Snooty,Beauty,Hootie, Tootie and George!

Donna at Write by Faith

tagged me for a picture meme. The rules are simple.

Go to your fifth photo file and pick the fifth picture and explain it.Tag 5 others .

This was an extraordinary day. Hubby went out to clip the Ligustrum tree and saw a baby owl and came running in to get me. I came out and looked at him in wonder. We had never seen an owl up close in our own tree. Since we were having some friends over for lunch, we had to come in and start making some sandwich fixings. We were still gabbing about the bird and he said it was grey, I said it was brown. A little bit of dispute, so I went back out to look at him again and heard a small hoot.
Lo and behold, there was another one on the branch above. I started looking in the tree and found 3 more for a grand total of five. One of our neighbors is a real bird enthusiast so I called him to come look. We had the parents and 3 babies. One of the parents was really haughty looking so I named him Snooty and the mother Beauty. Two of the babies were practically glued to each other so I named them Hootie and 7Tootie. The last baby was on a branch by himself with the widest open eyes imaginable. He was looking all around intently and seemed to be very curious about everything, so I had to name him George. I mean, really, what else could I do?
Several other neighbors came over to see what we were all looking at in the tree. When our friends showed up for lunch, no sandwiches were made but we had a good explanation. That was the only day we saw them. We looked and looked for days and they were gone. What an experience. Unfortunately the picture of George did not come out too clearly so we only have the picture of Snooty.

I am not going to tag anyone but if you want to do the meme please feel free and please leave me or Donna a comment so we can go share your "story".

Easter "Basket"

When Karen at Now don't get me started ( be sure to go to her blog and see the fabulous picture and fun story she has) tagged me for this picture meme, I thought for sure my fourth picture would be either a penguin or a train. (hubby collects them) but lo and behold, it is our Easter rabbits and a bag of goodies we were planning on sending our kids. When our daughters were teens, one of them thought still getting an Easter basket was childish and made some snarky remark about how long was this custom going to go on. I snapped back without thinking, until you are 42! Well, now they are 39 and 41. I know, how is this possible? I'm getting close to ending that commitment. I think they thought I would forget but every year they get something from us. When we moved 1300 miles south, we started sending "do it yourself" baskets. Basically, we threw some Easter grass in a box and put in a few bags of their favorite stuff. Of course, then we had to put in stuff the son-in-law and grandchildren liked too. The funny thing is, now they look forward to getting their "Easter basket". If you're thinking of doing this, here's a tip - don't mail jelly beans, they are too heavy. Just throw a buck in the box and tell them to buy their own. Now there are rules to this picture tag: (aren't there always)

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer.

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder.

3) Explain the picture.

4) Tag 4 people to do the same.

Hopefully Karen won't mind but I am going to bend the rules a tad.(for moi, anyway) Instead of tagging 4 people, I am just putting this out there. If you want to do it and have a little fun, please take the meme and you can opt to tag. Hope nobody minds me "doing my own thing here" If you do post a picture, please let me know so I can go read your story .