Five of us ladies decided we needed to go on an excursion. Quinta Mazatlan in McAllen was the destination. It's an old home surrounded by gardens and a forested area filled with paths and bird feeders. In past years we have seen many birds here but this year not so much. According to an avid bird watcher there aren't a lot of birds in the valley. My theory is .... drought means less food for the birds, less food means less birds. We also went out for lunch.

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A usual visitor to the bird feeders.

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I was impressed with this photo .... got the bird landing.

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Lots of sparrows.

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Wildlife.

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The ladies .... ready for lunch.

Second and last fun night of the season. Also the longest fun night I remember ---- 2 hours ---- last a lot of laughing. Thanks for the photos John --- Ed decided to leave the camera at home as we were involved in a skit.

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The whistlers --- these guys were great. One of the fellow who was persuaded to participate in this skit didn't realize that he was going to have makeup applied to his body and wasn't happy about. I heard that some of the best lines of the night were said in the dressing room.

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Some of the prettiest ladies in the park strutted their stuff.

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I play bridge with Myron, the "lady in red"

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Four of the ladies relaxing and watching the remainder of the show. The lady in blue is my neighbor Glenn.

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Do you remember the hilarious dentist skit by Tim Conway and Harvey Korman from the Carol Burnett show? These two guys did the skit for us.

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Ed and I were drafted for a court skit. Ed managed to a get a laugh with his one line and I managed to get two laughs --- one for each line I had.

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Julia lectured us on the evils of "thongs" --- the underwear that is.