One of my favorite winter weekend hobbies is to be snuggled in my jammies with bad lifetime movies on the TV - my husband next to me with the Dog at our feet ... and Googling and surfin' the web. We sit in our chairs and peruse websites, share eBay items .... read the news, and email our friends and family. Bruce studies as he is working on an online degree....and I buy stuff on eBay :) So - today's Friday's FIVE will be - Five of my Favorite Websites outside of the usuals like MySpace and eBay.
I love to spend time outdoors - and my favorite hiking location is the Smokies - We try to get to the park for a hiking trip at least once a year
1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
http://www.nps.gov/grsm/Although we love to be outdoors - Weekends at home is a comforting past-time. We watch movies and talk about time frames and settings and locations ... and then research on IMDb
2. Internet Movie Data Base
http://www.imdb.com/I am a birdwatcher - and this time of the year a lot of hungry birds show up at our birdfeeder.
3. All About Birds
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/birding123/While the snow is flying - we are thinking about the bike rides we want to do in the Sring.
4. Indiana Bicycle Coalition
http://bicycleindiana.org/index.cfmA reference I frequently use for my eBay 'studies'...
5. Replacements, Ltd.
http://www.replacements.com/index.htm
I love this time of the year ... I have become and avid birdwatcher and I am fascinated by the migratory waterfowl on the lake.... The Wood Ducks are so beautiful - with such vivid color. We have a pair of Bufflehead on the lake right now too - they are so chubby and fun to watch. Bufflehead are divers and you can be looking at them and then suddenly they disappear into the cold water. We've seen a few grebes - and a female Hooded Merganser. The migration season is short - and they are here for such a short visit. The binoculars are always close at hand during March and April. You never know what you are going to see out on the lake during this quiet, peaceful season. I'm happy to see signs of Spring arrive while I continue to wait patiently for our calling Loon...... 
