Old Blue Eyes again

I spent most of the past two days down at Sarah's...she had a yard sale today to get rid of some stuff till they wouldn't have to move it to Indianapolis. I managed to snap a couple pictures of Miss Busy Britches....you just have to click on them to get the full effect of those blue eyes.
Actually I snapped more but these are the best two....it is so hard to catch her still long enough to get a good photo.

I have been sitting here almost giggling to myself...thinking of the way she runs. Sarah's sister-in-law was there today and she noticed it. She puts her arms straight and sort of back a little bit and bends forward and runs...just sort of all out for her. Her head leading the way... I wish I had a video to show. It makes us all giggle.

She has two Noah's in her life, and she loves them both. She has the Noah who is the son of one of Sarah's childhood friend, but she also has a neighbor across the street named Noah. He is either a couple weeks older or younger than Lorelei. Well, neighbor Noah had been gone on vacation last week and they got home yesterday evening sometime after I left.

I would have loved to witness the reunion...Sarah was doing something outside and heard Lorelei getting excited...and she turned around and there she was at the fence, reaching through for him. I can only imagine the excitement...I was there today and Noah's dad came walking over with him....when Lorelei saw him she just started giggling. It makes everyone laugh to see and hear her.

A little fellow.....

Roger headed out to the garage last night, but was back inside in just a second and told me to get my camera....this little tree frog is what he had spotted. Notice how his legs really blend in with the siding on the garage?
The above photo is a cropped version of another one...I was so happy with this. I was amaze it was even half in focus because it was dark outside with only the light from the corner of the garage.

At home, we had a wisteria growing at the end of the porch...and often times we would see a tree frog on the window in the living room...I think it traveled out the wisteria and got on the window from one of the vines. He was at least 10-15 times bigger than this little guy! This one would almost have fit on a quarter, and for sure on a half dollar.

For a while, every time I sat on the front porch here, I would hear one but have yet to spot it. It sounds as if it could be quite a bit bigger than this one, if you can go at all by sound.

And remember when we were kids and would go out on the playground at school, and there would be little tiny frogs everywhere? Or did that not happen any where else. We never did know where they came from...but there would be hundreds of them and they were easy to catch they were so plentiful. If I remember correctly, they would only be there a day or two and then we just didn't see them any more.

There wasn't any pond of water anywhere close, though I do think if it rained enough over in the pasture next to the school grounds there would be a big puddle. It was just strange...I cannot remember seeing that happen anywhere else...but it happened there several different years.

Rays of sunshine...

This is one of my sunflowers...I only have about 4 plants and not sure one of them is going to make it. They are the kind that have big heads...

As you know Lorelei's mom is moving a couple hours away. They had to do the closing this morning, so we went and spent the night there till they would not have to get Lorelei up to go with them. And we would be there and not have to get up super early to go in. They were leaving at 7:30.

So, we got to be there again when Miss Lorelei got up from a night sleep. It is just so special...she wakes in the best mood. And she is just so bright-eyed and fresh. It is just like having a little bit of sunshine in the room with us. I tell you we sure have a good time with her. She tries to say whatever we tell her if she thinks she has a chance at all...and she does seem to know the words she would have problems with and skips them.

She has an active imagination...we just can't decipher what she is saying most of the time. She is always putting her toys down to go night-night....as well as us by pushing us down. She loves to drag out a quilt and play in it....she wants to cover us up, then sit in it, crawl under it and out of it...just has the best time doing that.

I wish I could capture these moments and drag them out at any time to see them. I did not have my camera, but even if I did, it would not be the same. The looks are only fleeting looks...and she is never still anyway. So I try to imprint the pictures on my mind till they will last forever...
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So, I have got to tell these little details about Sarah and Jeremy's buying and selling houses...

The house they just sold, they bought from an Art teacher....

The house they signed the papers on today...the wife had been an Art teacher but quit teaching to take time to raise their kids.

Oh, and Sarah's college degree is in Art.

Okay, you think what's special about that...not a lot, I guess but I think it is just funny they would buy houses two times from an artist.

But it doesn't end there. Sarah and Jeremy live in Terre Haute right now...the couple they are buying the house from is from Terre Haute and they both graduated from the same high school Jeremy went to.

Now this couple happens to be personal friends with their realtor and his wife...and his wife was there today. Now, it so happened that the realtor Sarah and Jeremy used over there had went to elementary school with that realtor's wife!

What a small world we live in....