Have You Seen My New Grandbaby?

Take a look at this little one! Baby is due in November. Chris and Kelsey are not planning to find out the gender until the baby is born. That means the nickname I choose has to be gender-neutral. I was thinking of "Sprout," or "Twig." "Twig" might be good, because I could modify it, slightly, to "Twiggy" for a girl. Any suggestions?

Round Robin Photo Challenge: Looking UP

Things are really LOOKING UP for those of us who participated in this Round Robin challenge, which was suggested by Robinella.

I dare you to look at all of these without getting a crick in your neck! These photos are from my archives; none of them have been posted recently, and some never have been.

Looking up at the sky through the leaves of a tree at the Rio Grande Zoo.

Looking up at the steeple of the church in Albuquerque's Old Town.

Looking up at the graceful geese in this piece of public art in Albuquerque.

Looking up at one of the towers of the Salinas Pueblo Mission ruins (NM).

Looking up at two climbers, near the Gilman Tunnels, NM.

Looking up at fireworks from last year's Fourth of July celebration, Albuquerque.

Looking up at a bald eagle as it leaves its perch at the top of a tree, Juneau, Alaska.

Looking up at hot air balloons, floating above the crowd at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.

Looking up at the Thunderbirds in a 2006 air show at Kirtland Air Force Base.

You can find a list of other Round Robin challengers HERE. Visit some of them, if you have time.

Talk About a "Tall Order"

For breakfast this morning, I ordered a "glass of milk." Here's what came. I thought about asking for a ladder! I'm only 5'3", after all.

60 Isn't Old . . . For a Galapagos Land Tortoise*

* Average life span: 193 years.

I had another physical therapy appointment today, for my knee. A different therapist worked with me, and her name was Phoebe. She was fairly young, and very nice.

As she put me through my paces, she asked me questions. "Do you have any children or grandchildren?" "How long have you lived in Albuquerque?" "Where did you live before you moved here?" When she found out I was from Alaska, she told me about her cousin, who lives in Haines. She wants to go and visit him, and she had lots of questions for me about traveling there. In the course of this conversation she asked how long I had lived there, and I gave her a brief accounting of my years in Alaska.

When I was done with the exercises, Phoebe did an ultrasound heat treatment on my knee (wonderful!). While she was doing this, another young therapist came in the room and turned on some music. "Oh," the newly-arrived therapist exclaimed, "I've always loved that song! It's from the movie Pretty Woman. Do you remember that movie, Phoebe? It's an old one."*

"You think that's old," said Phoebe, "Do you know she (pointing at me) lived in Alaska before it was a state?!" It only took a second or so for her to realize the implication of what she had said, and then she turned red and started a bumbling apology.

As for me, I burst out laughing. Well, you know, it was either that or cry!

*Pretty Woman came out in 1990. Wasn't that just yesterday?