Usr5icasVqM/s1600-h/IMG_7035.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SH9_P3Rb2zI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Usr5icasVqM/s320/IMG_7035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224034003284908850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SH9_QMDaz4I/AAAAAAAAAGA/Rv7103p9ECQ/s1600-h/IMG_7048.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SH9_QMDaz4I/AAAAAAAAAGA/Rv7103p9ECQ/s320/IMG_7048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224034008863264642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a great meal at our favorite restaurant on St. Thomas, The Stone Cottage, and a great day of sailing the next day, it's almost time to say goodbye to Erin &amp;amp; Kevin.  I think they enjoyed there time here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4410768959152418320?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4410768959152418320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4410768959152418320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4410768959152418320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4410768959152418320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/07/food-fun.html' title='Food &amp; Fun'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SH9_OxER_4I/AAAAAAAAAFw/UWdgmV5GmoY/s72-c/IMG_7057.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2487456609036726060</id><published>2008-07-10T07:44:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T10:21:12.363-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I've always wondered</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHYo21jqFYI/AAAAAAAAAFk/EPwynETntcE/s1600-h/IMG_6975.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHYo21jqFYI/AAAAAAAAAFk/EPwynETntcE/s320/IMG_6975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221405740537353602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember when you could stop a gas pump right on the penny. Nowadays, it's like a slot machine.  The numbers go by so fast there is no way to stop it on the dollar.  Which brings me to another question.  What's with the 9/10 of a cent.  I don't ever remember having a 9/10 of a cent piece in my pocket.  When you ask for 1 gal. of gas, how do you pay $4.559/10 per gal? Please explain.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2487456609036726060?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2487456609036726060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2487456609036726060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2487456609036726060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2487456609036726060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/07/ive-always-wondered.html' title='I&apos;ve always wondered'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHYo21jqFYI/AAAAAAAAAFk/EPwynETntcE/s72-c/IMG_6975.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2234249640230487808</id><published>2008-07-07T11:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T10:18:22.177-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Internet &amp; snail's pace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHJFsiDqE2I/AAAAAAAAAFU/UWZXXd24jQI/s1600-h/IMG_6932.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHJFsiDqE2I/AAAAAAAAAFU/UWZXXd24jQI/s320/IMG_6932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220311549434532706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHJFs6yOX8I/AAAAAAAAAFc/3pdBVGSJnFY/s1600-h/IMG_6938.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHJFs6yOX8I/AAAAAAAAAFc/3pdBVGSJnFY/s320/IMG_6938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220311556072300482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier, I had mentioned how the internet at this house is slower than a snail.  How about a crab?  This guy ( or gal) was lumbering across our patio this morning.  His shell was the size of a baseball. For those who were here for our wedding, the homes that we stayed in our still the same.  A developer has bought the property some 7 years ago and has changed the entrance and added some concrete roads.  But the beach is still as beautiful as ever.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2234249640230487808?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2234249640230487808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2234249640230487808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2234249640230487808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2234249640230487808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/07/internet-snails-pace.html' title='Internet &amp; snail&apos;s pace'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SHJFsiDqE2I/AAAAAAAAAFU/UWZXXd24jQI/s72-c/IMG_6932.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-6845704359461318585</id><published>2008-07-05T11:35:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T11:46:58.092-05:00</updated><title type='text'>St. Thomas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-kqc1AdxI/AAAAAAAAAE0/IFSWhlQ3pMk/s1600-h/IMG_6825.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-kqc1AdxI/AAAAAAAAAE0/IFSWhlQ3pMk/s320/IMG_6825.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219571542345676562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-kqv_yqTI/AAAAAAAAAE8/SqubA6R7BOk/s1600-h/IMG_6795.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-kqv_yqTI/AAAAAAAAAE8/SqubA6R7BOk/s320/IMG_6795.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219571547491182898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-krb0on2I/AAAAAAAAAFE/p3hVTTVelpE/s1600-h/IMG_6915.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-krb0on2I/AAAAAAAAAFE/p3hVTTVelpE/s320/IMG_6915.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219571559255547746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-kr26JxYI/AAAAAAAAAFM/WwRrqnzbud8/s1600-h/IMG_6815.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-kr26JxYI/AAAAAAAAAFM/WwRrqnzbud8/s320/IMG_6815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219571566526449026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, we're here in the USVI.  The house is incredible.  More room than we need.  The private beach is only a 5 minute walk away.  One major problem.  NO INTERNET.  Only dial up at a snail's pace.  Have you ever had to go to one of only a handful of internet cafes in a port that services cruise ships?  Yikes!! So, my posts might be a little staggered.  Enjoy some of the photos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-6845704359461318585?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/6845704359461318585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=6845704359461318585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6845704359461318585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/6845704359461318585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/07/st-thomas.html' title='St. Thomas'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SG-kqc1AdxI/AAAAAAAAAE0/IFSWhlQ3pMk/s72-c/IMG_6825.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-4368655247163664416</id><published>2008-06-30T10:46:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T19:29:36.483-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's finally over</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGkBHHntp2I/AAAAAAAAAEc/BCJfTsBOR6I/s1600-h/IMG_6736.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGkBHHntp2I/AAAAAAAAAEc/BCJfTsBOR6I/s320/IMG_6736.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217702865101760354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGkBH0lKswI/AAAAAAAAAEk/bS3j-oL_WeY/s1600-h/IMG_6722.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGkBH0lKswI/AAAAAAAAAEk/bS3j-oL_WeY/s320/IMG_6722.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217702877170676482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGkBIfkgv3I/AAAAAAAAAEs/MrKUH78VVlk/s1600-h/IMG_6714.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGkBIfkgv3I/AAAAAAAAAEs/MrKUH78VVlk/s320/IMG_6714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217702888710651762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday was a memorable day because Annie stepped down as president of Club Rotario de Boquete after serving 2 years in that position.  There was a large ceremony marking the passing of the guard.  She gave a great speech and was presented with a gavel, flowers and a solid 1 minute standing ovation for her never ending support for Rotary.  Now we can relax.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-4368655247163664416?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/4368655247163664416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=4368655247163664416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4368655247163664416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/4368655247163664416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-finally-over.html' title='It&apos;s finally over'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGkBHHntp2I/AAAAAAAAAEc/BCJfTsBOR6I/s72-c/IMG_6736.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-5516896017781727078</id><published>2008-06-26T13:29:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T13:43:26.121-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a sad day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi3Ar7P4I/AAAAAAAAAD0/fdaETbmNc_E/s1600-h/IMG_5741.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi3Ar7P4I/AAAAAAAAAD0/fdaETbmNc_E/s320/IMG_5741.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216262228130086786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi4KMpwHI/AAAAAAAAAD8/r-m0bzgbhQ0/s1600-h/IMG_5765.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi4KMpwHI/AAAAAAAAAD8/r-m0bzgbhQ0/s320/IMG_5765.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216262247863140466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi4qQk23I/AAAAAAAAAEE/INuIVKD1oiA/s1600-h/IMG_6411.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi4qQk23I/AAAAAAAAAEE/INuIVKD1oiA/s320/IMG_6411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216262256469531506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi45_L_jI/AAAAAAAAAEM/4GnzKuYSEXo/s1600-h/IMG_6522.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi45_L_jI/AAAAAAAAAEM/4GnzKuYSEXo/s320/IMG_6522.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216262260691566130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi5a9DTXI/AAAAAAAAAEU/wwfkqUpe71Q/s1600-h/IMG_5803.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi5a9DTXI/AAAAAAAAAEU/wwfkqUpe71Q/s320/IMG_5803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216262269540978034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I left for home (Panama).  I had the trip to remember. First is was in my hometown of Acton to visit M.J. and check on business.  Then it was down to Rhode Island to see Jess, Jeff, Effie and Fischer.  After record heat (97 &amp;amp; 96 degrees) I headed to L.A. to meet Annie and participate in Rotary Internationals annual conference.  Universal Studios and Annie's 10 cousins where a hoot.  We (Annie &amp;amp; I) spent Father's day at her cousins cheering the Celtics on.  We were in the minority. Then I was off to Tucson while Annie flew home to Panama.  Tucson was great as always.  Seeing Brent, Di, Justin, Spencer &amp;amp; Marina was special.  I'm now in Dallas waiting for my 5:30 PM flight to Panama.  Thank you all so much for making this one of my most memorable trips to the States.  Adios mi amigos.     &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-5516896017781727078?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/5516896017781727078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=5516896017781727078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5516896017781727078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/5516896017781727078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-sad-day.html' title='It&apos;s a sad day'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGPi3Ar7P4I/AAAAAAAAAD0/fdaETbmNc_E/s72-c/IMG_5741.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-471779140562553051</id><published>2008-06-25T09:36:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T09:46:37.667-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a deal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGJaQkgLTNI/AAAAAAAAADs/aYMIc9VcCwQ/s1600-h/IMG_6535.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGJaQkgLTNI/AAAAAAAAADs/aYMIc9VcCwQ/s320/IMG_6535.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215830559171497170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in Tucson, AZ and I never thought I would think these prices were a deal but I'm used to $4.00+ a gal. prices. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-471779140562553051?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/471779140562553051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=471779140562553051' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/471779140562553051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/471779140562553051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-deal.html' title='What a deal'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGJaQkgLTNI/AAAAAAAAADs/aYMIc9VcCwQ/s72-c/IMG_6535.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-876252596983441382</id><published>2008-06-23T17:52:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T00:09:23.900-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So you want to be a rock star?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGAq61TmcYI/AAAAAAAAACQ/yH3SRoNTcfg/s1600-h/IMG_6379.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGAq61TmcYI/AAAAAAAAACQ/yH3SRoNTcfg/s320/IMG_6379.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215215558725104002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGAq7LmGKPI/AAAAAAAAACY/_KLFvdncfmI/s1600-h/IMG_6374.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGAq7LmGKPI/AAAAAAAAACY/_KLFvdncfmI/s320/IMG_6374.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215215564708260082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGAq9U_MRmI/AAAAAAAAACg/Mh3_U5NlFcc/s1600-h/IMG_6377.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGAq9U_MRmI/AAAAAAAAACg/Mh3_U5NlFcc/s320/IMG_6377.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215215601589175906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Living in Panama has prevented me from keeping up with the new electronic game industry.  Not that I was ever up on it. But, I was totally amazed at Brent, Di &amp;amp; the kids playing "Rock Band". With guitar, bass, drums &amp;amp; a mic hooked up to the TV, It was like Karaoke with the instruments. Dave Matthews better watch out.    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-876252596983441382?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/876252596983441382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=876252596983441382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/876252596983441382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/876252596983441382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/06/so-you-want-to-be-rock-star.html' title='So you want to be a rock star?'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SGAq61TmcYI/AAAAAAAAACQ/yH3SRoNTcfg/s72-c/IMG_6379.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-8326943075017068547</id><published>2008-06-21T20:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T20:14:53.553-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A day on Mt. Lemmon, Tucson, AZ</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nYikqoOI/AAAAAAAAABQ/ppJ992ypxWw/s1600-h/IMG_6265.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nYikqoOI/AAAAAAAAABQ/ppJ992ypxWw/s320/IMG_6265.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214507983604195554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nYx8BYxI/AAAAAAAAABY/O6V_9YlvLAw/s1600-h/IMG_6289.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nYx8BYxI/AAAAAAAAABY/O6V_9YlvLAw/s320/IMG_6289.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214507987728687890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nZL-6bVI/AAAAAAAAABg/OHT2UDx2hWc/s1600-h/IMG_6291.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nZL-6bVI/AAAAAAAAABg/OHT2UDx2hWc/s320/IMG_6291.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214507994720136530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nZdw_wmI/AAAAAAAAABo/lSvplPucZdM/s1600-h/IMG_6300.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nZdw_wmI/AAAAAAAAABo/lSvplPucZdM/s320/IMG_6300.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214507999493603938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While it was 106 degrees in Tucson, it was a beautiful 76 degrees on top of Mt. Lemmon.  Brent, Di, the kids &amp;amp; I had a great picnic. Unfortunately, we had to return to the heat of Tucson. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-8326943075017068547?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/8326943075017068547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=8326943075017068547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8326943075017068547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/8326943075017068547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-on-mt-lemmon-tucson-az.html' title='A day on Mt. Lemmon, Tucson, AZ'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF2nYikqoOI/AAAAAAAAABQ/ppJ992ypxWw/s72-c/IMG_6265.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-1345882643062566218</id><published>2008-06-21T09:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T09:46:23.490-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Movies at the pool</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF0UJpXBCFI/AAAAAAAAABA/M5oKBUuvqc4/s1600-h/IMG_6226.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF0UJpXBCFI/AAAAAAAAABA/M5oKBUuvqc4/s320/IMG_6226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214346099518670930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF0UJz2-jaI/AAAAAAAAABI/zAXpmh4boXM/s1600-h/IMG_6224.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF0UJz2-jaI/AAAAAAAAABI/zAXpmh4boXM/s320/IMG_6224.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214346102337080738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF0TUYjKZtI/AAAAAAAAAA4/2qXExmH3rys/s1600-h/IMG_6238.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF0TUYjKZtI/AAAAAAAAAA4/2qXExmH3rys/s320/IMG_6238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214345184473147090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night we went to the Tucson Country Club for a "dive in movie" featuring "Wipe Out".  What a great concept.  They served popcorn and food while the kids, and adults, swam and watched the movie.  Brent and I strolled the golf course and enjoyed a great evening. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-1345882643062566218?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/1345882643062566218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=1345882643062566218' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1345882643062566218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/1345882643062566218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/06/movies-at-pool.html' title='Movies at the pool'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SF0UJpXBCFI/AAAAAAAAABA/M5oKBUuvqc4/s72-c/IMG_6226.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983899831345639878.post-2317964688318561840</id><published>2008-06-20T19:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T19:21:37.172-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grandchildren in Tucson'/><title type='text'>The 3 stooges in Tucson</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxIFGE2knI/AAAAAAAAAAM/mrYIDlV_RaI/s1600-h/IMG_6159.JPG"&gt;On my first day in Tucson (108 degrees) I made it to the pool to watch the kids practice for the swim team.  I wanted to go in so bad.  Justin, Marina &amp;amp; Spencer&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxIFGE2knI/AAAAAAAAAAM/mrYIDlV_RaI/s320/IMG_6159.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214121720955703922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxIFqt5YJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/10NNIF4BnBs/s1600-h/IMG_6184.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxIFqt5YJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/10NNIF4BnBs/s320/IMG_6184.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214121730791530642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxIF2wMvCI/AAAAAAAAAAc/pgwmvcmqYjA/s1600-h/IMG_6169.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxIF2wMvCI/AAAAAAAAAAc/pgwmvcmqYjA/s320/IMG_6169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214121734022413346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/983899831345639878-2317964688318561840?l=wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/feeds/2317964688318561840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=983899831345639878&amp;postID=2317964688318561840' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2317964688318561840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/983899831345639878/posts/default/2317964688318561840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildorchidfarms.blogspot.com/2008/06/3-stooges-in-tucson.html' title='The 3 stooges in Tucson'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17865040833079663124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxMPtch4kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7qqWYjLsodQ/S220/PICT0057_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_ymytcg3MOWk/SFxIFGE2knI/AAAAAAAAAAM/mrYIDlV_RaI/s72-c/IMG_6159.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
