#bellamina

Now come give the dragonborn wifey a hug before she folds you like a chair. >:)

One thing I’ve noticed from my years of pigeon watching is that each one tends to keep showing up in the same place. They seem to have favorite spots that they hang around. For instance, I always saw Chu at 3rd and Bell and never anywhere else. So I can usually count on keeping an eye out at specific locations for any pigeons I’ve identified there. But sometimes they just stop appearing in their area. When a pigeon vanishes from their usual spot there’s no telling why, maybe they’ve moved somewhere else or I’ve just had bad luck and keep missing them.

So today I was overjoyed to see an old favorite of mine, a gorgeous white and black pigeon I lovingly call Bellamina. They would show up on this one side of the same block on Seneca. This shot of them was taken almost exactly a year ago, on April 29th:

Travel Guide: Italy - recapping lots of places, food and fun adventures

While I could write 5 posts about my time in Italy, in an effort to consolidate and finally share photos from my travels I’m putting it all into one post. Make sure to check out the map below of all the fun places we checked out (that I remembered to write down) and check out the photos for a glimpse into the fun we had! (more…)