Ruby Tuesday

For Ruby Tuesday, I thought I would include a couple entries. Why two? Well, I wanted to show something I had not shown before. That is this hibiscus bloom. It is from a scan, taken in 1996. It was in my mom's yard...she had passed away in February of that year, so this was taken later in the summer.
Then in looking for something for Ruby Tuesday I ran across this barn...I have published it before but not for Ruby Tuesday. It is just sooooo red that I cannot resist showing it again. This is the actual color of the barn...it is so bright it almost knocks your eyes out.
Some might say that it stands out like a sore thumb, but personally I like it. A lot. It is seen if I take a certain route to or from the strip pits. And no I didn't get to go out there today.

I got busy doing laundry, taping off where Roger was painting in what will be Lorelei's room, and the time just flew today. Just think....Lorelei is one week old today! It is hard to believe she has been here a week already.

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Days like this....

I have been sitting going through some of my photos...I ran across this one and wondered what it would look like in B&W. Needless to say, I am not disappointed. I think both are best if clicked and enlarged. This was taken south of Terre Haute....
Now that the weather is starting to swing back and forth between cold and kind of on the warm side....I think the other day it was into the upper 50's, maybe lower 60's....and today back down to the 20's. Anyway, when it is like this, that is when I really start to long for spring and warmer weather.
And I changed my header back to a summertime picture from the strip pits...it seems like it has been forever since I have been out there. I am hoping to get out there maybe tomorrow. If I don't make it out thee tomorrow, I have no idea when I will get to go.

Tomorrow Lorelei goes back to the doctor for her first check-up...she is still the best little baby. She just sort of squeaks and chirps...I have yet to hear her cry. She is very animated and makes all kinds of faces. She is a living doll.

I have yet to see Otto with her...when we go down he is just so excited to see us that we keep him outside or in a different room. But when it is just them, he wants to sniff and sniff her. I told Sarah that he is implanting her smell on his brain...I really think he knows she is theirs.

Remember this??

It has been a while since I mentioned Bubbie...one of my best friends was asking about him the other day and I thought then that maybe I should show him in all his glory. You can see from the above which leg was broken. I brought him home the day before New Years and each day he seemed to shiver worse. We ended up calling and meeting the vet at the office on the Sunday night following New Year's Day. I had an appointment on Monday and was afraid to wait because he could not keep from shivering.

The next weekend we were having our daughter's baby shower...and I felt so under pressure. The doctor wanted to keep him and I told him I was done thinking about them keeping him for a few days. I had not been getting any sleep to speak of for fear of him hurting himself. The pictures below are his normal sleeping actions, but for some reason when I brought him home the first time, he wanted on the couch or chair almost all the time, and thought nothing of trying to jump down and I was afraid of him hurting himself, so I was trying to sleep on the couch. And was jumping awake at movement from him.
I took these pictures just an hour or so ago...he still carries his leg kind of funny, and it is stiff. I am not sure if that has to do with the pin still being in it, or if it is from not being able to use it. But I have a hard time keeping him out of things. It really doesn't slow him down much. I have caught him trying to make jumps that scare me. And he sleeps in the middle of the floor just like this a lot of the time.
He comes every morn to get me out of bed. He jumps up on the bed and walks on me, over to Roger, back on me. He will settle down for a short time and lay down next to me. Then he has to get up and keep pestering Roger till he gets him awake. That is, unless I get up and feed him. He is still a little piggy when it comes to food. That will settle him down for a bit...but it so good to have him getting around so good.