The birdbabies are getting so big. It won’t be long now and I’ll be able to walk by the front door and not have to worry about spooking them!
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birdy update
Here’s an update on Larry, Moe, and Curly. Their feathers came in practically overnight. I caught a shot of mom (or dad) in the pine tree yelling at me when I peeked in the nest the last time. Haven’t had a chance to look them up yet, I’m thinking some kind of finch?
my mom
That’s my mom Carol and her brand new great-granddaughter, Aryielle. My niece Christy gave birth to her this past Thursday, on Friday my mother celebrated her 73rd birthday, and on Saturday we took her to the ER because she has been having terrible shortness of breath. She has congestive heart failure and is now in the CCU while they try to figure out how they need to treat it. Not one of our better Mother’s Days, although the new baby has brought us all joy, especially my mom. My mother had no history of heart disease but the shortness of breath has been present for some time and she kept thinking maybe she was just getting old, or it was a lung problem like COPD, a condition a doctor once told her she may have. The point I’m trying to make is this, if you or someone you know has been experiencing shortness of breath and made lifestyle adjustments because of it, shortening an evening walk, letting your once perfect garden go to weeds, buying fewer groceries because it’s too hard to carry them in, sleeping on more pillows at night so you can breathe better….go to the doctor and demand to be screened for congestive heart failure. My mom went to the doctor last week but because she didn’t have all the warning signs her family doctor did not catch it. We finally took her to the ER hoping they would figure out what was going on, and thankfully they did. We hear a lot about heart attacks in the media but the onset of congestive heart failure is often insidious, yet just as dangerous to the health of your heart. My mom is having a heart cath today so they can see what might be causing her symptoms. I wouldn’t mind at all if you could send some prayers and positive energy our way.
larry, moe, & curly
One afternoon recently as bookbabie went to retrieve a package from the front porch (a book order no doubt) she saw a bird fly out of a wreath on the door. Lo and behold, the little birdy had built a sturdy nest in the wreath and lain four tiny blue eggs in it all without detection, Mr. & Mrs. bookbabie are obviously either blind or totally unobservant (maybe both). Those are my winter wreaths as you can see, the nest is tucked securely behind a sparkling white snowflake. All four eggs hatched but one baby died and was tossed out by mom (and left dangling on a bit of wreath until Mr. bookbabie came home and gently removed it). I tried to get a photo of them when they were awake but they sleep an awful lot and I don’t want to bug them too much and stress out mom. I’ll post updated photos and reports once a week until they fly the coop!
happy birthday george!
George’s 46th birthday is this Sunday. Since I can’t give him a gift, I’d like to give my fellow Clooney fans something. If you click on the photo above you can save a bigger version and use it as a desktop wallpaper. I borrowed the photo from The Clooney Project, tinted his eyes, and then colored the background so it was easier to see my desktop icons. Be forewarned though ladies, it’s awfully hard to get any work done with those dreamy brown eyes staring back at you!
a million little pictures
I met a really cool artist in my web wanderings tonight. Her blog is called Misty Mawn and one of her posts included a mosaic self-portrait that she made at this online mosaic generator. Needless to say, I spent my evening uploading, and then downloading photos, saving the ones I liked best. If you click on the portrait of my son Andy, you’ll get a larger view and you will be able to see that his image is made up of thousands of other tiny images. It’s really quite beautiful. Give it a try and have yourself a lovely, art filled weekend!
california dreamin’
We’re back! We had a great time (except for the food poisoning). Here’s a few pics from the road…
On the beach near my sister’s house in Carlsbad. Brrrr, it was colder in California that day than it was back in Michigan!
My nephew Robert and my “niece”, Lola.
We rented a cute little Nissan 350Z. Now I know why old people drive around in big boats (and I also know that I am now officially an old person, on the next road trip me and Mr. bookbabie plan to find the biggest, softest ride available!).
Lovely Morro Bay…ahhh, peace, peace, peace.
Highway 1 in CA. Don’t look down.
I was hoping to run into Clint while in Carmel, didn’t happen:-( But I did manage to make one new friend while I was there.
Wine Country, or should I say whine country as Mr. bookbabie tasted very little vino due to the lingering effects of some nasty lobster salad. Cheers!
THE bridge.
A room with a view.
We lucked out and got bumped up to a sweet suite at the Argonaut in San Francisco at Fisherman’s Wharf. Great location and most excellent view of the bay and Alcatraz Island. If you have to feel lousy in San Francisco you might as well do it in a huge two room suite. Mr. bookbabie loved the nautical decorating so much that I’m worried that my walls here at home will soon be painted navy blue with gold stripes and covered with giant mirrors shaped like ship portholes. All in all it was a good trip, we visited with family and saw some beautiful scenery, but the truth is we couldn’t agree more with Dorothy, in the end…there’s just no place like home.
spring daydreams
Right now it’s thirty degrees outside and we have 40mph winds. This is a close-up of the Clematis, Margot Koster, from my garden last summer. I went a little nutty and planted clematis vines everywhere on our property. I have about 35 or 40 varieties. They tend to require a bit of TLC and not all of them are happy with where I’ve planted them. I look forward to the spring. Taking that first walk around our property to see who survived the winter. I love the sight of those tender green shoots pushing their way up through the cold brown earth, each one is like a little gift meant just for me.
bookbabie 
