Thursday, August 12, 2010

. . . And If Elected . . .

Thursday - August 12, 2010

When we get to see Cora, I try and capture as many pictures of her as I can. Some are blurry, others are good, but then some just capture our eyes, and we think are fantastic and tells a story.

On our visit to Columbus a couple of weeks ago, we strolled down the mall with Cora. We went into The Bear Company shop, and she picked out "Lamar." I was trying to get a picture of her smiling and holding "Lamar." The following picture is the only one with her looking at the camera and smiling. Poor Lamar is down behind the front of the stroller. I loved the look on Cora's face - the smile and look of innocence!

I used this picture as my background on the laptop. Bill was glancing over towards it the other evening and started laughing! (It was great to hear him laugh!) He said he had come up with a great caption for this picture!!! We all know how cute,beautiful, and friendly she is . . . . so we would use this picture with the words " . . . and if elected . . . " written underneath it. Now who would not vote for this precious baby girl?

She has our vote . . . . how about yours???



". . . and if elected . . . "

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Back Porch Memories - A Bird's Eye View

Tuesday - August 10, 2010

One of the things my parents loved to do was sit out on the back porch early in the morning and watch for "their" birds. Dad loved feeding the birds - cardinals, wrens, robins, doves, orioles, and even the messy pigeons. He and the boys built a porch on the back of the house that was partially enclosed. He didn't want to be run inside because of the weather. He loved that back porch. He even built a swing to hang so he could watch the birds AND take a nap!!!!

Since Dad has gone Home, it has become Mom's favorite place to sit. She sits in Dad's spot watching the humming birds fight over the feeder she has hanging. Since her eye-sight is not what it use to be, she can't really see the Martins fly into their house Dad had the boys put up in the back. However, she listens for the birds as they sing their songs. She also goes out there to get "warm," even when the temperature is almost 100 degrees!!!

Both Mom and Dad couldn't wait until spring rolled around and it would be warm enough for them to sit on the porch with their morning cup of coffee listening to the birds wishing them a good morning! While sitting with Mom the other morning, I took some pictures, mainly so I could show Mom the pictures by enlarging them on the computer. She can't see the Martins, but she hears them!!! She loved these pictures, and we wanted to share some of them with all of you who may read this blog!!!


We love how I was able to capture some of the Martins still in flight!!!





There are two humming birds that fight over the feeder. I was only able to capture a picture of one at a time!!!