Goodbye to Yuri

It looks like the heat was too much for Yuri. He had been hanging on for some time although his head was getting steadily smaller. Yesterday I saw that his head was completely deflated. His neck is tied tightly so it doesn’t look like there’s any way to rejuvenate him. It’s goofy but I’m going to miss Yuri. He was an entertaining and constant companion.


He doesn’t look good now so I suppose I’ll have to let him go. I think I held onto some of those purple gloves, though, so I may try to resurrect him. We’ll see. In the meantime, I’ll be remembering him as he was.

Yuri goes cool

Tom came up on Saturday. When I wasn't paying attention, he gave Yuri a new, cool look with dark glasses and some metallic tape on his head fronds. Yuri continues to do remarkably well. His head is getting a bit spongy now but I think he'll still be with us for a while. Here's a photo of his new image...

A Christmas pick-me-up

People who have been reading this might remember Yuri, the little guy that John and Patrick made from a rubber glove, a plastic bed urinal, and a few found objects when I was in the hospital. Believe it or not, he's still going strong after 6 weeks. I had to re-tape his head to his body a couple of times and re-attach an eye now and then. This morning I fitted him out in a little Santa hat and took a photo. Weird, I know but it gave me a boost and after that last post it's clear that I could use one. Here's the photo.....

A burst of creativity

My brother John and nephew Patrick were by this evening. They had an attack of creativity and ended up making this little guy from an in-bed urinal,a rubber glove and some other found items. His name is Yuri. Cool ,huh?. I have great family.