The Lorelei Look

We have all wanted to capture the pouty look of Lorelei...this is almost it! When she is getting upset about something...such as her bottle is not ready quick enough.....her bottom lip 'squares off' as my husband says. At first just the corners turn out, then it proceeds to this look, and then sometimes she cries and sometimes she goes between crying and smiling.
and sometimes she forgets all about it. That did not really happen here in these two in her little seat. I did not get her bottle warm soon enough.
The ones below were taken when I was getting ready to change her diaper.
She almost gets her whole hand in her mouth! Sometimes she gags herself and she will look at me like I have done something to her.
She is such a joy to have around....

We walked across the street to show her to a couple neighbors. They are my husbands friends and were out in one of their garages working on a trailer. The one guy and his wife have this dog...I need to take a picture of her. Anyway, she is just a Heinz 57 mix...friendly...likes to ride on ATV's...not a mean bone in her body.

I would have loved to have had a video of her today! I have had collies and they always like babies...if you know them you can tell right away that their heart just melts at the sight of one. But is is a quiet thing with them, and you have to be looking at them to tell it. Well, Lady, that is the neighbor's dog...she was actually shivering with delight at the sight of Lorelei! She wanted to get to her so bad, but she is in a fenced yard. And it might have been a good thing. But I did hold Lorelei down to her till she could at least smell her feet and legs.

Shelby is easing up with Lorelei and seems to finally realize I know how to take care of her....last week, if Lorelei even whimpered a little in her sleep, Shelby thought I should come get her. I sometimes wish she was a young dog now till Lorelei would have her to grow up with.

Lorelei is jabbering more and more. She does not like to be snuggled for the most part. Now if it is nap time, she seems to need it. And that is okay. Being independent is not a bad thing.

I guess I need to get to bed...I took half a Tylenol pm to try to go to sleep easier....I have been going to bed and just laying and thinking and thinking. So good-night for now.

Raining and wet...

These are the pictures I went outside to take yesterday, and had planned to post them till Mama Squirrel made herself available for a photography session. It rained and rained yesterday....steadily all morn and then showers off and on all afternoon. I really do need to get a rain gage till I can see just how much it does rain.
As you can see by this picture my peony is about done...yes, you read that right. I only have one. I have come to the conclusion that I do like them planted just one here and there, rather than in rows as so often seen around here. This one is at the corner of my front porch and stands out so much more than if it was in a row of them.
The picture below is just a cropped version of the one above. I like the way it looks when enlarged. I used to have spring jacket almost this color and I loved it. I was in the local grocery store one time when wearing it, and looked up and there was another lady with one on just like it. Someone I did not know, but we looked at each and said, "OH, I just LOVE your jacket!"

I have never been a fan of white flowers...I do not know why. Then Sarah got me this, and it is just so pretty I can't help but love it. And seeing some of the photos others have of daisies had sure made me come to appreciate their simple beauty.
I probably won't go out and buy any white flowers--I tend to go for more colorful things. But I am growing to actually like them. But they will be sort of like I am by polka-dotted clothes....I actually love them on other people but cannot stand to wear them now. Though I do remember my mom making me dresses from dotted Swiss material--does that count?
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Spent the day with Little Bright Eyes....at Sarah's house. She stayed home today and needed a little bit of help with Lorelei. Not that anything was wrong with Lorelei. Lorelei just smiled and smiled when we got there, and I sure was glad to hold that baby again. I had really missed her over the weekend.

It has been thundering and has started raining again. It did not rain in Terre Haute today, but we could tell by how wet things were that it had rained here during the day. And supposed to rain the next two days as well, unless the forecast has changed. I haven't taken time to check.

I will go ahead and post this, just in case the it starts storming so bad I have to unplug everything. But I am going to try to visit a few blogs before I have to shut down for good.