24

Have you ever seen the show 24? We never had until recently, though of course we'd heard of it. Well, it turned out that it's one of the shows our library has every season of on DVD, so even though we were afraid it might stink, we we decided to throw caution to the wind and give it a try.

Wow! Kiefer Sutherland is really keeping us on the edge of our seats! Here we are re-creating a photo watching 24. Not only does it not stink, it's great! We've already watched the first two seasons and we're impatiently waiting for season three to arrive.

Here's the original photo. Yeah, yeah, so these guys are eating popcorn instead of Chickadees, but we like Chickadees better. And okay, so 24 really isn't in 3D, but who cares? What a show!

Almost Yellowstone

Today's photo came to me courtesy of my blogging friend Veronica Wald. Yellowstone National Park is very special to Veronica, and she's obviously so special to Yellowstone that they send her retirement photos in her email! As soon as she saw this one, she had a feeling that Robert and I would like to go to Yellowstone and recreate it. She was almost right!

Here we are re-creating the photo on the steps of the Hollywood City Hall this afternoon. It would have been nice to go to Yellowstone, but we hate to leave Joey in a kennel so we very rarely travel.

Here's the original photo. One interesting thing about this photo is that it's cold enough for both of them to be wearing long sleeves - and she's wearing long pants - but did you notice what he's wearing? Shorts! All I can think of is that he must have hot legs. (Luckily, Robert has hot legs, too.) Well, it was fun to visit Yellowstone vicariously, and if we ever really do go, now we know what to wear. Thanks, Veronica!

"Senior" discount

This "senior" photo is from a costume shop selling a "Discount Old Lady Wig." I love what it says: "One's golden years can be quite relaxing - Bridge club, Sunday strolls, a year long chess game... You will look very wizened and classy in this Gray Old Lady Wig!"

nnnnnnnnnHere I am re-creating the photo in my own personal gray old lady wig.

And here's the original photo. Across the top of the website it says: "Halloween is in 77 days - Get your discount Halloween costumes today!" Hm... does this mean I won't need a costume?

A little pointing

When you're retired, there's nothing like a little pointing to brighten up the day. Obviously, I'm not the only one who knows this. There are literally dozens of "pointing" retirement photos out there - some with the husband pointing, some with the wife pointing, and some with both of them pointing at the same time!

nnnnnnnnnn nnnnHere we are re-creating a pointing photo this afternoon.

And here's the original photo, from a website for Covenant Retirement Communities. As usual, the website doesn't say what he's pointing at, so it's up to us to guess. A parade of dressed dogs? George Clooney? Personally, I'm stumped. But whatever it is, I must say that both Robert and this dude are excellent pointers.

Cheering Joey up

We had a great visit with Robert's sister Sally. Joey was especially happy to see her and loved having her here. But all visits must come to an end, and now that Sally is gone, Joey really misses her. Ever since she left, he's been lying in front of the guest bed with a sad look on his face. So, to cheer him up, we decided to let him be in a blog post.

Here I am re-creating a photo with Joey. Yep, it did the trick! I picked a photo that matched his moping mode, but as you can see, when the camera came out he perked right up. Joey loves to pose!

Here's the original photo. If Joey goes back to moping, we'll just tell him that maybe Sally will come back sometime. We hope she does.

Happy dance

Robert's sister Sally is coming tomorrow for a visit. Sally lives in Ocala, Florida and it's always great to see her.

nnnnnnnnnnnnnHere we are re-creating a "dancing" photo in her honor!

And here's the original photo. We won't be doing any re-creations during the visit, but we'll be eating at our favorite restaurant, Sonny's, maybe going to the beach, and having a good time hanging out with Joey. We can't wait!