Happy Birthday Nanny.

Little Bear

I lost her 39 years ago. October 17th 1977. I was 16 and she was 55. My mother Opal Louise Sparkman Williams.

Her name was Ruth Elois Lambert Sparkman. Forgive me. Her daughter was Ruby Sue Sparkman. She died at 13 years old and I've lost the only picture of her. How can I forgive myself?

My Nanny

Ruth Elois Andrews Sparkman
Born May 21, 1906
Died April 1, 1996
I loved her.

Glads

 I'm sitting here here crying because I wanted to tell a story about my momma and her gladiolas.
There isn't anybody to share it with and maybe somebody will care about it.

 My great Aunt Lizzie used to own a very well thought of florist shop call Stowe's in Minor, Al. I can remember when I was little before Memorial Day she (my mother) would spend all day making arrangement for other people and them come tired to make her arrangement for all the people we had to make them for.

I had a stroke in September. The typing is going real slow with my left hand and I have to look real hard for the letters I want. I plan on doing this to help my mind and my memory.

Some of my babies

Why can't I get it in gear.

I want to blog. I really do.

Hi! Little Bear here. Mommie's trying she's just,,,,well,,,,,,,,we love her.

PUPPY PICTURES WILL BE PUBLISHED SUNDAY NIGHT. SORRY FOR THE DELAY!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Our New Year Resoutions

1. Get organized

2. Get organized

3. Get organized

4. GET THIS BLOG UP AND RUNNING!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

HAPPY HOLIDAY!

Well, now that we realize a blog is a lot more than just writing witty posts. (Or at least trying to be witty). We are planning a "true" blog launch for sometime mid-November to early December. Please come see us then if only to ooh and aah at "baby" pictures. Ducky's puppies are due Oct. 9. Yipper is due Oct. 16. Little Bear is due Oct. 24. We really aren't sure who's next Punkin or Carlie. We only have 6 female breeders, but haven't had a boy dog for over a year so they all decided to enter their season at the same time. Pookie (boy dog) is tired. Anybody got any worn out playpens please let me know!

HI! I'M PRECIOUS! I'M PRECIOUS! HI! HI! HI! I'M PRECIOUS! I'M PRECIOUS! Precious! Calm down and get off of momma's blog. BUT, MOMMA I'M PRECIOUS! I'm going to count to 3. One. Two... OK MOMMA I'M GOING. BYE.  That girl is going to drive me crazy. I'm Little Bear and Precious is my daughter. She's 2 years old but acts like 6 months. Some kids never grow up! MOMMA! MOMMA! What is it Precious? I WANNA PLAY! I WANNA PLAY! Alright Precious. Momma's coming. Kid's can live with'em. Wouldn't want to live without them!

Hi, this is Yipper. Poor momma. She really wants to get her blog going but, her time is so limited. She really is trying to figure it all out. Right now she dealing with a serious family illness. Maybe when everything's better she can get down to work. In the mean time, we all just love on her as best we can.

Hi. My name is Punkin and I'm the clown of the family. Momma is trying so hard to work out exactly how to go about setting up her blog. I told her for now just let us use it to say what we need to say, to relax. See we all need an outlet. So for now don't expect spectacular insights into this world in which we live. We're gonna hang out and do our thing.

Hi. My name is Carlie I'm the youngest around here not even a year old yet. I'm wanted to let you all know my Mommy is a goofball. She's really trying to get it all together but, she's a mess. I clean her toes all day trying to remind her what she need to do but, she just can't seem to concentrate. See, Monday she bought a new boyfriend for the 7 of us girls. Problem is he's kinda afraid of us. We all have lived here our whole life and well Mommy kind of halfway rescued him. She took my Aunt Yipper to meet him and when she saw where he lived she simply asked if she could buy him. See, we all live inside and have a big fenced area in which to play. But, he was living in a 4 foot by eight foot box. He's stiff because he never got to run around and only had a hard floor on which to sleep. But, he's getting better now. he goes up and downs the steps better and Mommy's going to take him to see a doggie dentist the first of the month. Where he lived he was clean, well fed and got his shots and wormer but, he didn't get loved. Both my Mommies are making sure to love on him at least twice a day. They are trying to teach him to take a treat, too. I can't imagine a life without love so I'm gonna sign of now and go sit on Mommy's foot until bedtime. When we go to bed I'm going to curl up as close as I can so she'll know how much I appreciate her love. PS. I know many people aren't reading this yet but, he needs a new name. His name is Buck and my cousin Ducky (also called Duck) keeps running up every time Mommy calls Buck. Any ideas?