I have been going through my Laura pictures and came across
this one of Laura with an owl perched on her shoulder. It is a scanned image of one I took of Laura in 2000 at
Wal-mart. We had gone there one Saturday morning after I spent the
night on Friday. I still had my camera with me so I was able to capture
this morning.
I think we were in the Halloween department and there were all these
different stuffed toys, including that owl. It looked so life like it
was incredible! Laura was drawn to it for all the obvious reasons and
when she picked it up it was like she couldn't put it back down on the
shelf. So, instead of putting it in the basket, she perched it on her
hand, holding the feet and let the owl 'ride' on her shoulder while we
walked through the rest of the store.
I remember all the looks we got, for that owl looked so real that many
people couldn't help but stare!! At the check out counter the lady was
hesitant at first when Laura tried to hand her the owl, she was still
holding it like it was real, with it perched on her fingers! Only after
a few moments did the cashier realize that it was a stuffed owl!! It
was so much fun!
After Laura checked out she went to sit down on one of the benches out
in front of the store and as I walked towards her I remembered having
the camera and took this picture. She looked so happy that morning, so
beautiful, so alive and full of mischief that only Laura could have when
she was doing things like that!! I am so glad I had the camera to
capture that moment, even if scanned it is a fuzzy image!
This particular moment was one of my favorites with Laura. I also have a few photos I took of Laura when
she showed up her one early morning dressed as a clown. This was shortly after I fell and broke my leg, when I
was barely able to walk with the walker. She came over, with her son James, to cheer me up.
Joan's note:
Laura had a jester's hat, with its many tails, I'm not sure why she wasn't wearing it that morning.
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