Make a wish 

 

Bumble Bee Bzzz 

Wild Strawberries 

Lily of the Valley 

Melvin (my daddy's twin), Darlene (the youngest), Bonnie (the eldest), my daddy Marvin, my Grandma Margaret and my Grandpa Floyd. Mothers Day 2005. 

My Grandma and Grandpa Nordhagen with their great-grandson Kole Knudson. Isn't this just a sweet picture? 

Okay, Check this: Amy is 11 months, weighs 19 lbs and wears a size 4 diaper. Nathan is 3 years, weighs 25 lbs, and wears a size 5 diaper. Sheesh! 

Amy Katherine 

Nathan Kishor 

I babysat my niece and nephew this weekend, overnight. It was an experience! It was wonderful and challenging. I learned a lot. Even though I will see them again in less than a month, I cried when I had to leave. 

Callie the Not-so-great-Mommy Cat

Once upon a time, there was a mama cat named Callie. Callie wanted to have her kittens in a haystack. One evening, dad was walking by the haystack and managed not to step on a day-old grey tabby kitten laying on the ground. Callie and kitty siblings were not to be found so baby came to our house to be nursed. Puzzle, it was dubbed. How did you come to be on the ground? Where is your mom? Do you have siblings? Are you a boy or a girl? We nursed Puzzle for about 24 hours and then went to find Callie. By standing near the spot where Puzzle was found, I was able to hear siblings (two brothers-- orange tabbies) and re-unite the kittens. Callie was found and brought to her kittens. Problem: Callie decided to have her kittens at the edge and the top of a haystack. I watched as she failed to pull an orange kitten back from the edge and he tumbled down. I picked him up and said, "Ahem, Callie, I don't suppose you'd be interested in doing your job. Would you like your kitten back? Come and get him. She took him out of my hand, and we made sure she would not reject human-handled Puzzle. All seemed well. The next day, unfortunately, one of the orange kittens was found, um, un-alive. Poor thing. Then Callie moved the other two kittens (tired of being bothered by us humans all the time) and we haven't seen them since! I hope they're okay. Especially our little Puzzle. Callie, you are one gorgeous cat, but not the best mama. Sorry, babe.

Apple Blossoms! 

Buffy is Grandma's favorite. Too pretty to be a tom cat. 

My mama really wants to bring Tiger home, but Daddy won't let us. Bummer.  

Tiger. But whenever anyone from my family looks at this picture, we think it is Sir James. The thing is, (is) Sir James aint no more.  

Are you getting the idea that I really really really really really really really like tulips? 

 

Pretty Flower!  

Grandmother's Garden (Sounds like the title of a book) 

Mmm, Toes. 

So, sometimes, when you're crawling under an electric fence, you shouldn't touch it. It hurts. And then you look like this. 

Red-winged Black Bird (no, really?). They have the coolest call. 

This is not a swamp. It is a marsh. A marsh, somehow, sounds more romantical. You ever hear anyone go around saying "I'm so overwhelmed, I'm just marshed." Yeah, I thought so.

This here purty plant is called Skunk Cabbage. You know why? It stinks.