Sad...

I hate to have to tell this...I almost did not tell about it at the beginning simply because I was afraid this would be the outcome. But Clover died this morning while I was holding him. He had not ate much yesterday....and this morn when I got up to feed him, he was so cold, even though I still had the heating pad in his cage. I held him trying to snuggle him and get him warm but he died while I was cuddling him to me. I could feel the congestion in his chest.

I had the thought where I wondered if he caught what I had, but I know when Roger first brought him to me, I did not think he would live cause he coughed a time or two and I felt it in his little chest. I was really beginning to think he just might make it, but I never felt sure. He was just so tiny. And just a couple days ago, so alive. It was hard to get him to be still long enough to eat.

The day has sure seemed empty without him....

Sky Watch Friday

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Where the Earth and the Sky Collide

Another scanned image...I know this is in Tennessee but cannot remember exactly where I was when I took it.

For more Sky Watch participants go to Tom at Welcome to Wigger's World.

Smoke bush

I cannot seem to post without posting a photo because that is what I look forward to when visiting my blogging buddies. So I searched in my archives for something of beauty. These were taken of my smoke bush. The first was taken a few days back and the others were taken in 2005 after a summer rain. When enlarged, I cannot imagine anything more beautiful. I don't think man could create anything even near as pretty as what happens in nature.