On a spring day in 2007 while visiting in Virginia, I happened to spot a Robin sitting on her nest along the top of a fence beside my son's home. She sat there long enough for me to capture this image, all the while watching me to be sure I would not disturb her nest full of eggs.A couple of weeks later my son told me the eggs had hatched, and from an upstairs window they could see the little babies when the mother was feeding them. A short time later the babies became small birds and left the nest to join their mother and father.
Each year the Parks and Recreation Department of the Town of Apex, NC, has a "just for kids" parade on July 4th. Vendors line the streets with inflated slides and rides for the children and others have tents offering food or wares for the occasion. The downtown area is packed with residents and visitors from all around just wanting to get out and celebrate the day. At high-noon all the kids that care to participate line up at the center of town on Salem Street to join a procession through the historic downtown with their costumes, wagons, bicycles and tricycles and all sorts of home built outfits to celebrate the day.
