Palm with Gemstones

It's spring break and I'm loving being home with Joe!  So far though he has spent most of his time doing IT/tech work for our church (specifically working on the network).  Unfortunately things have not gone well which has been frustrating to him.  We are going in today to wrap up a few other projects that haven't been finished yet and for him to try a doing the network stuff a different way that he thinks will work and not take too long to set up.  I'm really hoping he is right so he can finally be done with all that!  Hopefully the rest of spring break can be fun and relaxing for him.

Glorfindel is often up multiple times per day to grab a drink and putter around looking for a snack before he heads back to his burrow.  I love seeing him so much, but I can tell he's getting older.  I often pick him up for a quick kiss on his head before I let him go back to bed.

I mentioned in the introduction post for my new ham, Míriel, that she is crazy.  I think she can best be described as a guard dog.  Whenever she hears a disturbance near her home, she comes right out to investigate.  She often stands up like she's ready to throw punches.  If you reach your hand in towards her, she'll go right for you, ready to bite if she thinks you are a threat.  Thankfully I've been careful and while she's gotten her teeth on my fingers before, she's never drawn blood.  And she is getting more and more comfortable with me so I decided to just go for it and do some posed pictures with her outside of her aquarium.  I took these pictures last week, and for her first time out of her aquarium, Míriel did great!