Mother's Day 2012!

Happy
Mother's
Day!

to
mice
mothers...

and
bird
mothers...

and
Mother
mothers!

















My
mother's
day
starts
early...




on
the
Brixton
pond...

with
two cats
who
want
to
EXPLORE!

Let's
go
for
it!

Hey,
me
too!

Why
did they
put
all our
stuff
out here?

even
our
kitty
litter!

Forget
that stuff,
Stubby!


I'm
going
for
the
prairie!

- Hey,
wait for me!

This
is
fun!!!

We
can
play
all
day....

while
Mom
plants
flowers!

No,
Helen
needs
to leave
to see
her
Mom...

Dusty
comes
in...

But
Stubby
escapes!


Too
late
to catch
him!

I'm
off
to buy
flowers
for my
Mom!

And
I meet
with my
sibs....

to help
to empty
Mom's
old
house.

For the lists
I bring
pen.

Cally
brings
Ipad.

And
Nic?

He's
a
guy.

Here
go
the
towels.

the
flowers



and
all....

Good-bye
to
Talliho.

And
hello
Hoosier
Village.

Mom
is
at
occupational
therapy...


when
Tom
shows up
with
flowers.

Happy
Mother's
Day,
Gramma
Gene!

I bring
in
lunch...

Brother
Chris
has
sent
flowers...

Brother
Ed
FaceTimes
in...


Isn't
family
wonderful?

I,
too,
hear
from
all my kids...

This
card
from
Egypt...

Skypes
from
Tampa
and
Bolivia...

and
TJ
at
The Land
planting
dogwoods
for me.

It's
wonderful
when
we
can all
be
together...

It's
wonderful
to take
this day
to
thank
our Moms...

But
most
of
all...

it's
a
wonderful
day...

to
be...

a
Mom!








And
by the way,
Stubby
did 
come home.

Tom

He's
back
home!

We
missed
him!

We

all

missed

him!

Well,
then again...


some
of
us
ignore
him.

Come on,
Dusty!

Say hi
to
your
Dad!

But
we know
what's
important!

It's
so
good
to have
him
back
home!

After
the
knee
rupture...

the
blood
clots...

Surgery...

and
PT...

We
love
having
him
back
with us!

But
we
have
adjustments
to make...

Now
I
have to do
the
grocery
shopping...

and
TJ
all
the yard
work....

We
feed
the
birds...

and
the
cats...

We
bring in
a
lot
of
take-out.

and
bring
him
flowers
to brighten
his
days.

I even need
to pump
my
own
tires!

KC
from
Egypt
sends him
gluten
free
bread.

and
the
other
girls
call...

but
he still
has
long
hours
of wishing
he could
be out
playing
golf.

At least
he can
still
brush
the
cat.





But
he
bounces
back
quickly...

Soon
I'm
driving
him
around...










taking
him
to
church...


and
Petsmart...

He's
feeding
the
birds...

visiting
with
relatives...

and

taking

flowers

to

Gramma Gene...

and,
yes,
feeding
the
cats.

It's
hard
to
keep
a
good
man down!

I
love
you,
Tom