Mom4squirrels > June 30th

YOU'RE ONE IN A MILLION

My first attempt at selective coloring!  What fun!  Three tries and two hours...not bad for a beginner :-)
Here's the unframed version for those that don't like the added dimension:

http://Mom4squirrels.smugmug.com/gallery/2452453_zuNLx#322255038_Fzncz

Today is our 7th anniversary...  This one is for you honey, because you ARE  "one in a million!"
Mom4squirrels > July 19th

HOSTA FLOWER
Mom4squirrels > April 7 2009


BREAKFAST IN THE SNOW

2009 Viewer's Choice First Place Winner at North Chagrin Nature Center photo contest.
Mom4squirrels > 1/19/09

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
(of course, details are better larger :-))

I'm still loving capturing birds on my little tree.  It's quite a challenge to get one sitting still long enough to capture it.  This was taken through the open kitchen window, leaning over the sink...freezing my fingers off...but well worth the pain and suffering. ;-)
Mom4squirrels > August 12th

PEEK-A-BOO!  

This image is just for laughs...captured by accident, it appears like this little Goldfinch is quite the contortionist!
Mom4squirrels > 1/28/09  (Through the Window series continues)

DEAR LORD, I PROMISE TO BE A GOOD SQUIRREL...PLEASE SEND SPRING....SOON!
Mom4squirrels > October 26, 2009

A KISS FOR MOM

Hi all, just stopping by to let you know that I'm still around.  Had lots of issues going on of late...some medical, some squirreley (lol), and ALL time consuming.  Not many photos taken this summer, sadly, but I am trying to calm things down and get back in the groove with Dailies and a more tranquil daily life.  Good news!!!  My son is no longer in Afghanistan and will be returning next month to our home...and search for a job!  Hopefully stateside this time :-).

This doe and her twins were grazing in the park yesterday in the late, but bright sun.  This young doe wanted to nurse with no luck...so she would come up and nuzzle mom just in case she MIGHT relent and let her have some milk. 

I hope all is well with all of you...I'll be back and commenting as soon as I can!...  Kim
Mom4squirrels > November 7th

PUMPKIN FUN
(Best viewed much larger)

 
What a hoot... my squirrel youngsters finally figured out what to do with an uncut pumpkin sitting in their cage!  By early afternoon they were into the middle taking turns chewing on  the outside and eating the seeds on the inside!   This little squirrel was having the best time sitting inside and pulling down the gooey seeds and snacking away!
Mom4squirrels > May 25, 2009

TRIBUTE TO A FALLEN SOLDIER

My son Mike, who is working in Afghanistan, ordered a memorial bracelet for a fallen soldier. 
 Sgt. Johnny Peralez Jr. was the trauma medic in the unit where Brian, a friend of my son, fought in Iraq.  My son, Mike, wanted to wear this bracelet in solidarity with this friend, and as a tribute to this young soldier who lost his life when a roadside bomb blew up his humvee.  PLEASE READ BRIAN'S LETTER BELOW.

"Johnny was our lead trauma medic. He was driving for Chris that day because of a strange series of circumstances that I won’t even go into. What you need to know is that between our first and second deployments, they discovered that he had a heart condition that made him non-deployable. He refused to stay behind even though most of us didn’t even want to go. He said that the unit and his soldiers needed him. He focused on training the medics because he knew how important they were to the unit’s role.                

When we were in Kuwait, I saw a large group at one end of our Quonset hut and when I made my way through it SGT P was sitting on a cot with two five-inch scalpel wounds in each leg. There were four medics suturing him up from either end of the wounds. I discovered that he had shot his legs full of anesthetic and opened the wounds up himself with a scalpel. He had the medics practicing sutureing wounds. When I asked him what the hell he thought he was doing he said “Sir, these soldiers need training and this is the best way to get it done.” You would have liked him, he was fascinated with the technical aspects of the human body and medicine. When he taught, the entire unit would turn up for his classes and listen with fascination. When we would ask why or how something was the way it was, he would always respond with the same reply: “Because the human body is an amazing thing.”

Brian

Here is a link.

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/1459374.html

I photographed the bracelet for my son to send to Brian in tribute to his fallen friend. I thought about shooting the bracelet on our flag, but somehow the idea of a flower (life) and the black bracelet (death) was more poignant to me at the time.  I am sure that Sgt. Peralez has saved many wounded men and women by teaching others how to care for them.
1/19/09

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
(of course, details are better larger :-))

I'm still loving capturing birds on my little tree. It's quite a challenge to get one sitting still long enough to capture it. This was taken through the open kitchen window, leaning over the sink...freezing my fingers off...but well worth the pain and suffering. ;-)
Mom4squirrels > 1/19/09

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
(of course, details are better larger :-))

I'm still loving capturing birds on my little tree.  It's quite a challenge to get one sitting still long enough to capture it.  This was taken through the open kitchen window, leaning over the sink...freezing my fingers off...but well worth the pain and suffering. ;-)
1/19/09

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
(of course, details are better larger :-))

I'm still loving capturing birds on my little tree. It's quite a challenge to get one sitting still long enough to capture it. This was taken through the open kitchen window, leaning over the sink...freezing my fingers off...but well worth the pain and suffering. ;-)
See photo in gallery

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