Walking through life in a fog

Like a Monkey in the Zoo

I think I feel as restless as they do after our long winter.  But I'll be out swinging from the trees soon. :)

PS - I could use your help with a flying squirrel. . .thanx!

A Christmas Tree Farm

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

I know you probably think I’m trying to show you Fibi but really I am trying to remind you of what tree farm looks like (or show you, if you haven’t ever been to one). Look behind Fibi and see all the pretty Christmas trees.

This, does not look like a tree farm at all, but it claims to be one. ??? This little place is pretty close to our house, and when we came upon it a couple of weeks ago we were puzzled.

Merry Christmas to all and to all. . .keep out! What the heck?? The piece of paper someone has stapled onto the sign says “The Lord is my Shepherd” etc.

PS - Don't forget to help me name my flying squirrel friend. ;0)  There's some Jelly Bellies in it for you!

Baby Blues

Saturday we went to Britney & Nick’s for some pizza and of course I toted the camera along.

Adrianna was bright eyed and bushy tailed. . .and apparently, teething.

She has the cutest, tiny toes. She went for a check up a few days ago and while she’s in the 25-50 percentile in most things, she’s only in the 10 percentile in weight. So she gets to start cereal and see the doctor again next month. (Speaking of doctors, Haden’s blood work all came back normal, except the low white blood cells. So, the doctor took more blood to check for gout or rheumatoid arthritis. Will let you know, when I know)

Lately, Tristan is too active to catch in photos. If he sees the camera he runs even faster. I can only catch the back of his head while he’s kissing his sister.

“What?!? We’re outta milk?!”

“It’s ok, I’ll just play with grandma.”

She’s four months old now and getting very interactive.

Ok, I know I’m overwhelming you on Addy, but I just couldn’t choose. I was going to show you some swans today, but I’ll do that later. She’s just too cute to keep to myself.

So many expressions!

She has her mama’s eyes.

The yellow in the background is my shirt, she was sitting on my lap while PaPaw tried to catch her feet. The thing is, this little girl loves sparkles and when mama put those rings on her toes she started wiggling the toes and trying to grab the diamond with her other foot.

Brother didn’t take this toy. Yay! I think it’s neat that Addy has blue eyes and dark hair and Twister has hazel eyes and blonde hair.

Baby Blue eyes.

“See ya next time!”

Summer's Leftovers

Wanna win some Jelly Bellies?

For the last few weeks I have been wondering who put the stuffing in this birdhouse. I never saw any creature coming or going and it may have been there all winter unnoticed because I didn't really even look at it until the snow started melting and I wondered if I'd be lucky enough to have a guest this spring.

Then, Saturday afternoon, I guess the neighborhood was noisy enough that this little guest popped his head out.

Who is this? Let's get closer.

After I got close enough to realize that this is my little flying squirrel friend (spotted last October on my suet), I slowly backed away, went into the garage and did the happy dance like I had just won a million dollars. My husband looked at me like I had lost my mind. So I stopped jumping and wiggling, breathed deeply and softly told him that a flying squirrel had moved into the birdhouse. I also told him that I was so excited and thrilled (like he couldn't tell) and maybe there'd be babies and on and on, then I started jumping again.

This man really loves me, he gave me that smile that you give to excited children when you're pretty puzzled by their joy but are just happy to be away from their tears. And he did not take me to the mental institute so I feel pretty loved.

I think he likes me. :) I was about 5 feet from him here. Here's where the contest comes in. He (or she) needs a name. Did I mention how excited I am?  I hope there's babies, which I suppose would mean that there's more than one.  But I'm just so happy to be able to get a photo of him.   I hope to catch him out eating, but he's nocturnal so that may not happen.  A girl can dream.

We recently discovered that Milwaukee has a Jelly Belly factory. So, leave your suggestions of a name for the little fellow and I will choose one and deliver some Wisconsin Jelly Bellies to the person who suggested the name. In the event a name comes up more than once I'll go with the first person who suggested it. You can leave as many comments/names as you want between now and next Monday noon. I'll announce the winner, and the winning name, next Tuesday.

Boy? Girl? What do you think we should call him?

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty

Remember Buddy?  Do you know how hard it is to try to macro a cat's nose?

And Boongie is Buddy’s roommate and he tried to ignore me.

But eventually, after I had chased cats all over the house, my son held Boongie like you would a baby so I could get a close-up of that adorable nose!

And, where there’s cats, there must be cat food.

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign Mr Linky. Don't forget to visit each other. :)