Pretty Roses



These are my pretty roses which I got this year during the Rotary fundraiser.  Roses are romantic, and just scream, "I LOVE YOU!!!"  These ones are called "Freedom," which seemed fitting since I brought them home to hubby.  Well, I guess it's just an excuse to have roses in the house, because I always get them every year.  For the price, they are a great deal!  It's a two for one - help out the fundraiser - and get to enjoy some beautiful roses!  The smell is just wonderful too!

The name Freedom seemed appropriate since my hubby has a motorcycle with the word Freedom on it!  The idea of wind in your hair and bugs in your teeth kind of freedom!~ he always hates it when I say that.  However, he finds it his refuge from the world, whether he goes on a rip-roar around town or to a destination. 

Once again this year, we will be participating in the Bikers Reunion's "Freedom Ride!"  This is the local fundraiser where many bikers come from all over Canada, and the United States, and last year, one as far as Germany came, to get together over the July long weekend, and raise money for cancer.  It's been ongoing for several years now.  The event just keeps getting better and better, and larger, and larger!  That is great news for our area, because all the money raised goes directly to support cancer patients and the the cancer program in our local area.

Being a participant in the Freedom Ride will bring tears to your eyes, and warm your heart!!  It's so wonderful to see all the people come out to wave to the bikers, and the people holding up signs that they are a cancer-survivor, or thanking the bikers for their support toward cancer.  It's touches me every time too!  There are signs all over the towns along the bike ride route, where families and friends of have purchased signs to honour their lost loved ones.

Here is the website:  http://www.bikersreunion.ca/.  You can see for yourself what fun the whole weekend will be.  I can't ensure that there will be roses, but you can purchase a care package to give to a cancer patient at the local hospital.

Come out and join us!



Sassy, my little booboo!

Back in the end of November, I expanded my family to include a stray cat!  I just took one look at her, and knew she was a keeper!  She was about eight months old at the time.  She was nearly the spitting image of my dear Misty, who passed about five years earlier!

I stood adamant for all those years that I didn't want to replace my Misty, who I had for 18 years, selecting her the day she born, in fact, saving her life that day!!! I had been really missing my Misty though, and the stress levels in my life was reaching a high point - then one night, I woke in a start - it seemed clear that Misty didn't want me to live any longer without the affection I craved!

Shortly after that point, Sassy came into my life!  She's feisty, she loves to play, and she loves to purr... But she didn't seem to be a lap-kitty!  She does love to curl up on the bed next to my leg at night, so it's a start!  I pondered her past before coming to live with me.  What was her last home like, would she miss it, and wish to go back!  At first, I worried that I had made a mistake in accepting responsibility for her.  Maybe she wasn't meant to be with me, and I was forcing her to be mine!  

I think she is settling in, and I tell her the story of how Misty brought her to me!  We are making our own connection, and building our trust with each other, that is how she has become my little Booboo!  Now, I think she likes the name!  I call out "booboo!" when I come home, and she comes running to greet me!  Her tail high, and bounce in her step, using her high squeaky voice as she talks to me!  She's a smartie-pants too sometimes tricking her mommy into giving her more treats!  I oblige her, because she is such a sweetie!

I just love her more and more each day!  I'm glad that I took the chance on her, and she seems to be content to have a loving, secure home too!

Sassy, my booboo!