Furry

These little guys were born and raised in one of my Pecan Trees last Spring.

I couldn't say who enjoyed watching them more... me or my cats, Gandalf and Grayson. OK, it might be me... They're so cute!

I found out some interesting Trivia about Squirrels:

• Squirrels start mating when they are a year old. It takes about six weeks from the time the squirrels mate until the baby squirrels, called kittens, are born.
• Squirrels can live up to 10 or 12 years. After six years, they are considered old squirrels.
• There are about 300 varieties of squirrels around the world. In North America there are ten!
• Their sizes vary considerably. For example, the gray squirrel can be up to three time as large as the red squirrel but smaller than a fox squirrel. A recently born gray squirrel is about one inch long and weighs as little as half and ounce to one ounce. The size of an adult gray squirrel is about 18 inches and can weigh up to a pound or more.
• Squirrels will typically gather and save nuts and acorns during the last week of autumn, however, they don't eat most of them.

I can't wait until this Spring to see the next batch!

Grayson is the Photo Hunted!

During their visit last week my uncle was quite taken with my Grayness, as you can clearly see.

Talk about Paparazzi! But after all... who can really blame him? I am quite irresistibly Furry, Floofy and Gray! I am...

Grayson the Flauschie!

Calm Before the Storm

I took these on Tuesday evening, just before dusk. My SisterDear and BIL had left to return to New England that morning. The weather wasn't exactly bad while they were here, considering the bitter temperatures and the snow and ice they left behind, but it wasn't exactly ideal either. This was the prettiest sky in a week, and they missed it by one night. Too bad, eh?

Shortly after I took these, the skies turned completely gray. Just as darkness fell it began to rain. I'm glad I got to see it!

Stop by Tisha's to see more Looking at the Sky on Fridays!

I saw this over at Lisa's at All Things Work For Good and played along just for fun. I am not at all surprised to see that my card is The Lovers!

You are The Lovers

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.

The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.

Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Woo Hoo! It's Friday! Hope you have a great one!

Gabriel German

Have you heard about this Orlando man?

He's adopting 268 children from the Philippines. Once an orphan himself, he opened an orphanage for these children almost 2 years ago.

Wow... what a heart you have, Gabriel! And this morning, you melted mine.

Slowly

ninety to nothing
not slowly, the speed of life
-unless you're a cat

slowly comes the dawn
yet swiftly it disappears
-living in the now

wasn't i just five?
then ten, fifteen and twenty
-slowly grays my hair

This week's OSI prompt "Slowly" was suggested by Nancy of Genre Cookshop.

Homemade Pizza... mmmm!

First, BIL Enrico Suave made a stuffed crust cheese pizza.

Look at the knife fly!

BIL Enrico Suave also made a thin crust, half cheese and red onion on Red Sauce, half Bruschetta-style with fresh Roma tomatoes, onion and red pepper on Olive Oil and herbs. Oh.My.Word!

We're Ready to eat, Enrico! We had the 2 pizzas with homemade Chicken Parmesan that MotherDear made with a tossed salad! Mmmmm. Oh, and yes, of course we had wine!

I miei complimenti al cuoco unico, Enrico! Entrambe le pizze erano semplicemente squisite!

Note: The recipe for Crust Pizza Dough is on page 72 of the KitchenAid's little Recipe Book that comes with the Stand Mixers. It's a wonderful little book! It's hidden on KitchenAid's web site, so if you want it, save it to your computer in case they ever take it off! I saved it in case I ever lose my little book!

What's wrong with this picture?

PHOTO CREDIT

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Meows

OK, it is not akshully a real Contest. There's no actual prizes or anything... Just fun and frivolity!

So here is the photo! Meow us a Caption!

Happy Wordy Wednesday, everybuddy!

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Awwwww...Mondays

Meet Ellie Mae!

And her 4 brothers! Don't you worry... this tiny 2-pound wonder has no problem keeping them all in line.

Head on over to Kimmie's of Pretty Amazing Grace to see more Awwwww...Mondays.
Mom visited these woofies in Florida when she brought our Nana down to visit her best friend! Yup, she played with all of them. ::sigh::
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