The good news Doug visited with him less than two weeks ago so he feels good that he stopped by.

Kerry Sorry to hear about dougs Second Cousin My thoughts and prayers are with him.

Sorry to hear this Kerry. My thoughts go out to you both and the family!

Kerry, please accept my sincere sympathy, losing a family member is always a lose in our physical being and our hearts.

My sympathy to Doug and you Kerry. My thoughts, prayers and love are with you

Yes Kerry...I have been so concerned for Lisa. Losing a child is just unimaginable. Sorry to hear of Dougs cousin. 92 is a long life. I can't believe my dad will turn 99 in March. Bless his soul...he has altzheimers and hardly knows where he is. Sometimes I think we can just live too long. Which makes losing little Bella even more heartwrenching.

Thank you all and Sally I agree if we live long in good health great, but suffering makes it much more difficult.

Thank you Delia, he will appreciate.

Thank you Justin.

And Katharine!

92 is a feat in itself! My condolences to Doug & the family. There has to be a lot of great memories with that amount of years!

Interesting you would say that about the memories Traci. I bet Dougs cousin has left the family with many wonderful memories. Even though my poor daddy can't always remember us....he can still tell us stories about when he was young or about WW2.

Fascinating isn't it?

So sorry to hear of this loss Kerry. My prayers are with Doug and your family.

Yes Kerry...very fascinating. You would think with all the miracle research out there they could come up with a drug for Altzheimers. I am thinking it's probably out there in the not so distant future. When I have little memory slips it scares me to death I'm getting it early.

We have so much going on these days it is easy to forget stuff everyone does it Sally!

Ok Sally here is the skinny on memory that I have learned about the last little while being forced to spend a llittle time watching TV LOL. Dr Oz had the guy from Guiness world records on. This guy could memorized 52 decks of cards WOW in it self. These are the brain foods he swears by to help him retain his memory. Beets, Cashews & avacados. Now alzeimers is really inflamation in the brain which turns it to mush. Sugar & diabetes has been linked to a higher incedence of this. What I heard was we need to lower the inflamation in ourbodies to stave off this process. Memeory loss is NOT a natural part of ageing. It is how ever part of medical complications that may be due to aging. May people in my family have lived iinto their 90's and were still quick as a whip. Those folks also ate a lot differently than we do today!

Oh geez off my soap box now HA HA HA

Sorry about all those spelling mistakes oops!

Well...holy cow girl...you're just a little medical encyclopedia! I am sure my dad did not eat correctly nor did I. Mama was a true southern cook. Lot's of fat and sweets!!

HA HA HA My greatest fear is losing my mind. My mother suffered from dimentia, but it was oxeygen deprivation that caused it not Alzeimers. I think she regressed to being a teenager. It was hard to watch.

Yes...you just have to laugh some days. They just revert to little children. It just makes me cry to see him because he just looks so tiny and pitiful.

Very sad!

No doubt it is a hard thing to watch, parents not recognizing their children, so sad.

Like dying early but still wandering around.

I think I might have taken advantage (and broke the ice) of the situation iif it was me (insert evil laughter here) Waited till he was far enough away from the cake with out a camera in his hands and yelled "BOO" HA HA HA HA

Oh lordy...I don't know who I would have felt sorry for first...you or him! No...that's not true....definitely you. I can imagine my heart palpitations if that had happened to me. You are soooo lucky they didn't break. Sounds like you handled it with your always natural good nature.

Oh god! I bet he was nervous after that! I bet your heart was in your mouth also?!

I'm sure he was! LOL, poor guy... I wouldn't want to break your flowers

Kerry, I can't imagine what was going thru your mind at that point, because my mind would have been thinking some very bad words. I am sure he was nervous big time. What this his first time working with you? I know you had a long time photograper you trusted.

oh wow.. I would have had a heart attack! lol

Oh how scary, glad things turned out ok.

No, not the first time, we have had 22 years together, the first time he had an accident. Could have been really horrible if he had wiped out the front of my cake. Lucky him, lucky me, the sugar god was smiling! LOL

Poor guy! Such pressure!!

Hi Kerry, what is the deadline for pictures and all

Wednesday, it isn't just a cake shot, it is details and step by step, a lot of extra work. Background, cloth, table setup to be determined, lighting, etc. -- nothing point and shoot about it.

Sounds like fun though!!!

Work, I do so many, always stressful, cake decoration is so fragile and there is no time for repairs, so no room for mistakes or breakages, photographers hourly rates are too expensive. When it is over the fun part starts when it comes out in print!

Breakages are never good; there's always a few naughty words here when than happen!

People just don't realize the stress that goes into making a cake!!

Wow...and I thought I got stressed just working in my little enviornment!! Can't imagine having to go thru all that.

glad you are back on track! Cant wait to see it!

Justin I was in' damn it' mode!

Can't wait to see the pics Kerry!! :)

Can't share as I am under contract to a magazine, will post when the contract expires November. You will have to remind me.

wohoo! I think he is from Puerto RIco! :)

Count me in! Can I prebook my place please Mrs V?!

I am definitely going to stay this year. I read on the OSSAS site about him and I can hardly wait. Wow! what a coup to get him!!

Awesome! Definetly reconsidering staying!!

OSSAS is my favorite place to go!

Stay for the class both! :)