@athenalee I love music and the arts too. You seem to be a woman of many different interests and I would not have guessed that a rock and roll lover would also like opera! I like some opera too, classical, blue grass, folk, country, and lately I am rediscovering hits from the 50s and 60s when life was much simpler than it is now.

I also live in an area next to a river with wildlife and I love seeing eagles flying. Just yesterday, I stopped by a dam where the river was not iced over and there were several pairs of Sandhill cranes hanging out along with some geese. I'm wondering if these cranes chose not to migrate and I know that the migrating flocks will start returning at the end of February and early March in just a month from now. I see huge flocks migrating in the spring and fall and have even seen a couple rare whooping cranes a few times.

It's nice to meet you, and I'm glad you brought your positive energy to Connect!