Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandparents' Marriage Certificate!

My most excellent friend Mary, who has researched a lot of old family genealogy for me, just found the marriage certificate for my Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandmother Frances, who I've learned (thanks to someone on ancestry.com) was known as 'Fanny' and her husband William Cage.  This is from way back in 1806:

My Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandmother, Francis Street Cage

Old Family Photos 1

My oldest brother has begun digitalizing the old family photos he has been hoarding for decades and sending them out to the family.  I am loving the ones I've gotten thus far.   This one is of my mother, 'Gentle Annie', as a toddler, maybe around 1915 or 1916:

After Days of High Stress & Lack of Sleep...

Happy 2013 to You

Tobias outside, enjoying the first, 

snow filled, morning of 2013:

The Landscape Of My Left Palm

This started out as a photo of my left palm.

Here is how it looked after some photo editing:

And below is the original photo, before editing:

A few Recent Photos...

Griffin in his 'sleep shirt'...  

He went outside the next morning

and ditched it in the back yard.  

At least I got this photo!

This was a young quail I rescued from Griffin.

Sadly, it died about 20 minutes after I took this photo.

Griffin, giving me 'the look'.

BaBu, my youngest cat,

looking all cute and fluffy.

And Rexie, my oldest kitty, all relaxed in my lap...

BaBu in the Sink

Hi all-  I know I've been sort of AWOL from this blog.   Part of it is facebook's fault, because it is so much easier to quickly share photos on facebook, rather than here.  So that part is basically my own laziness.   Then another part is because I have gotten so MUCH busier at work, as I shift into a new position which has a LOT more responsibility and a lot less free time.  Sometimes I feel like my head is spinning, and I haven't even fully stepped into my new position yet.   But it's all good.   The new position, Program Director, while challenging, will be much more interesting for me.  It will also be healthier, as, after 10 years, I will finally be off of the graveyard shifts.  Yay, no more will I lurk as a pale, sleep deprived, creature of the night!   

Meanwhile, just to let those of you who still stop by this blog know that I have not totally forgotten you, here is a photo I took a few nights ago of BaBu, my youngest kitty, who has discovered that the bathroom sink is a lovely place to relax: