August 2012

My big birthday cookie! :)

Kolton pretends to be sleeping before The Tickle Monster (Papa) attacks him with non-stop tickles. . :)

Kolton gives Papa a present he bought for him in Gatlinburg. It's for my 55th birthday! And from Ole Smoky Candy Kitchen! (Chocolate-covered cherries! One of my favorites!!!) They *WERE* great! (emphasis on past tense here, as it doesn't take me long to look at chocolate covered cherries)

Jackson is so well behaved. It's hard for anyone to believe he was an unwanted pet who was abandoned by his former master. He's still got some "cleaning up" to do in the grooming area, but he looks very good compared to the condition in which he was found.

This is Jackson. He was dropped and left alone at the end of the highway where Kristin lives. Kristin, Austin, and Kolton have taken him in. According to the vet, he's around 11 years old, but has some bad health problems and probably won't live but a couple of years longer. Still, it's nice to know his last years will be his best years. :)

Kristin loves gnomes, so it shouldn't surprise me that she has little gnomes scattered throughout her yard. Kolton shows me where this one is hidden.

Kristin loves gnomes, so it shouldn't surprise me that she has little gnomes scattered throughout her yard. Kolton shows me where this one is hidden.

This sprang up at work, where another few sprang up around a year ago. It's amazing a mushroom can grow to be this big in just two days of time. I've seen larger, but this still amazes me. I was a little afraid to put my Canon lens cap down, for fear it might take it over, as in the old Sci-Fi classic "The Blob." www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g5vFms1kkY