Chipmunk photo captured with my new iPhone 13 Pro

 SURPRISE when my iPhone 6 Plus suddenly died...

So I ordered a new one at Apple on September 17, and could pick it up in Augusta, GA on the 24th by appointment.

About a two hour drive one-way.

Next day on Saturday morning I saw our Tiggy-Tiger girl hold something in her mouth, as she was opposite the kitchen bay window, near a shrub...

So I ran outside in my Happi-Coat (see below) and demanded she give it to Mami!

She did drop it and I grabbed it, thinking initially it was a small bird... no idea that this was a teenage Chipmunk with sharp teeth...

So I told Pieter to grab my iPhone 13 Pro and capture it inside my hand.

The very 1st photo taken with my iPhone 13 Pro!

Chipmunk sure was not hurt at all and started to be very agile and I decided to bring it across the creek, using our 3rd bridge and letting it roam there. 

That is at least a spot where our felines seldom (if ever) go to look for a 'playmate'...

Related link:

{Japanese Fireman's Happi-Coat from my 2007 Trip} | wearing my Japanese Fireman's Happi-Coat above...

Pieter Building Wood Trail with Rabbit and Chipmunk Nearby | short video where you see this striped chipmunk or Tamias striatus

Escada Rose Dress with Butterfly Shawl Tutorial

 Just would like to show you the silk Escada Rose Dress...

Wearing it here with Butterfly Shawl

Below post you will learn how to do that yourself!

Of course wearing my Majorica pearls...

This photo perfectly reveals the sleeveless dress as the 'Butterfly' did kind of slide off...

My hair in a ponytail with a silk rose barrette...

My Pieter found me this shawl when we were at a Rotary Club District Conference and I did check out the Escada Outlet.

Was grateful for Pieter spotting it as the banquet was a very cold happening with the airconditioning setting way too low!

Wore it gratefully with my Escada silk evening dress with roses, see post below...

The butterfly has full wingspan!

Pieter in his Burberry summer wool suit with silk tie in roses...

Haha, our Speckie girl did rough-up Pieter's suede shoe, the foot he's placed foreward.

So much for living with kitties!

A better view of the silk tie with roses.

Those were always the perks of working as international consultants!

You know that I love roses and angels...

Good enough for a blissful relationship! 😉

As promised, showing you how to obtain such a butterfly shawl.

It is in the Hermès Carré book of shawls...

This is it; you tie the ends together, than turn it good side out and wear it!

Voilà!

This is from an Echo Scarf Booklet...

Works of course perfect with a wool shawl for winter time.

So that is the outfit I wore with the 'Hat Elastic' shoes from previous post!

Related link:

Hat Elastic for Preventing my Shoes from Sliding OFF | previous post showing dress with small tote

{Back Home from a Wedding in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France} | wearing the silk evening dress with roses  at a wedding in France

{Angels engraved on lucky calendar coin of 1969} | previous post with photo of Escada evening gown

Five out of Six Swinson Brothers died while serving during Civil War

 Yes, at times history can be very cruel...

This happened also to one family, here in Laurens County, Georgia; the Swinson family where FIVE out of six brothers that served, died during the Civil War.

Yes, they all SIX served in the military... Imagine the pain it caused for the Parents! 

Here are Mom & Dad, visiting this historical site on April 10, 1996.

Swinson Family Cemetery Memorials ←click on link and on each name

Only brother Starkey Warren Swinson did come back home alive, after his service during the Civil War.

Gabriel G served in the Georgia Infantry and died in Vicksburg, Mississippi

John A served also in the Georgia Infantry and died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Starkey W served also in the Georgia Infantry but was the ONLY brother that survived, and he died in 1914 in Broxton, Georgia

Thomas Elliott served as Volunteer in the Georgia Infantry and died in Raleigh, North Carolina

William Pinkney served in the Georgia Infantry and died in Laurens County, Georgia

Young Woodward served in the Georgia Infantry and died in Richmond, Virginia

FREEDOM has its price...