Ode to the Flip Flops

Oh flip flops, shiny and new
When will I get to wear you?
Can I wear you in the rain?
Can I wear you to a ballgame?
Can I wear you with toe nails unpainted?
Should I keep you fresh and untainted?
Oh flip flops, shiny and new
When oh when will I get to wear you?

Happy Birthday Topher!

Caught in a "thoughtful" pose

Happy 8th Birthday

Christopher Martin Wilson!

Happy Birthday Topher!

Toe~Fur

Tophalicious!

Tofu!

ToeJam!

Our grandson!

Awesome student!

Baseball Star!

We love you!

How does my garden grow?

The birdbath flower bed is coming up nicely.
My "Mother" rose is in full bloom
My "Daddy" rose has some robust buds.

Jennifer planted these (I forget the name)

AND

"The calla lillies are in bloom" Claire Calla Lilly

Sarah Calla Lilly

I have a great new bird feeder

And wind chimes with fat little

"hear no evil"

"speak no evil"

"see no evil"

birdies

Mother gave me two great old cast iron kettles

that are now home to a couple of Gerber daisies.

Sid

and Masha

I got two cool solar lights from Wanda.

I didn't plant these but aren't they great??

And they come in two colors!

Looking down into the pineapple

plant. . . . I don't see a pineapple yet,

do you?

I also have two tomato plants ~ the extent of my vegetable garden this summer. I have some petunias in a couple of hanging baskets but they were uncooperative when I was snapping pictures. Maybe another time. . . .

On to personal news ~

Mother fell on Friday and dislocated her ankle and broke it in three places. She also cut a four inch gash in her leg. Saturday she had surgery and recieved two plates and five screws in her ankle. She is in the local hospital at this time.

Topher's birthday is Wednesday May

5th He will be 8!

Can you believe it??

Don't spit into the wind

Don't pull on Superman's cape

Don't spit into the wind

Don't tug the mask of the Ole Lone Ranger

And don't sleep in your braids!

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to me!

Photo was snapped at Oakman Elementary School

Wanda was in school there and Mother

took me in on picture day

Mother called this morning around 7 a.m.

She said I was born around 6 a.m. and

Aunt Doris and Uncle Jerry stopped

and saw me on their way to school that day

I was born at home ~ located on what is now

known as the Kings Mill Road.

Happy Earth Day

Today is Earth Day

If you are an environmentalist....

hug a tree

If you are not....

you can still hug me.

I too am bio-degradable

Last one

This is the last eye post. I just thought you would want to see the new and interesting colors I'm wearing today. It's becoming a rainbow!