Chilling with Angel and Texting with Donna

I continue to be very busy with household tasks and work associated with the estate. There are times when I wonder if I am every going to catch up. It is rare event when I sit down mid-day in my recliner. But I was able to get my feet up for a rest yesterday afternoon while I was on a donors' conference call with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. And, any time that I am in the recliner, Angel makes sure that she snuggles up.

This iPhone photo is terribly blurry, and it was taken in a dark room. But perhaps you will overlook its technical deficiencies and consider the merits of the subject matter. Isn’t she cute? Her little snaggletooth shows on the right-hand side of her little mouth. Yes, we happened to color-match our clothes, as luck would have it.

I haven’t broken out the big Nikon cameras in months and months. My photo mojo has escaped me at the moment. I imagine that it will be a long time before I can take decent photos of Angel. She moves too quickly and there is nobody around to help me get her staged for photo shoots. So you will have to be content with messy little snapshots of her, now and then, with my iPhone.

I shared this image with Donna in Texas (Made in Heaven) during one of two marathon text-messaging sessions with her yesterday. She insisted that I post the photo here, so that you would know that there are times when I am smiling, despite the emotional pain from losing my sweet Jim.

Miss Donna is a mess – a totally lovable one! She had me smiling a lot during our texting sessions. She has been a tremendous friend over the years. I am so fortunate that she accidentally found my blog right after I started it and kept coming back for more posts and pictures. We hit it off immediately. Oh, and like so many of my blogging friends, I wish mightily that she lived nearby! We could get into so much trouble together – haha!