Mother’s Day sorrows and joys

For the second Mother’s Day in a row, I was not able to call and talk to my mother.  I reflected on the last few years before her death, where I wasn’t sure she knew who I was anyway.  That’s the sad part of Alzheimer's.  But, previous to that, calling her always rejuvenated my spirit.  She had always been so supportive of my choice to live the fulltiming lifestyle.  Like anyone else would, I miss those times.

 

On the joyful side, all three of my kids called me today, and I enjoyed every minute of those conversations.   I’m anxious to get up to Indiana to be closer to two of them and the five grandkids.

 

When the shade hit the driver’s side of the rig, Emma and I went outside to enjoy the late afternoon.  I had determined that I will not do much more touring while I’m here so I’ll be feeling 100% for my trip north. 

I took my camera out with me, and was surprised to see more than I expected in the parking lot.  A male house finch stopped by to give us a look.

Next thing, a mockingbird landed with it’s eye on a bug in the grass.

It showed it’s exuberance after a successful catch!

I guess springtime love is in the air.  Don’t think these are the infamous love bugs, but they were sure determined.

Then there was this guy that caught Emma’s eye.  It was about 1 1/2” long, and get a load of those big eyes!   I have no idea what it is, but I’ve never seen this insect before.

 

All in all, it was a very nice Mother’s Day for me.  I hope all of you had an enjoyable day as well.

 

When I took Emma for her last outs just this side of midnight last night, she hopped down from the rig, and immediately began sniffing around the car.  She tried to crawl underneath, with some low growls.  I yanked her back, and we went off so she could do her business.  Once I put her back in the rig, I went back out to move the car forward to see what might be under it.

This is what I found.  I spent a good amount of time this afternoon trying to figure out what kind of snake it was.  I think, by the shape of it’s eye that it is nonvenomous.  As usual, I struck out with my endeavors to determine it’s identity.  At first I thought it was a corn snake, but the pattern didn’t match.  At any rate,  it was pretty much a newborn as it was only about 10-12” long.  I then prodded it to move on to greener pastures.   

 

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy