A birfday party

Last Sunday was the birthday of one of Ichabod's sisters. When we got to his mom's house we saw this cake full of crayon-candles. It was funny because the sucker was loaded. But it was also the same day that Susie had posted about buying crayons. I actually thought I'd post this picture last Sunday, but didn't happen.

Anyway, here's the photographic proof:



And, of course, Annie was hanging around for any food that she could get.

This is her normal sitting position, legs off to the side and tongue hanging out of her mouth.


She figures if she hangs out long enough some food has to drop on the floor.


And if she can't get food any other way she'll do the devil dog glowing eyes. Check it out, they even reflect on the cabinet.


Now for the flower pics. These came from a Mimosa tree in Grand Rapids. I would like to have one of these trees. I love the flowers.

I blog because I must

My sister, Bucky, promised to taunt me if I didn't put up another post. And she did. So here are some pictures I've been taking and haven't posted yet.

There are leopard frogs out in one of the spots where I like to look at nature. Here's one of the little buggers.



Then, a couple of weeks ago, Ichabod and I took a nice long walk down to John Ball Park Zoo. There were a lot of geese there. Some of them had to do the big wing flap, occasionally, which cracked me up. Most of my pictures were blurred as I never knew which goose was going to do it next. Here are the best ones I could get.





And it appears that the geese and ducks can peacefully coexist.



And this was my John Ball Park WTF picture.



Now I'm going to subject you to random flower pictures.







Most of these look better when you click on them and choose All Sizes in Flickr. :)

Another spider story

I always try to be cool around spiders. I know that they kill other bugs and most of them don't bother people. That doesn't mean that I feel comfortable around them.

First I saw this little guy. He was on his back on the stove. I took a clothes pin and turned him over, hoping that he'd take off and go on his merry little way.



A bit later I checked again. He was on his back so I flipped him once more. Even later I checked and there he was, still there, and on his back. I figured, at that point, that he was dying and there was nothing I could do.

Then I was sweeping the floor. I like to get down on my hands and knees to wash the floor. Seems like it ends up much cleaner that way. But as I was sweeping, this character came into view.



Now he was about ten times larger than the one on the stove. I asked him, very politely, to please go back under the stove. I was about the be down there face to face with the very spot where he was creeping around. In fact, he only stopped moving when I got close to him with the camera.

I sure didn't want to kill it. But I wasn't going to kneel down there with it, either. So I grabbed some paper and chased the little sucker around until I finally got him on the paper.

The problem with that is that he wouldn't stay still. He ran toward my left hand, rapidly. So I turned the paper around and he ran toward my right hand. I must've turned that paper around at least ten times before I got it outside on the deck.

When Ichabod came home all he saw was the paper on the deck. Then I got to tell him the whole story. And I was so proud of myself for getting rid of it without killing it.

Y'all have a good weekend!

A hug for Susie

When I saw this sunflower it looked like it was giving a hug. So Susie, this hug's for you. :)

A post for Susie

My dear friend, and sister, Susie is going through very rough time right now. I think most of you already know her and visit her site. If not, please go over there and wish her well today.

She has a special feeling for sunflowers. They reach, with hope, to the heavens. And they're just plain beautiful. This flower post is made with Susie in my mind and my heart.





This one, below, is one that I know Susie will especially like.








Happy Sunday, Susie! :)

Thinger

I just got this over at Effie's site.

THINGER
This is a quiz about movies. Or rather movie stars. Beside the name of each actor and actress please type your favorite of their movies.

Harrison Ford: Witness
Carrie Fisher: Star Wars (but she wrote Postcards From the Edge, a good one)
Mark Hamill: Star Wars
Gene Kelly: Singing in the Rain
Johnny Depp: Ed Wood
Orlando Bloom: Lord of the Rings
Keira Knightly: Love Actually
Robert Redford: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cary Elwes: The Princess Bride
Anne Hathaway: Never seen her movies
Tom Hanks: Money Pit
Meg Ryan: French Kis
Sandra Bullock: The Net
Keanu Reeves: Johnnie Mnemonic
Elijah Wood: LOTR
Viggo Mortenson: History of Violence
Will Smith: The Wild, Wild West
Nicole Kidman: The Stepford Wives
Tommy Lee Jones: Space Cowboys
Jim Carrey: The Truman Show
Val Kilmer: The Island of Dr Moreau
Tom Cruise: Minority Report
Ewen MacGregor: Trainspotting
Gwyneth Paltrow: Shakespeare in Love
Toni Collette: The Sixth Sense
Hugh Grant: Love Actually
Colin Firth: Love Actually
Renee Zellwegger: Chicago
Kate Winslet: The Life of David Gale
Emma Thomson: Wit
Alan Rickman: Every Harry Potter movie, Love Actually
Kevin Costner: Pass on this one, never cared for him

(Effie added the following names)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: His comedies, don't care for his action stuff
Elisabeth Shue: Deconstructing Harry
Kathleen Turner: Romancing the Stone
Michael Douglas: Romancing the Stone

(Here are my additions)
John Turturro: Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, O Brother Where Art Thou, Rounders, Quiz Show, etc.
Matt Damon: Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity
Woody Allen: Deconstructing Harry
John Goodman: Barton Fink, King Ralph, Raising Arizona

What are your favorites?