War Horse...

I watched War Horse last night. I was so moved by this movie. The courage of Albie and Joey was inspiring. But the WWI experience hurt my heart. The scene where the men on horses with swords faced gatling guns ws awful. The experience of war was heart wrenching. How can war happen? It made me wonder what my late father's experience was like during his time on a navy destroyer during WWII. I never thought about this when I was a kid. What was it like to be him? I never had time to ask. Spielberg sure makes you feel his movies.

Cousins...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These cousins live apart but do not miss a beat when they do get together. It warms my heart the way they love each other. They play and laugh and run until they fall asleep where they drop. My daughters have wonderful children. Granny gets so much love and joy from my grands...

Old dog on the old porch...

Gracie, our 15 going  on 16 year old Lab had a rough weekend. She hurt her foot somehow and barely moved all weekend. My hubby and I had to carry her outside. She is failing slowly but inevitably. Her devotion to us is something I can't imagine  being without. Tonight she was all comfy on her memory foam bed downstairs when she decided she had to be upstairs with Papa. She dragged herself to the bottom of the stairs and waited til he helped her up all 26 stairs. 

Sad day on the porch...

Mortality bites me today. My cousin who is a year younger than I am, just 60, took a nap because of a bad headache and did not wake up. Her kids are the ages of my girls and her grand kids, too. 
She was a childhood friend. I so admired her worldly ways. She was the city mouse to my country mouse. She navigated Lamar park without flinching and the city pool was her domain. 
RIP dear Jackie.

On my porch today...

Sorry set up..... 

The view from... 

I in her mother's wedding dress.... 

I survived the day on my porch...

So I survived my 61st! The Grands called and sang Happy Birthday from TX and T.C.  M and family made me a yummy dinner and a delicious cake. The baby was so thrilled to sing and help blow out the many...many candles. My Hubby brought me coffee and made me breakfast.
About those last two questions from yesterday...Yes and yes.
Finished The Hunger Games Trilogy and online Aman Girls met to discuss...
Good read. Glad it was fiction.  Reality TV gone bad.

Another birthday on the old porch...

Tomorrow I will be 61 or tomorrow I will no longer be 60 ...


One year ago April 29, 2011,  I turned 60... much to my chagrin. I know it had to happen, not such a bad thing considering the alternative. But my days fly. Too many years too quickly. It seems like my sixtieth was yesterday and tomorrow is already my sixty first. I'm not sure if I lived every moment. Did I blog enough?   I did not answer two of my twenty questions. #19- Where did  you want to be in your life at this point? #20-Are you satisfied with where you are in your life? Two hard questions to answer. No novel has been written by this woman. My photography is just mine. Nothing in National Geographic. I have not been to Europe or Idaho. I did have my picture taken with John Wayne...