Is This How "Little Joe" Got Started?

Here is my grandson, Andrew, at 19 months in his cowboy gear. He looks so much older than this - over two, at least. We have enjoyed being grandparents with Andrew and have been fortunate to see him nearly every week since he was born. He has a great sense of humour and loves a good laugh. He's my biggest fan. I feel so fortunate to have lived long enough to see grandchildren, something my mother didn't experience.

Our daughter informed us recently that she and her husband are expecting a second baby, likely on July 3, 2009. It will be so interesting to meet another new personality, right now hidden and carefully nurtured by our daughter, who has been a constant joy, full of gratifying surprises since her own birth in 1978.

Adam Art

It's fun to be able to pretty Adam Cartwright up, electronically. This is a "fresco" effect. This is from the episode, "My Brother's Keeper", where Adam accidentally (yeah, right) shoots Joe and then Joe is attacked by a wolf. It really wasn't Joe's day, because, after Adam hauls him home (Joe's good-for-nothing pinto, Cochise, ran away), then Adam has to play surgeon and cut the bullet out from under the bone in Joe's shoulder. Adam is a straight-laced sort of fellow, and doesn't even give Joe any whiskey to kill the pain. Nope, Joe gets to tough it out by chewing on a stick.


My husband likes this picture of Adam:

"Adolf Cartwright. The one they kept in the basement. Kept setting fire to the barn."