This wasn't the picture we planned. We were going to get a picture of Wanda hugging these oak trees. Little Orrin G interrupted and the pictures of Wanda playing with him turned out cute.

Ten years ago when we moved here these oak trees were at the edge of our field. When our neighbor decided to develop his 40 acres the city took a bit of our land to build a road. These trees were in the middle of the planned road and were going to be chopped down. Wanda, when talking to a neighbor, on the city council, mentioned she thought it was horrible that the city was going to cut down these old oak trees. The council woman agreed but the city planner and engineers said they had to come down. Oh well, with a little work and us agreeing to take care of the trees and to pay for the curb and island the city gave in and let the trees stay. If you go to my sunset gallery http://www.pbase.com/slowpokebill/sunrise__sunsets there are a few pictures of these trees. So they are Wanda's trees.

And I guess Orrin G fits in this "Wanda Saved It Picture". She saved this guy's little life on the day he was born. A friend of my daughter had a stray cat that had kittens. Wanda went over to see them the day they were born. They had been born in the garage and the mother wasn't a great mom. The girl said there was one in the garage still born and she was going to bury it. Wanda said she would do it and went and got the kitten. When she picked it up cold and dirty from the garage floor she noticed it wasn't stiff. She rubbed it and it moved so she got a warm wet towel and cleaned him up and after half an hour he let out his first meow. The mother cat didn't have milk so this guy and his brothers and sisters ended up being bottle fed by Wanda and our daughter Brandy. Brandy has the momma cat and two of Orrin G's siblings and we have Orrin G. So we have two things in the photo that Wanda saved Orrin G and the oak tree.