This week’s theme is about babies. Any kind of baby is welcomed if you are participating in the photo challenge. In this post you will see baby humans, baby birds and animals and even baby trees!
Babies of the Animal Kingdom
Besides the cute Say’s Phoebe fledglings that joined us on May 12, here are a couple of cute photos from around our neighborhood in 2025.
I couldn’t resist adding these playful Dachshund puppies that lived across the street from us last year.
The pup on the right below was born with several recessive genes that rendered him both blind and deaf. You can see the blue merle (gray-black) marking above his eye. Blue merle coloring in dogs is a recessive gene as well. His other eye is an empty socket. This did not stop him from playing with his sister, which took a lot of courage! His sense of smell was incredible and you wouldn’t suspect he was blind and deaf if you didn’t know.
“Happiness is a warm puppy.” — Charles M. Schulz
My Boykin Spaniel, Brodie, is 9 years old now.
He thinks he is the boss of our neighborhood!
“A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.” – Carl Sandburg
Alas, Our (Fur) Babies Leave Us
If you have ever loved a dog, you know the heartbreak of saying goodbye when the time comes. Brodie is our current lovebug, but we loved his fur-buddies who have left us. Sadly, Woody, who was the litter mate of my little Aero, and brother of Gideon, went to Heaven this week.
Woody was the last of the brothers. he would have been 16 in July. Woody, may your sweet spirit run free with Aero and Gideon, and the other sweet dogs that preceded you!
“I love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.” – Robert N. Munsch
Celebrating…
Last Thursday, my nephew, Cody, all grown up, graduated from the US Air Force Basic Training. Family members made the trip from California and Arizona to watch the graduation at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. We are all so proud of this young man who graduated from high school in 2025. His proud father is on the right. In white is my step-mom!
And Remembering…
Cody’s Grandpa (“Papa”), my Dad, would also have been proud. He’s saying, “This one’s for you!”
This time last year, we celebrated the life of my father with a memorial service in Arizona.
“To the world, he was a soldier. To our family, he was the foundation. This Memorial Day, we honor the grandfather who gave his tomorrow for our today.” Unknown
This is an old family photo of me as a baby held by my cute brunette mom (front row), and my tall, proud dad in the back row. Far left is another baby, my cousin, also born in December 1959.
Dad, thank you for your service in the Navy during the Korean War. And to all the military veterans who sacrificed everything for our country.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill
Sharing for Johnbo’s CellPic Sunday
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post. Please use your own original images, whether new or from your archives.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently from mine.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
If you are participating in the photo challenge, I look forward to seeing how you interpret this week’s theme! Creativity is encouraged, so please share your own photographs (old or new), poems, original short stories, and music inspired by the theme. Join me next week as we explore Bicycles.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” — George S. Patton
Happy Memorial Day and Holiday Weekend in the USA.
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