tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19171614951483875402024-03-23T14:46:29.426-07:00PudelfreundKnitting, Quilting, Hiking, Snowshoeing, Poodles and more Poodles.Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-36778942579436044552024-03-23T14:45:00.000-07:002024-03-23T14:45:42.315-07:00Be Careful About Lumping Medicare Advantage Plans Together<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">#MedicareAdvantagePlans are under attack, but they aren't all the same.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Last year, we received notice that our local hospital, St. Charles Hospital in Bend, OR, was reviewing these plans because of difficulty obtaining payment. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwGxG18CUgcQvDGV9yaN2SsNZspudgeJpoJq78PR6FrAiBmpLS6wFLwsQJGn_urfrxg8Xz0dzhiQR7cIixnNwZ0fu3jyAKt4ia6GSLubZz1IsXnHIyYPQyiWZAcw3VdZCy0oFKeKRaiCLcSk_d8zts2wCSLcZVGxw8Z1fnKPwJg7-xtN88oFw59MOP2TO/s1000/ST-CHARLES-HOSPITAL-BEND.jpg.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwGxG18CUgcQvDGV9yaN2SsNZspudgeJpoJq78PR6FrAiBmpLS6wFLwsQJGn_urfrxg8Xz0dzhiQR7cIixnNwZ0fu3jyAKt4ia6GSLubZz1IsXnHIyYPQyiWZAcw3VdZCy0oFKeKRaiCLcSk_d8zts2wCSLcZVGxw8Z1fnKPwJg7-xtN88oFw59MOP2TO/w640-h426/ST-CHARLES-HOSPITAL-BEND.jpg.webp" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">A few months later, they announced their list of plans they would accept. We were relieved to see that our current plan was on the list. At that time, we hadn't needed anything more than routine care for some time, but you never know.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Then, on November 7th, we did. A very large exuberant puppy (not mine) jumped on me at the dog park. He hit me in the chest and knocked me over onto the asphalt walkway. The back of my head struck the pavement. Blood came out of my nose and ears. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">An ambulance came and took me to the emergency room at the hospital. I had opened my phone in the ambulance and found the page with all the medical info for the paramedics.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zxPSzJx2U_hAUl5Es02lvbdEILHGAItygEeUPLqfjHPawstVJ2QahhaEIPvx7MY0d-_9MBDuX-GasFZcYs4ePEIXQSFs7kmjm07sLcyWKHFQ9vGi0vc_QJCSMMm6eY9hFSTQRJTRf_c-H016q3KerUd-sIRZg7Pli1E-kTdrsnQRSNBC7jMgW8WUX-p7/s3024/IMG_2918.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zxPSzJx2U_hAUl5Es02lvbdEILHGAItygEeUPLqfjHPawstVJ2QahhaEIPvx7MY0d-_9MBDuX-GasFZcYs4ePEIXQSFs7kmjm07sLcyWKHFQ9vGi0vc_QJCSMMm6eY9hFSTQRJTRf_c-H016q3KerUd-sIRZg7Pli1E-kTdrsnQRSNBC7jMgW8WUX-p7/w480-h640/IMG_2918.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">At the hospital, doctors and nurses asked a lot of questions...but no one asked what kind of insurance I had, my blood type, allergies or my next of kin. They had all that already.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Diagnosis: skull fracture with bleeding in the brain. I was in intensive care overnight. I had four CT-scans, numerous tests and other evaluations. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The next day I had visits from three different therapists. They let me go home when they felt sure it was safe. The following day I had a call from "Mom's Meals" offering me cooked meals delivered to my home to be paid for by my insurance. My insurance company called me to see how I was doing.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Next I received a call from the outpatient physical therapy department saying our insurance had pre-approved 8 physical therapy sessions for my balance. They wanted me to see my primary care physician, an ENT specialist and a neurosurgeon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I was getting concerned about the cost, so I called my insurance company and asked the representative if they could tell me how much all this was going to cost me. I was told $450 for the hospital, but they didn't know about the ambulance yet, and there would be some co-pays for visits.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I figured it would be much more before I was done. However, when I got the bill from the hospital I was stunned that my share of the bill of $27,000 was $450. Later I paid $250 for the ambulance. I had a $40 copay for each specialist and another for all of my PT sessions combined.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">To say that all Medicare Advantage plans are bad is like saying all plants are nice to have in your garden. (I like flowers and vegetables, but not poison ivy.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We've had #Medicare only, and we paid out a lot more. We had a different #MedicareAdvantage plan and had trouble getting them to pay.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Bottom line: Don't bash all #MedicareAdvantage plans. Find out which ones are looking for suckers and which ones really take pride in the service they offer. Then choose wisely. (St. Charles has a nice list.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I'm doing well. I only needed four PT sessions. Neurosurgeon says my brain looks good. 🤣</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">ENT specialist says my sense of smell could still come back entirely, but it takes time. My hearing is almost back to what it was before the accident. My insurance company sent me to get new hearing aids with the cost subsidized. The pillow (to sit on that first month when my tailbone was bruised) was free. I could go on, but you get the picture.</span></div>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-17184723227515813492023-12-14T07:28:00.000-08:002023-12-23T15:59:40.101-08:00Stuart Holiday Letter 2023<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">This year has been a roller coaster ride for us. We’ll just hit the highlights, or it will be a book instead of a letter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Last year at this time, we knew we would be saying goodbye to our dog Rocky soon. He was 18 1/2 years old, virtually blind and very hard of hearing. When the day came, we threw him a party. The dogs had some birthday cake from the freezer from Rocky’s 18th birthday in August. Afterwards, we bundled him up and put him in the stroller for a last walk along the trail.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The vet came to our home that evening with an assistant. It was all very peaceful but still sad. Well, we were now down to one dog and thought that would be it. However, by the next day, both of us had come up with the idea of seeing if the breeder had any miniature poodles that would be ready to come live with us in the Spring. (We were planning to take the trailer to Arizona in March to visit Charlie’s brother, who has a small winter home there.) We decided to have a look and found this.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVPIvICOg5OFEL_IZYikPOyIEr5-P0Np1CpZLYRa5H6xKpqGiIgL59jj1BiCdrxFojb-61d8Wwo_CB9iPFh1fMUaUWvSPHdSU-pfceJ7_BBpX9Xl1bh_ysSbttO9Kr2ZJB4u5BlcrxGour9drYYOtDH4g4DLTGm0IsUlVcRYADLkXF4dZiZlxQIuRi_6n/s346/IMG_2530.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="346" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVPIvICOg5OFEL_IZYikPOyIEr5-P0Np1CpZLYRa5H6xKpqGiIgL59jj1BiCdrxFojb-61d8Wwo_CB9iPFh1fMUaUWvSPHdSU-pfceJ7_BBpX9Xl1bh_ysSbttO9Kr2ZJB4u5BlcrxGour9drYYOtDH4g4DLTGm0IsUlVcRYADLkXF4dZiZlxQIuRi_6n/w640-h384/IMG_2530.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">These puppies would be ready to leave their mother by the middle of March, about the time we expected to be coming home from Arizona, and the breeder was on our way home. Clearly, it was meant to be. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We had planned to go to Beaverton in February for the Rose City Yarn Crawl, but some serious winter weather made that impossible, so it was rather a quiet month. March 1st, though, saw us pull out with the trailer on our way to Arizona! Our trip went well until the next day, when our old Silverado pickup truck and tow vehicle broke down. We were about halfway between Burns, OR, and Winnemucca, NV.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It took a few hours for the Auto Club to find someone who could take both the pickup and the trailer. While we waited, the three of us covered up with the down comforter to stay warm. (We could have run the heater, but the vents are covered when the slide-out is in.) Fortunately, the tow truck took us to Winnemucca instead of going backwards. He dropped the trailer off at the RV campground where we had made arrangements and then took our pickup to a place that does repairs. Little did we know that Silver State RV Campground was to be our home for the next three weeks. The mechanic discovered that one of the pipes that goes from the catalytic converter to the manifold had broken off, and the other one was clogged. Finding parts for a 23-year-old vehicle was the problem. It was an interesting three weeks, while we waited. Most of the people in the campground were full-time residents. They had skirts around their trailers and heat tape around the hoses. Some had huge tanks of propane. They had vehicles they could use to go to the store.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNSsBG70ulVQyOexLoOTV2SErc3DTcJ7WZcaHTqa8UgzTW03a2s_UqXiOJcKvcWeX87EfrYuilfpgrMoMao9n3JNHA9Ho4CFMR5JFG1t3OZ05tJq4ewAbjm-THplq4FupRY3c-mV_N4eFqaFg__BFYnV_DgvN23aRXlGFhewpN_uidycMaIn4GGMkntrQ/s4032/IMG_2752.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNSsBG70ulVQyOexLoOTV2SErc3DTcJ7WZcaHTqa8UgzTW03a2s_UqXiOJcKvcWeX87EfrYuilfpgrMoMao9n3JNHA9Ho4CFMR5JFG1t3OZ05tJq4ewAbjm-THplq4FupRY3c-mV_N4eFqaFg__BFYnV_DgvN23aRXlGFhewpN_uidycMaIn4GGMkntrQ/w640-h480/IMG_2752.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It didn’t take too long before we realized we weren’t going to Arizona after all. We would pick up the puppy when we could and go home. While we waited, we started talking about trading our 5th wheel in for something smaller and easier to tow.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We did eventually get to Pahrump to pick up the puppy, about a week past when we expected to get him. He was able to get his next puppy shots before we picked him up. We decided that since we missed out on an Arizona vacation, we would give him a name that would represent hiking in Arizona. When we met him, he looked like this. (Do you see that snarky attitude?) Presenting Ash’s Mystical Coconino Sandstone Trekker, or “Sandy” for short.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OjmjCM2-FFFoSCRKdtPcOKoT6-GXs9kfKF8cistvMgFAcXNO2yVznjjdCV5zp69NvYj0rNhBWBcXAQgsUw7BjY9BJKEv8SfzxRJSXACM-Zo5nyWUoEs-u9dpXmw_dREjIuAiPPAhzVbyl37-xPRKCEjburLjCsQzN7I0gGG460ozX8_bevVtUc56x4Ae/s3024/IMG_2884.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OjmjCM2-FFFoSCRKdtPcOKoT6-GXs9kfKF8cistvMgFAcXNO2yVznjjdCV5zp69NvYj0rNhBWBcXAQgsUw7BjY9BJKEv8SfzxRJSXACM-Zo5nyWUoEs-u9dpXmw_dREjIuAiPPAhzVbyl37-xPRKCEjburLjCsQzN7I0gGG460ozX8_bevVtUc56x4Ae/w480-h640/IMG_2884.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sandy has entertained and exasperated all three of us. He’s a great playmate for Dusty.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugT94OL501qv8pSZ8gBs2-v9WHS3Tgd2t-2AEn1oOTfXOsVh6UE1AjctWvP90yv4gTafQd5-GCbLHWMwe6IdnBsfJleQxINMgq3D4ZV03a7yRwTenqk1PCKW7-pGO3C9OJJdss-IncVDk4Mz4p8r9-KQ2cXDzyaJhdRmF_3DttcmsV3272nMJb1fuSogd/s4032/IMG_3016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugT94OL501qv8pSZ8gBs2-v9WHS3Tgd2t-2AEn1oOTfXOsVh6UE1AjctWvP90yv4gTafQd5-GCbLHWMwe6IdnBsfJleQxINMgq3D4ZV03a7yRwTenqk1PCKW7-pGO3C9OJJdss-IncVDk4Mz4p8r9-KQ2cXDzyaJhdRmF_3DttcmsV3272nMJb1fuSogd/w640-h480/IMG_3016.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">He’s a thief who likes to steal things and finds ways to reach the things he wants (glasses, remote controls, slippers, newsletters, wallets). He learned to use the dog door very early and takes things out to the yard.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DBs8D0AoYuo7HCedfmuPdjTYKO6H4BlbhtVhjAGhF3aqMecH5K2G-wXbRynqCplW1MBkreYEXGIlYn0E4lUS1sUk-tJ6zmRTpDl5uoxa9JSodncOcofsc4LGXNg5YndsthX01YFbCwm1S6xsSFmb2wJPqJiCzkfGT9Bb0qt07pTfUEbSiQWAXzaeycn3/s1326/IMG_3436.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="995" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DBs8D0AoYuo7HCedfmuPdjTYKO6H4BlbhtVhjAGhF3aqMecH5K2G-wXbRynqCplW1MBkreYEXGIlYn0E4lUS1sUk-tJ6zmRTpDl5uoxa9JSodncOcofsc4LGXNg5YndsthX01YFbCwm1S6xsSFmb2wJPqJiCzkfGT9Bb0qt07pTfUEbSiQWAXzaeycn3/w480-h640/IMG_3436.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Unlike Dusty, he’s definitely a water dog.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUxELlOplHob2A2btbyigm11XSJpAJbF9aygSx0gml0vjDF5j1jnyR3flSgAXoSyJ7vwZ5OUzIaXiqeKVyihvszxZcLzldV0kDuhsMvRlPG5bhZle8Ga67WW1prRCP0ZJVfbUPoHHnUQyyrJYZHTgvU5NnwWDz-Htwg8Vk3jSqAgGDMnQsO0fuYOy0OVw/s4032/IMG_3563.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUxELlOplHob2A2btbyigm11XSJpAJbF9aygSx0gml0vjDF5j1jnyR3flSgAXoSyJ7vwZ5OUzIaXiqeKVyihvszxZcLzldV0kDuhsMvRlPG5bhZle8Ga67WW1prRCP0ZJVfbUPoHHnUQyyrJYZHTgvU5NnwWDz-Htwg8Vk3jSqAgGDMnQsO0fuYOy0OVw/w640-h480/IMG_3563.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">He’s a great traveler. We’ve been out to the coast with him a couple of times already.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FO0XWBy9N2WKJSQcn_p3awa4U8khWJaWaXLiggL2UW99VFzVuB8L_riN0TeruCpUJuvUwoEOqZmxkFLWheUn2sYWlRqods5qQGNejp64PXsCBoEJ_pd_Ps_vEeAbIelMWcocWlFC827XAzyzgj2NHlgmtwoUAUEqWFWXJvw3VDUaPJLth-aou5KzpweQ/s4032/IMG_3655.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FO0XWBy9N2WKJSQcn_p3awa4U8khWJaWaXLiggL2UW99VFzVuB8L_riN0TeruCpUJuvUwoEOqZmxkFLWheUn2sYWlRqods5qQGNejp64PXsCBoEJ_pd_Ps_vEeAbIelMWcocWlFC827XAzyzgj2NHlgmtwoUAUEqWFWXJvw3VDUaPJLth-aou5KzpweQ/w640-h480/IMG_3655.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We think he may be slightly taller than Dusty when he finishes growing. He’s so much like Rocky, it’s spooky. The first time I heard him bark his special bark out in the backyard, I thought it was Rocky. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGGxw0f1IqG1gm8cO6bF5ZkBFXlKYa1QfBVH44jMf99trnIw56a2RxE6OwxIflE_roJXym7aS2s1q4B2LWu3r8ark4DGD9XT9BzheDJj-QC8FSmw2HiDGgiAyfITU7V9xwKq4ONlRaQTKfCUNe5uOwaSDNIj_Ky4bg66yXlNRG0Xgwfpkgirdqs5uH-OD/s2995/IMG_0591.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="2995" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGGxw0f1IqG1gm8cO6bF5ZkBFXlKYa1QfBVH44jMf99trnIw56a2RxE6OwxIflE_roJXym7aS2s1q4B2LWu3r8ark4DGD9XT9BzheDJj-QC8FSmw2HiDGgiAyfITU7V9xwKq4ONlRaQTKfCUNe5uOwaSDNIj_Ky4bg66yXlNRG0Xgwfpkgirdqs5uH-OD/w640-h480/IMG_0591.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">During the Spring months we continued to talk about getting a smaller trailer. We did some research and learned about the R-Pods, which are more aerodynamic than our old 5th wheel. We picked out a floor plan we thought would work for us, the 171, which has the bed at one end and the dinette at the other, so where the ceiling slopes down, you aren’t standing up anyway. We found a dealer in Eugene that had one, so when we took a trip out to the coast in June, we decided to stop there and have a look. We decided it was the one for us. We just had to move all our stuff out of the old 5th wheel, which they were willing to take as a trade-in. We ended up selling our old rig to someone who came to our door wanting to buy it, but it took them some time to come and pick it up. The end of July, we loaded our trailer equipment (linens, cooking supplies and groceries) in the truck and headed back to Eugene. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb06ufdodmMLihKIivwnikzc6LgFmnxM_DAptURppTZw0ezsc4F46Qr6ig0kC0LtHMs0W94io24LmbXp9-S0ThoVztNf4JBUG1W4Dhfz0MgnCq3GTybrdYFBR39LmY5ZgtxwCzA_1Tt2cnZNc1TUfhaPeIeorKZC5VjiXeUHRHrd75jo5-NVhREmPBLXW/s3328/IMG_4124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3328" data-original-width="2496" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb06ufdodmMLihKIivwnikzc6LgFmnxM_DAptURppTZw0ezsc4F46Qr6ig0kC0LtHMs0W94io24LmbXp9-S0ThoVztNf4JBUG1W4Dhfz0MgnCq3GTybrdYFBR39LmY5ZgtxwCzA_1Tt2cnZNc1TUfhaPeIeorKZC5VjiXeUHRHrd75jo5-NVhREmPBLXW/w480-h640/IMG_4124.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We camped nearby the first night, so we could go back for help if we needed. We did, but it was little stuff. We went back out to the coast to camp again. We managed to get in three more camping trips, including two with Peter’s family. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CkvbEIUS7qvNy8IsmrGc7QyHtNhX-7tjrmpLWOKU8h2aaJVPyw3eR7W8GZh_cUh8834cLzUVUESjldf4bA3qK_xj3GHnFbZNHQ23N6N4cRSBzcByRMqW8-y4-j-rI2pUT7ia3KuMgtr_mUxloaiW-pLG5plqOcF3ohuxTZ8Bs2RqZKET4dvt8vm6uGce/s2048/375925228_10160883373191668_4654665065664326873_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CkvbEIUS7qvNy8IsmrGc7QyHtNhX-7tjrmpLWOKU8h2aaJVPyw3eR7W8GZh_cUh8834cLzUVUESjldf4bA3qK_xj3GHnFbZNHQ23N6N4cRSBzcByRMqW8-y4-j-rI2pUT7ia3KuMgtr_mUxloaiW-pLG5plqOcF3ohuxTZ8Bs2RqZKET4dvt8vm6uGce/w640-h480/375925228_10160883373191668_4654665065664326873_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">They had a tent, but when we had rain, everyone came into the RPod for lunch. (Next time we’ll take the awning that goes over the picnic table.)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLzmZrKn3p_NWNAKcJfIiRIL7vvwechjpQkW7qJ-clGXs7lnKxTkaCr9v4yvpx73oDtHw_zyVygFkGg5e2k_26ScIrBi7N3jZcTwSWLrXVVNZFqvSOX1-LssdOAtlqsvnI6xICHa_FiBGJ5FsW1tBGTSgO1MMKv47MsN-bfUTuJVSaMc28VnWm1ek0fK8/s4032/IMG_0036.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLzmZrKn3p_NWNAKcJfIiRIL7vvwechjpQkW7qJ-clGXs7lnKxTkaCr9v4yvpx73oDtHw_zyVygFkGg5e2k_26ScIrBi7N3jZcTwSWLrXVVNZFqvSOX1-LssdOAtlqsvnI6xICHa_FiBGJ5FsW1tBGTSgO1MMKv47MsN-bfUTuJVSaMc28VnWm1ek0fK8/w640-h480/IMG_0036.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Now the RPod is covered with a tarp for the winter, dreaming of all the places we will get to go next year.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEv3t1dm-vH2uVtnYayJWWDtSb6p-hnObjT5ztLYJ_JvMXbv4-odYk0AH0GBq6W2BWN2xXTTxF3NC7iRMlzFcwrf5oumNS4DuV5wfZcoklMxseO7LbtlQzyaZ3w786_IDbfnpBQ6HErwMf7QnU27TufnI9g9PrMGsFfCnr3p-bemNSi3T1jqwBmK5wjzK/s4032/IMG_0449.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEv3t1dm-vH2uVtnYayJWWDtSb6p-hnObjT5ztLYJ_JvMXbv4-odYk0AH0GBq6W2BWN2xXTTxF3NC7iRMlzFcwrf5oumNS4DuV5wfZcoklMxseO7LbtlQzyaZ3w786_IDbfnpBQ6HErwMf7QnU27TufnI9g9PrMGsFfCnr3p-bemNSi3T1jqwBmK5wjzK/w640-h480/IMG_0449.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Somehow, in spite of all the changes going on, we managed to get another book out. This one is made up of poems from The Doll’s Storybook. (I say “we,” because, while I write the stories and take the photos, I have a little team of editor/proofreaders.) Like the other books, this one is available from bookstores or from Book Baby’s bookstore. Royalties go directly to St. Jude.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTkeOMhZ1_Areyx5Zbsv4iFhzU-yw3wQ1NVt_K7sp1D67YCf9UDwK1sHN_IrFsUcP1eDrdc89_LLOwa0Ribo9sYt9sf2f9bI9MvQ8WO_wLJGuIYLaEtCWmhVE7hbf6OEpS9BbvZ9a33XVDZeKonpBVL7Vqg-MoSk5Xcinj7Aj5CCOvoiX_w18mhR9rAl3/s1324/Screenshot%202023-08-10%20at%2012.29.00%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTkeOMhZ1_Areyx5Zbsv4iFhzU-yw3wQ1NVt_K7sp1D67YCf9UDwK1sHN_IrFsUcP1eDrdc89_LLOwa0Ribo9sYt9sf2f9bI9MvQ8WO_wLJGuIYLaEtCWmhVE7hbf6OEpS9BbvZ9a33XVDZeKonpBVL7Vqg-MoSk5Xcinj7Aj5CCOvoiX_w18mhR9rAl3/w494-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-10%20at%2012.29.00%20PM.png" width="494" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In November, disaster struck. I was knocked over by a very large, exuberant puppy and had a skull fracture, from which I’m still recovering. Hearing problems and balance have been affected, but I’m getting help with those things. It could have been worse. As of this writing, I’m still not allowed to drive, which is a nuisance, but life is otherwise getting back to normal.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We’ll get to see Karen’s family over Christmas. She and both of her children performed in the ballet “The Little Mermaid” with Ballet LaCrosse this year. They had a lot of fun, so I suspect there will be more of this kind of activity in the future.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIV87WQDDDlLKZf_CXwvRy2u4sOhCtSW4wNYs_64CDlscAkRDJCTfwf0jl-3JUz2CTErYQq0v2MmwK-BGKPPy5DZS5P1uQrbjxVeChL5y8Y7Tp3U-N1LxfobzHdn4hVvKm_vV6ifnVe6Fve1KZQ7rFzfu4JAYoMnK6PQQ18tZ7DF-uRPvShzypk5sXI2p/s1600/IMG_0315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIV87WQDDDlLKZf_CXwvRy2u4sOhCtSW4wNYs_64CDlscAkRDJCTfwf0jl-3JUz2CTErYQq0v2MmwK-BGKPPy5DZS5P1uQrbjxVeChL5y8Y7Tp3U-N1LxfobzHdn4hVvKm_vV6ifnVe6Fve1KZQ7rFzfu4JAYoMnK6PQQ18tZ7DF-uRPvShzypk5sXI2p/w480-h640/IMG_0315.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Also visiting over Christmas will be Peter’s family, Charlie’s brother, and our niece and her husband. Not everyone will be staying overnight in our home, though.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a fantastic 2024! </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Charlie and Peggy Stuart</span></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-29720947620178894522023-04-27T11:32:00.002-07:002023-04-27T16:30:00.531-07:00Moving On to Spoutible<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTqSKi1qtyu3kwqSUYZf_jY55y0YFEVcYLihZhmoZYZUTzKZTvSXnFB3wV1_449SLdNhk-9WZBGox7bppF0nZ3ox3nr4DR_qPjnw4PQJ68sKC9Ohw8Xy7XekMRRVXoiLvk4xtICvByne0ITuT0pO53SxhRKYm7nvBIu4uWwa4Z0j5fFbVyHG72GbDrw/s1920/FpSdCv_XwAA61El%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTqSKi1qtyu3kwqSUYZf_jY55y0YFEVcYLihZhmoZYZUTzKZTvSXnFB3wV1_449SLdNhk-9WZBGox7bppF0nZ3ox3nr4DR_qPjnw4PQJ68sKC9Ohw8Xy7XekMRRVXoiLvk4xtICvByne0ITuT0pO53SxhRKYm7nvBIu4uWwa4Z0j5fFbVyHG72GbDrw/w640-h640/FpSdCv_XwAA61El%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">To my dear "Twitter" friends and followers:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I have found myself increasingly reluctant each day to come to Twitter. I do miss you all, and by "you:" </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>mean</u> you real people who want to preserve democracy in the US and around the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>mean</u> those of you who want to promote freedom from Fascism and safety from gun violence.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>mean</u> those of you who think the economy should function so all people have access to food, housing, healthcare and education.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>mean</u> those of you who believe society and government should function for all of us, regardless of religious beliefs, race, culture, land of origin, geographic location (coastal or fly-over) or gender identity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>mean</u> those of you who like to read but don't try to dictate what others can or can't read (other than one's own young children, of course).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>mean</u> those of you who think history should be taught <i>as it happened</i>, not as we would like it to have been.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>mean</u> those of you who think every citizen of the US over the age of 18 should be able to vote without having to jump through hoops and that gerrymandering is immoral.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>don't mean</u> super-wealthy individuals who work to suck every penny out of the world's economy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>don't mean</u> purveyors of propaganda.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>don't mean</u> bots.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>don't mean</u> trolls. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I <u>don't mean</u> haters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Long before the 2016 election, I became aware of efforts to encourage open expressions of hate, racism and even violence. After that election I was very distressed by the explosion of these efforts and the response of susceptible people to them. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After that fateful election, I began to look for something to do that would help me feel as if I were pushing back. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I had been active on Twitter since 2011, and I turned my focus to using my presence on the platform to try to resist those efforts. By 2018, I began to feel as if I needed to do more than just try to influence and educate adults. I wanted to contribute to educating children and promote kindness. That was when I started writing stories in <a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com">#TheDollsStorybook</a>. Most of the readers of these stories are adults who have an interest in or collect dolls, but some began to ask for a physical book they could read to their children or grandchildren. That's how the books came into being. While I enjoy writing the stories and taking the photos, and don't mind doing the layouts for the books, I really have no interest in promoting the books or managing the royalties. A friend I met while volunteering for President Obama's 2012 campaign suggested that something should be done to encourage support for pediatric cancer treatment and research, so after doing some research, I arranged to have the royalties go to St. Jude. (No income to me means no tax liability.) It's therapeutic to feel as if I'm fighting back in a positive way.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZhQR3WbrU0n8BaKhrW1IdSRjI99NZOnhinDqexrbZJcMcc9wQZZLBfItM2h01Xp4NVb3EN5L45yDQQVqEgjTYyGiSJ_rtu8H9Cmh-FOjTCP60wSzALaDc_iqclzw_uABDoNnHgiL1ikofjSVqLpwyxlibNlGzmjf0jrydpYSecnV1Tl2bT51wPHHVg/s2915/IMG_0412.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="2915" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZhQR3WbrU0n8BaKhrW1IdSRjI99NZOnhinDqexrbZJcMcc9wQZZLBfItM2h01Xp4NVb3EN5L45yDQQVqEgjTYyGiSJ_rtu8H9Cmh-FOjTCP60wSzALaDc_iqclzw_uABDoNnHgiL1ikofjSVqLpwyxlibNlGzmjf0jrydpYSecnV1Tl2bT51wPHHVg/w640-h480/IMG_0412.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Up until recently I was on Twitter several hours each day, amplifying messages from Demcast and other organizations. I tried to get verified and gave Twitter all the documentation they asked for, showing that I was, indeed, the author of The Doll's Storybook books for children. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I felt this activity on Twitter was a good use of my time. Sometime last summer (summer of 2022), the tone of the platform started changing. There was more bickering and nastiness. Bots and trolls became more obvious and harder to avoid. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I was finding myself more and more reluctant to come to Twitter to retweet my friends' tweets. As talk of finding an alternative to "the bird site" was circulating, I began to sample the ones I heard about. Nothing grabbed me until <a href="https://spoutible.com/home">Spoutible</a>. I signed up in February 2023 and liked many things about it, although I was without my laptop at the time (another very long story) and had to use my iPad to access the website. It didn't function very well on a tablet at the time, so it was cumbersome, but I could see things getting better over time. There are still some issues with Spoutible, but it works as well now as Twitter did, and at the rate things are improving, it will far surpass it. I'm finding that I have more social interaction on Spoutible than I ever did on Twitter, where my only real social interaction was in the DM rooms. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">(</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I never got Twitter's blue checkmark, in spite of providing everything they asked for. When the platform started to sell the blue checkmarks, I no longer wanted one.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">So I'm announcing that I'm moving on. I'm not closing my Twitter account, because: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">1) I don't want someone else to take it over and pretend to be me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">2) I want my friends and 33,817 followers to know where I went. (I'm old, but I haven't died, at least not as of April, 2023.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Are you on Spoutible? If so, look for me there, where I share my stories (new ones and reruns), show off my knitting and other projects, post adorable dog photos and share news articles, especially about politics: <a href="https://spoutible.com/PeggyStuart">Peggy Stuart</a> If not, you should be!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Is there life after Twitter? Yes, and it's called Spoutible!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sincerely, Peggy Stuart (she, her, hers)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Peggy Stuart is the author of the story blog for children The Doll's Storybook, and retired award-winning writer of magazine articles at Personnel Journal. She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband and two miniature poodles. Occasionally she designs clothing and <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/pro/peggy-stuart-designs/designs">knitwear</a> for dolls and makes them available for free.</i></span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><i>"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.</i></span><br /><span face=""><i>Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.</i></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><u>Mariah: Stories from the Doll's Storybook,</u> </i><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><u>Emil: Stories from the Doll's Storybook</u></i><i style="font-family: helvetica;"> and soon <u>Classic Tales Retold: Stories from the Doll's Storybook</u> are available from </i><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/websearch/index.aspx?searchterms=Stories+from+The+Doll%27s+Storybook+by+Peggy+Stuart" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">BookBaby</a> and other booksellers worldwide, such as </i><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Stories+from+The+Doll%27s+Storybook+by+Peggy+Stuart&crid=1N548IEXANHNJ&sprefix=stories+from+the+doll%27s+storybook+by+peggy+stuart%2Caps%2C151&ref=nb_sb_noss" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Stories%20from%20The%20Doll's%20Storybook%20by%20Peggy%20Stuart" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Barnes & Noble</a>. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to St. Jude. Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author for $20 including US shipping. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.</i></div><p><br /></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-11983595727503130932023-04-23T19:15:00.002-07:002023-04-23T19:15:17.004-07:00Easy-Peasy Jacket for AGAT Doll<p> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">Easy-Peasy Jacket for AGAT Doll</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPxDQAHBi-Zb2gLRWrJADkAy-lmugm9Je8IsC3SBVsOqHsqqs5WAEWWYIJfNs4BbpE2uPaJ1gImdvyAJCZSoSTaBjiHoysNeKNCmE9BqzJvpmoDVDeObcKV5s1Llt84DM6YtbaaYGl5WfIsowokTmra2Jgu6mum1l5Z7ED_S0Dy4nZ-WTUsyfk47VEA/s3431/IMG_3138.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3431" data-original-width="2573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPxDQAHBi-Zb2gLRWrJADkAy-lmugm9Je8IsC3SBVsOqHsqqs5WAEWWYIJfNs4BbpE2uPaJ1gImdvyAJCZSoSTaBjiHoysNeKNCmE9BqzJvpmoDVDeObcKV5s1Llt84DM6YtbaaYGl5WfIsowokTmra2Jgu6mum1l5Z7ED_S0Dy4nZ-WTUsyfk47VEA/w480-h640/IMG_3138.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Materials: 1/3 yd. fleece or flannel fabric, or piece approximately 17” X 22” or 11” X 34”.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Matching thread</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hook-and-loop tape, 7” cut to 3/8” width</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2-4 buttons, any size you think looks good.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Glue stick for temporary attachment of hook-and-loop tape and buttons.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQgkQJfuoe_fX6tyCkV7JguaA610H8h3v-b8MLRtb28Ei4ZMQdra_03i8A_9EBRX5AELlUglDdesLadKQWMqmOWkq1mj3ZW9XRl5eLZimnQPTJj3kiUum1TWkJRv1VG3Xvv4XSNQ7xiTqf5Zo22X68afgFdAVEpiI_5KQ5vuO5zNGsWtFOq_b_q__Pw/s3268/IMG_3133%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3268" data-original-width="2451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQgkQJfuoe_fX6tyCkV7JguaA610H8h3v-b8MLRtb28Ei4ZMQdra_03i8A_9EBRX5AELlUglDdesLadKQWMqmOWkq1mj3ZW9XRl5eLZimnQPTJj3kiUum1TWkJRv1VG3Xvv4XSNQ7xiTqf5Zo22X68afgFdAVEpiI_5KQ5vuO5zNGsWtFOq_b_q__Pw/w480-h640/IMG_3133%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Notes before you begin:</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All seam allowances are 1/4”</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This pattern is designed for fleece or felt, which do not fray. There are no hems included. If you use another fabric or want hems, add 1/2” to bottom edge of jacket, front opening and bottom of sleeves. </p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Because the fabric used is thick and does not fray, the seams are trimmed close to the stitching to reduce bulk rather than finished, other than where the hood is attached, which may be serged or finished with zigzag to improve appearance or just trimmed.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Some fleece fabric is the same on both sides, but some may have a slightly different texture on one side than the other. If that’s the case with your fabric, pick which side you want to be outside and make sure you put the pieces together consistently.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH5-VJ_XDkTxsj3GNyJDHerDVzkV8KCdMYhSUfgG2HL95aahu-kz9pyXdqIjv7zkD2UhfngevRUYSN5-DbvHgr8x0V-g1CZLhCt1Eznknb3k2qBTCNGs-N-qq1jTHtIF8Eo_6EH7Enb7BFJQjKbp09DOaoCWD9XR8EhTw1umFGSpKUSYHOey-um9n9A/s4032/IMG_3141.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH5-VJ_XDkTxsj3GNyJDHerDVzkV8KCdMYhSUfgG2HL95aahu-kz9pyXdqIjv7zkD2UhfngevRUYSN5-DbvHgr8x0V-g1CZLhCt1Eznknb3k2qBTCNGs-N-qq1jTHtIF8Eo_6EH7Enb7BFJQjKbp09DOaoCWD9XR8EhTw1umFGSpKUSYHOey-um9n9A/w480-h640/IMG_3141.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sewing the jacket:</p>
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<li style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Print pattern pieces. Make sure the 1” gauge is actually 1” on the copy.</li>
<li style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cut out all pattern pieces. Try to keep the bottom front and back, bottom of sleeve, front of hood and front opening edges even, because they will not be hemmed.</li>
<li style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Right sides together, sew right front shoulder to back shoulder. Repeat with left front shoulder. Trim seam to a scant 1/8”.</li>
<li style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sew hood back seam. (The back seam is the curved, right-angle edge. The straight seam is the front opening; the S-curve is where the hood attaches to the jacket neck.) Trim to a scant 1/8”.</li>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">5. Right sides together, pin hood to jacket neck, matching edges carefully and fitting together evenly. Sew seam, backstitching at beginning and end of seam and finish with zigzag, serge or trim to scant 1/8”.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">6. Right sides together, pin one sleeve to jacket, matching edges carefully and fitting together evenly. (You do not need to gather the top of the sleeve.) Sew in place. Check that the sleeve is correct and trim to a scant 1/8”. Repeat for other sleeve.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">7. Right sides together, pin underarm edges together, matching beginning and ending edges exactly. Sew underarm seam, backstitching at beginning and end of seam. Trim seam to a scant 1/8”.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">8. Separate hook-and-loop tape. One side will go on the inside of the right front. The other will go on the outside of the left front. (For a boy doll, you can reverse this if you wish.) Use glue stick to glue in place, matching tape and jacket front evenly. When glue is dry, sew in place, up one side of the tape and down the other. Repeat for the other side.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">9. Use glue stick to glue buttons in place. When glue is dry, sew buttons down. </p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The jacket is finished! </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcSRNx0-zNcKYyGpv1W7APfD2zoHI5v9cu0cMHAE7sGhq3J38PQZDJW2rvpTRcWCfQsQXKZ0zU_8ipu9mn5NqAY5QXKpDA0f6txp8JiuIfn4rmuSWM6iVyEh6F4JJXaz4mrlkg4sT7FJs2OhIAzr2lm6uEptjUNdPsTN93UOsRP1NhNZvrU2KBf-vQQ/s4032/IMG_3140.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcSRNx0-zNcKYyGpv1W7APfD2zoHI5v9cu0cMHAE7sGhq3J38PQZDJW2rvpTRcWCfQsQXKZ0zU_8ipu9mn5NqAY5QXKpDA0f6txp8JiuIfn4rmuSWM6iVyEh6F4JJXaz4mrlkg4sT7FJs2OhIAzr2lm6uEptjUNdPsTN93UOsRP1NhNZvrU2KBf-vQQ/w480-h640/IMG_3140.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Please note: If you would like to do so, please donate the amount you would have paid for this pattern to a charity that supports pediatric cancer treatment, research or care assistance in your area or worldwide. I thank you for your generosity and for not having to do the books. If you have children (girls or boys) who enjoy stories about dolls, check out my blog for children, The Doll’s Storybook at thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com or look for our books wherever you buy your reading material.</i></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><i></i><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook</span> is available from <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">BookBabyBookshop</span> and other booksellers worldwide. The stories are <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Little Green Greatcoat</span>, <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf</span> and <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Lost in the Woods</span>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook</span> are also still available from booksellers. The link for Book Baby is <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">here</span>. The three stories in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Emil</span> are <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Best Buds</span>, <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Getting What You Want</span>, and <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">The Boys Cook Dinner.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The three stories in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mariah</span> are <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Being Little</span>, <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Besties</span>, and <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">Distraction</span>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">BookBabyBookshop</span>, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>These instructions are protected by copyright. Any items made from them may be sold.</i></p>
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All the rest of the story is absolutely true!</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>March 10, 2023</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Dear Holly,</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I really enjoyed your last letter. I’m so glad they were able to get Sam's wheelchair out of the snow and Sam is on the move again. It was nice of the neighbor to help.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWNGKbiejCcZZCu3fJL5QD40vTTDfxSFbeHaaJBAulqo4E8OckACvZLmJVdxVQ60Hq0Yv0OTpEnyUAjoA_qRE_caWOlA0mAxwkXrexh9m4KuAIWXrUbwnYLXQAvAQc5YAn1A6sSw7ImxT6ddqGQBw01ZLkj3lQ-pe7SXKZC8tADJKGcZFH5mQyuQn/s510/IMG_2650.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="510" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWNGKbiejCcZZCu3fJL5QD40vTTDfxSFbeHaaJBAulqo4E8OckACvZLmJVdxVQ60Hq0Yv0OTpEnyUAjoA_qRE_caWOlA0mAxwkXrexh9m4KuAIWXrUbwnYLXQAvAQc5YAn1A6sSw7ImxT6ddqGQBw01ZLkj3lQ-pe7SXKZC8tADJKGcZFH5mQyuQn/w640-h480/IMG_2650.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We’ve been having a similar adventure. You remember I told you we (Billy and I) were getting to go with The Writer and her husband on their vacation trip with the trailer?</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlkUJvzhLe2-wlSzWQ1O4Ep2gYn_PGTeUXizC3nHfewX1RrTZX4Bx0litn-DF-GdRzJZ6cdo7R8hSdr10lgZonYgfUbBLDOwKz5a0VX-3czrkHPRygnchyMnCsyxdyflTeg74lYAPf-vCtrUO-UJUbcMdvz02gC3PbF7XJJRWpKGgxr2bfOCjfHs7/s3648/IMG_3418.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlkUJvzhLe2-wlSzWQ1O4Ep2gYn_PGTeUXizC3nHfewX1RrTZX4Bx0litn-DF-GdRzJZ6cdo7R8hSdr10lgZonYgfUbBLDOwKz5a0VX-3czrkHPRygnchyMnCsyxdyflTeg74lYAPf-vCtrUO-UJUbcMdvz02gC3PbF7XJJRWpKGgxr2bfOCjfHs7/w640-h480/IMG_3418.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Well, Billy and I waited what seemed like forever by the front door with our suitcase and a bag of sports equipment—mostly different kinds of balls—we planned to use when we got to Arizona. We were looking forward to pretending to be real boys!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUBErbw-8uAEaSkVlsDr8P2ijr5uqQXheKEeZWES3N3hzh2ZW0aDYm5NIfO9yBR2UGOhZZCG5kWWVs9u6CYg8AcBTRqhwJaxgLiGWbm5Y7JjhokDjjdE98688ArWFfuyYJJDpBV6kMWUeRn2SJgTinsUdS05FkodHj5VQ3HcJXJm9N_c-8cXkaxhs/s3705/IMG_2728.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2779" data-original-width="3705" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUBErbw-8uAEaSkVlsDr8P2ijr5uqQXheKEeZWES3N3hzh2ZW0aDYm5NIfO9yBR2UGOhZZCG5kWWVs9u6CYg8AcBTRqhwJaxgLiGWbm5Y7JjhokDjjdE98688ArWFfuyYJJDpBV6kMWUeRn2SJgTinsUdS05FkodHj5VQ3HcJXJm9N_c-8cXkaxhs/w640-h480/IMG_2728.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Finally The Writer let us go into the trailer, where we would ride when they drove. We put our things away. Then we waited a very long time. We knew we weren’t moving, because we could see out the window, and nothing was moving. Also we can feel when we’re being moved, even if we can’t see out.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoE6K2mVMzYJ6tp4zt5T88fcCOeiAnUonYXpbpUXY9r2eG4RU5fha0Zf7LDRmOgc-XAiZajX9oyaXhSi55kYXdcisBA46n-pHJf64xxnA-PQRoj9xaAWLPxCpm7oqGqbNFrh5UM7bjxbHBVtxdyjVBngb1Q97MGV8fQnZUpYkNjX9D7_GPo4LB-p-h/s4032/IMG_2748.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoE6K2mVMzYJ6tp4zt5T88fcCOeiAnUonYXpbpUXY9r2eG4RU5fha0Zf7LDRmOgc-XAiZajX9oyaXhSi55kYXdcisBA46n-pHJf64xxnA-PQRoj9xaAWLPxCpm7oqGqbNFrh5UM7bjxbHBVtxdyjVBngb1Q97MGV8fQnZUpYkNjX9D7_GPo4LB-p-h/w640-h480/IMG_2748.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After what seemed like hours, The Writer came into the trailer. She told us the lights on the back of the trailer weren’t working right, and her husband was fixing them. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdBhM8ji_C1AJt_aWwe5L2KXrldWrpzLOFieR050EUlofVwAhhdWRDNY95dtlw0qBtxTIbCt3iMT9mvLkQYdesefWOLQF68Y5TxEf3X9eyL6d1udH7coV5YiXFeLrAl1tlXSmXQEE_IW3X7S7pewuOpCW1X9QvjA9IszA77vqf6LPLsHtf85OZqlo/s4032/IMG_2713.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdBhM8ji_C1AJt_aWwe5L2KXrldWrpzLOFieR050EUlofVwAhhdWRDNY95dtlw0qBtxTIbCt3iMT9mvLkQYdesefWOLQF68Y5TxEf3X9eyL6d1udH7coV5YiXFeLrAl1tlXSmXQEE_IW3X7S7pewuOpCW1X9QvjA9IszA77vqf6LPLsHtf85OZqlo/w640-h480/IMG_2713.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">You see, when you pull a trailer, the lights on your car or pickup (whatever you use to pull the trailer with) can’t be seen by other drivers, because the trailer is in the way. The lights are important, because that’s how the driver lets others know when they’re slowing down or getting ready to turn. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_cLX7hsBZzjvhH5Vzr0cZUnTFHLtBmHY7PTnRjMhOfMf4eLIkwpch0e1FNBMdz3k0WxZ2-CdToh6v-NP_DS04A4c93DXrAiXOOnqG-HPy8gKEpIwh_8VPMJCAxRo0Rp_93AA-aUV0uukslNMiK2AfmLbvO2DsbCgB4-CLUQ_hzxOALJLLjlReszy/s4032/IMG_2750.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_cLX7hsBZzjvhH5Vzr0cZUnTFHLtBmHY7PTnRjMhOfMf4eLIkwpch0e1FNBMdz3k0WxZ2-CdToh6v-NP_DS04A4c93DXrAiXOOnqG-HPy8gKEpIwh_8VPMJCAxRo0Rp_93AA-aUV0uukslNMiK2AfmLbvO2DsbCgB4-CLUQ_hzxOALJLLjlReszy/w640-h480/IMG_2750.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The trailer has its own lights, but they have to be turned on by the driver. To do that, the lights for the trailer have to be hooked up to the car or truck that’s pulling it. You have to check to make sure they work before you drive.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fLcuI4aSOp0cpKND1iDEWFrFauwM332ejEMBNGVZRfZyaMlQ6Mw1yPMMk91SYmcopcQm4X2f9KdKaiHz5P0ZTqSIWhLFviV-qQTUqrG4KPyS-kLc0Y2MaBJmCNxx4M7kkFGYYnjvBEofq1GRM4r8gVnoBnuXlZNrdIE-5EUmTGWT1QK-OUFAFKnn/s4032/IMG_2710.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fLcuI4aSOp0cpKND1iDEWFrFauwM332ejEMBNGVZRfZyaMlQ6Mw1yPMMk91SYmcopcQm4X2f9KdKaiHz5P0ZTqSIWhLFviV-qQTUqrG4KPyS-kLc0Y2MaBJmCNxx4M7kkFGYYnjvBEofq1GRM4r8gVnoBnuXlZNrdIE-5EUmTGWT1QK-OUFAFKnn/w640-h480/IMG_2710.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Well, they didn’t, so he had to fix them. I think there was something wrong in the place where the wires for the trailer lights connect with the lights for the pickup truck that pulls the trailer. We couldn't see much from the window, but we could see when they climbed back into the pickup.</span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW5c9xWeC7wOo-zpOryKDsZ0dPT4KXIpHvqMTPE9dJzTE7iKofoYX2n-tJ4Z9Tt85NHavvIF1bB1ICzXnLPU_SEbKn2fnuYpxjF6qjBRoGRMwsDsi1Ydb43KCariLaLufgWQm1JTTJBQQ5bIvmneUJ6i0tPiG4dNShVKVNhBqqPCIQN4S-89JZC4U/s4032/IMG_2749.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW5c9xWeC7wOo-zpOryKDsZ0dPT4KXIpHvqMTPE9dJzTE7iKofoYX2n-tJ4Z9Tt85NHavvIF1bB1ICzXnLPU_SEbKn2fnuYpxjF6qjBRoGRMwsDsi1Ydb43KCariLaLufgWQm1JTTJBQQ5bIvmneUJ6i0tPiG4dNShVKVNhBqqPCIQN4S-89JZC4U/w640-h480/IMG_2749.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Finally, we were on the road. It was fun to sit on the bed in the trailer and look out the window. We could see trees and the tops of houses, and then just clouds in the sky. We knew then that we were out of town. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTlxrlThSkY749ETwIOViiWdTC_ZqMnCHw6qqVvWLhlAD4Gs8ua3Z_YNmAfwfzs49291Cu-TW4KWbJHXJH57w7SYrqkgDuJQMFv3PthOdtX5U8w15qwAAzu23BzWYRsdjIywzGU5WbOihYhV8XcHguOXeyJ3DcSdQaUZ-tE1tXVZ9vaZ2xoK45-qx/s4032/IMG_2745.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTlxrlThSkY749ETwIOViiWdTC_ZqMnCHw6qqVvWLhlAD4Gs8ua3Z_YNmAfwfzs49291Cu-TW4KWbJHXJH57w7SYrqkgDuJQMFv3PthOdtX5U8w15qwAAzu23BzWYRsdjIywzGU5WbOihYhV8XcHguOXeyJ3DcSdQaUZ-tE1tXVZ9vaZ2xoK45-qx/w640-h480/IMG_2745.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After a long time, we felt the motion of the trailer change. Billy said he thought we were slowing down. We looked out the window and saw some things we decided were gas pumps. We were getting gas in the pickup. (The trailer doesn’t need gas, because it doesn’t move on its own. It get pulled, like pulling a wagon.) <i>Not the real gas station we used.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNULuST2pNUl1kqe9Q3MOAgVekOmCvcL6UsWb0jAdxu4-nBMJXShdgZOasrv0kJvQZW7XPtt2jlL4bXCAqgAbPz-qXHZUjmdbgiKMUQ9TFdRcLf6RTD58xFAaGJ4NvVOSUfmj1vPwR_LvG2WP1Xvv6BQc9JZc9RdctEEQj8BHsCxBfJBJuKitVzEji/s5317/IMG_2646.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5317" data-original-width="3988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNULuST2pNUl1kqe9Q3MOAgVekOmCvcL6UsWb0jAdxu4-nBMJXShdgZOasrv0kJvQZW7XPtt2jlL4bXCAqgAbPz-qXHZUjmdbgiKMUQ9TFdRcLf6RTD58xFAaGJ4NvVOSUfmj1vPwR_LvG2WP1Xvv6BQc9JZc9RdctEEQj8BHsCxBfJBJuKitVzEji/w480-h640/IMG_2646.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Writer came into the trailer and told us we were going to stop for the night, because it was already late afternoon. The place where we stopped had something called "full hookups." That meant you can connect to power (electricity), water and sewer (SOO-wer), whatever that is. I think they need it for the bathroom and used water. The power worked right away, but no water came out of the faucet in the kitchen. The Writer said that there must be some ice in the pipes. They decided just to bring in some water from the campground faucet to use for washing and stuff. We would just be there overnight.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PRElo5gEIcg1SQtUqFym-LLXVLRK5J-at0NEeaM7Zf0LMZ14ECO7u3Q0Cd4P7Z-gpfMmAAqm7RhlpbSNqW_ljemlvPKOiTyj0W_IrZ-qLNsunHukGVCBkLyaYVWuuHOrLsEWCIZ3worSaDcCoAH6Z65mAwzFn3iSWz8_jP1XRKBUH1AC8o3hiRZB/s4032/IMG_2754.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PRElo5gEIcg1SQtUqFym-LLXVLRK5J-at0NEeaM7Zf0LMZ14ECO7u3Q0Cd4P7Z-gpfMmAAqm7RhlpbSNqW_ljemlvPKOiTyj0W_IrZ-qLNsunHukGVCBkLyaYVWuuHOrLsEWCIZ3worSaDcCoAH6Z65mAwzFn3iSWz8_jP1XRKBUH1AC8o3hiRZB/w640-h480/IMG_2754.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This was the view from the window as The Writer was fixing supper. <i>Not a photo of where we actually stayed. First we pulled into a place like this, but none of the sites were cleared enough to pull in, so we found another place in Burns that looked nothing like this but had the snow removed from several sites. </i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRuB1YJiyifO8JyDCZhNd-osx2kYSqtspvowCbgsohtQtIjkJ1NiEu4Uiwq8VJOr_QSRQvu_ysQF4taVt5bcIVmGgNXmGU_T00tWIImKY29chIWlEN2PEpdPzJfX5uRHnKqQbqwMPXMnQXnucWywaEqBwSvjn3AtBmeCT9k-EJBLhlgLlLntuxkdE/s320/IMG_2648.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRuB1YJiyifO8JyDCZhNd-osx2kYSqtspvowCbgsohtQtIjkJ1NiEu4Uiwq8VJOr_QSRQvu_ysQF4taVt5bcIVmGgNXmGU_T00tWIImKY29chIWlEN2PEpdPzJfX5uRHnKqQbqwMPXMnQXnucWywaEqBwSvjn3AtBmeCT9k-EJBLhlgLlLntuxkdE/w640-h480/IMG_2648.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The next day, they unplugged the power, and we rode off. All was going well until early afternoon. Suddenly, we heard a loud noise. It didn’t stop as we rode on. It was making my ears hurt. Billy had to cover his ears. I just took off my special glasses, and the sound was gone, but then I couldn’t see.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8eecAx0I7TLg54GyHvlxDQAD2SuHZTm3k2FIZJmm8PF1wvcfSyod75Xdb3gLw_JuFKa5RJmrLFFru2oC6qYDOsJekYFCeDz4bmekUZUgnE-tBuOBqZizF3_0vqnyYNF7KKw2us4RCjlPAwxDVKQq1NEwygI4GWy4rg_icaaV0qdovQrm8BeZjADt/s4032/IMG_2758.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8eecAx0I7TLg54GyHvlxDQAD2SuHZTm3k2FIZJmm8PF1wvcfSyod75Xdb3gLw_JuFKa5RJmrLFFru2oC6qYDOsJekYFCeDz4bmekUZUgnE-tBuOBqZizF3_0vqnyYNF7KKw2us4RCjlPAwxDVKQq1NEwygI4GWy4rg_icaaV0qdovQrm8BeZjADt/w640-h480/IMG_2758.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After a little while, I could tell we had stopped. I put my special glasses on again. Billy and I sat on the edge of the bed and looked out.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwU63zKg4lXH7RrxwYjz4y2ORqpDP8utq707JHR8Yd4tnvrbWDUhFBQJgH-lqdPx1ft1KtJz1KgqsY7_Px3FySCqaJBz0k3VOLKYcJw7l2fXuPTc58vOlG3zkHVruKjKffpuuY5dOPyXkMO0ZwsvFjShpw5NibMtWBlkx3ufZpp9R9nH1JD4Rapu13/s4032/IMG_2733.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwU63zKg4lXH7RrxwYjz4y2ORqpDP8utq707JHR8Yd4tnvrbWDUhFBQJgH-lqdPx1ft1KtJz1KgqsY7_Px3FySCqaJBz0k3VOLKYcJw7l2fXuPTc58vOlG3zkHVruKjKffpuuY5dOPyXkMO0ZwsvFjShpw5NibMtWBlkx3ufZpp9R9nH1JD4Rapu13/w640-h480/IMG_2733.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We were in the middle of nowhere. We decided that stopping where there was no gas station and no campground had something to do with that loud noise.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCej9hNvt2POWm2IG1tcSEqNpSU8N16DrhR6IbMxBw1HJJ13xtwjwpR8dE1_WGaTMuDp8i0TlRZsbodemuUxTwWXqzz3WvZTBQc9tULfbvleRQauX-CFAq4ou-0n17rAqe2k8nVMK6N2JeIf6wLFDwQzvKPY_DMoKmiTeBars-fQ-yrvklQBa667y/s3644/IMG_2735.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2733" data-original-width="3644" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCej9hNvt2POWm2IG1tcSEqNpSU8N16DrhR6IbMxBw1HJJ13xtwjwpR8dE1_WGaTMuDp8i0TlRZsbodemuUxTwWXqzz3WvZTBQc9tULfbvleRQauX-CFAq4ou-0n17rAqe2k8nVMK6N2JeIf6wLFDwQzvKPY_DMoKmiTeBars-fQ-yrvklQBa667y/w640-h480/IMG_2735.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We talked about it and decided that the trip was not going well so far. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUw85Y-6uPoKKdjPqC5LUw-MXmm6jvjpNCZSgfUz-mW4DJE0k6pYXefpFAYg2GG0YnM3Cd13RlHfne5_Nyq8ch3e6koLdIT-sUJ6UVycOixzXouIlYrQT5HX2TQgFOFenAgc0-uZkz2hkOfxsk4Jqsv7yeG_Qcr88iBXycvNGoXFvpR6cJ2nhM7PB/s4032/IMG_2737.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUw85Y-6uPoKKdjPqC5LUw-MXmm6jvjpNCZSgfUz-mW4DJE0k6pYXefpFAYg2GG0YnM3Cd13RlHfne5_Nyq8ch3e6koLdIT-sUJ6UVycOixzXouIlYrQT5HX2TQgFOFenAgc0-uZkz2hkOfxsk4Jqsv7yeG_Qcr88iBXycvNGoXFvpR6cJ2nhM7PB/w640-h480/IMG_2737.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After a little while The Writer came and told us that we had a problem with the pickup truck. We couldn’t drive any farther until it was fixed. Someone was coming with a special kind of truck to take us to the next town, but it was a long way, so we would have to wait. Our human people kept talking about how cold it was and how strong the wind was. <i>We got in bed with Dusty and stayed under the down comforter.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94mpRPUxGcHdHl2f_qsdrqMwOWUxiA510TQ2yCGAp9NOOpZT3ywa6W5o1QpZ3SlPW067_uq4lYxFkW21R3FLdbQsnw5oN6lWO5NWJEjHNAgMPly4piIY39C1_lhw3_YYoiCPQ8-tOmsFPaI0emUfH2NrBd-NBw09p2AfbKmlaHWqKribHay3wYToG/s4032/IMG_1342.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94mpRPUxGcHdHl2f_qsdrqMwOWUxiA510TQ2yCGAp9NOOpZT3ywa6W5o1QpZ3SlPW067_uq4lYxFkW21R3FLdbQsnw5oN6lWO5NWJEjHNAgMPly4piIY39C1_lhw3_YYoiCPQ8-tOmsFPaI0emUfH2NrBd-NBw09p2AfbKmlaHWqKribHay3wYToG/w640-h480/IMG_1342.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We decided to call home and tell the girls all about it. Mandy answered the phone. Jolena was there, too. We had a long chat. That helped pass the time.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVGk5dS_9j-yUFvA_lxJ6jV2LPMkK8kXsVII0KG0Y5ja-SLp9l-o2Vmr308zDAZIM2lGDWeqHIKWqJ4OkEJMyoxJNmI9O_QACfqbx6IrfgiA9F7o9XWV-dyllc_rCI-oRzE58W9Seq3R4ORSQZkozYSBc3ZfFcpv-jp7GvKhmOQ1KUSBECEwSfDOv/s4032/IMG_2653.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVGk5dS_9j-yUFvA_lxJ6jV2LPMkK8kXsVII0KG0Y5ja-SLp9l-o2Vmr308zDAZIM2lGDWeqHIKWqJ4OkEJMyoxJNmI9O_QACfqbx6IrfgiA9F7o9XWV-dyllc_rCI-oRzE58W9Seq3R4ORSQZkozYSBc3ZfFcpv-jp7GvKhmOQ1KUSBECEwSfDOv/w640-h480/IMG_2653.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It was dark when we said goodbye. As soon as we hung up from talking to the girls, we saw a flashing red light outside. It was a human person come to help. After the helper had talked with our humans, The Writer came and told us the man was going to put our pickup truck up on the bed of his truck, then attach our trailer to the back of his truck. He told them he would <i>haul</i> the pickup and <i>tow</i> the trailer. Using her phone, she found a picture online of the kind of truck he had. <i>Not the actual truck. It was too dark to take useful photos, too cold to stand outside for long without gloves on and I didn't want to be in the way.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMzGriAvw9wZXwlKaopfaSQc9igHYKkFYpmmHCh4NGc1N3bcvkIITBd231nPXZGMVYVqw0NFM3wwN3gVRsBpwIqtGwLMNMWaKiP0-WBbYMYIqfxIhdGJeKHJegfL97hUFQ_lcUCIatOeVyehHIVkim0ALW1Q8FPwpMZFJnv1AX2zj33aG0mkzpccZ/s2048/IMG_2649.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMzGriAvw9wZXwlKaopfaSQc9igHYKkFYpmmHCh4NGc1N3bcvkIITBd231nPXZGMVYVqw0NFM3wwN3gVRsBpwIqtGwLMNMWaKiP0-WBbYMYIqfxIhdGJeKHJegfL97hUFQ_lcUCIatOeVyehHIVkim0ALW1Q8FPwpMZFJnv1AX2zj33aG0mkzpccZ/w640-h480/IMG_2649.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We tried to imagine our pickup on the bed of the big truck and our trailer following along behind. Then The Writer put us<i> </i>into a bag and took us </span></span><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">(and Dusty) </span></i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">to the helper’s truck. She put us onto the back seat and then climbed in after us. (She said something about "just in case.") Billy tried to take photos, but most of them turned out like this.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgadJ46DSIhQY6IAX0Eyg8PG-wP77bNamk2LmMpJSzEx4BBnr5dMLTdWP8ACsuWys7xIgD5rn4kyTQOhyh4ameQXjbjMZodcGxp5zNLR-fwh7G-3Z7AKpW5ECIbTLWaPX1gIDksCbrdnz8ekph7CoOEPZA7phl_5UpOTgRUhwezc1nh8Pd1cnSgPR/s4032/IMG_2641.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgadJ46DSIhQY6IAX0Eyg8PG-wP77bNamk2LmMpJSzEx4BBnr5dMLTdWP8ACsuWys7xIgD5rn4kyTQOhyh4ameQXjbjMZodcGxp5zNLR-fwh7G-3Z7AKpW5ECIbTLWaPX1gIDksCbrdnz8ekph7CoOEPZA7phl_5UpOTgRUhwezc1nh8Pd1cnSgPR/w640-h480/IMG_2641.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"><span>There was one photo</span></span><span> </span><span>that turned out.</span><span> He took it out of the back window of the helper’s truck. You can see the flashing lights and the front of our pickup on the bed of the helper’s truck.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbsok1geTbojUuXxn0W-dCwWvNKFd7w7hp6dUMmCB6E179k99aBUqmtsf4D33kRizXt2rPrtxgbXzjs_ma6aj-xnaO_QZ6HPhRGGQWxE8_ewCIJ0FuWhIQghEBg7y92eEF-x9p0ehrRim7I42xZLpXVvi7wekjxKctMl4B5wkpmhSxG-hGpQm5-1l/s4032/IMG_2738.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbsok1geTbojUuXxn0W-dCwWvNKFd7w7hp6dUMmCB6E179k99aBUqmtsf4D33kRizXt2rPrtxgbXzjs_ma6aj-xnaO_QZ6HPhRGGQWxE8_ewCIJ0FuWhIQghEBg7y92eEF-x9p0ehrRim7I42xZLpXVvi7wekjxKctMl4B5wkpmhSxG-hGpQm5-1l/w640-h480/IMG_2738.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After a long drive, the helper pulled into an RV campground and left the trailer in the spot the campground people had told The Writer to use. The Writer took us into the trailer, where we would wait while they took our pickup to the repair place. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWwOeUVDGz4vEOckhduwsJwNf34DTs0Gi7qDZ8fD5tT_63rHfyjRn_gRkDq4fuLHaHhQP8IAcg0Xtjs6Hmt_PUwgE5t3XQPjlrCm7RCTeZ2uHecxVffPTIjXw7czjdVVt89xGvjPuit1CTc9CqWF8zUJcylf4ucW24DSSSAqjnnmCepMgDviKr7zK/s4032/IMG_2763.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWwOeUVDGz4vEOckhduwsJwNf34DTs0Gi7qDZ8fD5tT_63rHfyjRn_gRkDq4fuLHaHhQP8IAcg0Xtjs6Hmt_PUwgE5t3XQPjlrCm7RCTeZ2uHecxVffPTIjXw7czjdVVt89xGvjPuit1CTc9CqWF8zUJcylf4ucW24DSSSAqjnnmCepMgDviKr7zK/w640-h480/IMG_2763.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Writer and her husband still had to eat after they came back, so it was very late when we all got to sleep.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYpUdZvK7PlxQIfYONRwU36ndwV4cuYSU-4OxabDKQkPSBZjHKV4sSdSutXaOy5BXC-xKvnRmE2Q6eYU7_W7KTDOxfcz-xiFCRR4eHZguXB-XmvmyFiyOo0vfG3e3w1XWzWkn9e__iG-fzerQL-BsKNHMv3TCuFbrJTcjzaD73f007rcnR56icHkC/s3425/IMG_2764.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="3425" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYpUdZvK7PlxQIfYONRwU36ndwV4cuYSU-4OxabDKQkPSBZjHKV4sSdSutXaOy5BXC-xKvnRmE2Q6eYU7_W7KTDOxfcz-xiFCRR4eHZguXB-XmvmyFiyOo0vfG3e3w1XWzWkn9e__iG-fzerQL-BsKNHMv3TCuFbrJTcjzaD73f007rcnR56icHkC/w640-h480/IMG_2764.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">When we went outside the next day, this is what the place looked like.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2U7RJKPJOwbLW_lMm5GOJ_G2-yhKYMVjhTV9mtKYE96ZlWP-afbwwbPzfIc9HdLSC6l0WZnUj-Rh2EXwQAh_5Sl5acnZfOOAp4TdQwDvnSdltNSUBTPNAxBEGedghChzxTmH9agM1YzV_3hOSfSZpoSDa3Jd63B4gqqZcVO0Hn4tlIgJ8AighIi3/s4032/IMG_2752.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2U7RJKPJOwbLW_lMm5GOJ_G2-yhKYMVjhTV9mtKYE96ZlWP-afbwwbPzfIc9HdLSC6l0WZnUj-Rh2EXwQAh_5Sl5acnZfOOAp4TdQwDvnSdltNSUBTPNAxBEGedghChzxTmH9agM1YzV_3hOSfSZpoSDa3Jd63B4gqqZcVO0Hn4tlIgJ8AighIi3/w640-h480/IMG_2752.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The repair place can’t do anything with our pickup until after the weekend, so we will be here for a few days. We may not make it to Arizona, which is disappointing, and it may be hard to play ball here, because it’s so cold and windy, but I keep remembering something Jolena told us when we talked on the phone. She reminded us that we wanted to go on this trip so we could pretend to be real boys. She said that if we had been real boys on this trip we would not only be disappointed, but we would have been cold and hungry a lot of the time.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_3fam9bul6v-sEhLLC9jD435VvjZNwC7Hiu51li-kuf0AGtUb5J4yPqOoobJiliRU7cNXr5seBS-ori04Ed4PmqrZmyYxNg18ZMCcGeGnev5QxQRK0vO79eYcZa2RpXO2NAl1GG73aBcF3wHjjgxdxqTkvDUOY-M6acjl6CWs30cqQZeeXlYRYua/s4032/IMG_2721.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_3fam9bul6v-sEhLLC9jD435VvjZNwC7Hiu51li-kuf0AGtUb5J4yPqOoobJiliRU7cNXr5seBS-ori04Ed4PmqrZmyYxNg18ZMCcGeGnev5QxQRK0vO79eYcZa2RpXO2NAl1GG73aBcF3wHjjgxdxqTkvDUOY-M6acjl6CWs30cqQZeeXlYRYua/w640-h480/IMG_2721.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Now Billy and I are busy trying very hard to pretend to be cold and hungry as well as disappointed.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-F67iiIRTZIll8YwNo3WJpwETMjmzhCd8nC8KVEkbKXxObfwgCsYq9kfodVmUKLGnGjYyUummpnnSU7x8Qjqja3Cf_5s4IPRLT2wot3bneB4uAoss1tyVKQYmog0wKSxvTFhWO0K4IT0jG0CemctksNLeJii_U5n0UhSgI2lit-EK_QoMUt_jW9n/s4032/IMG_2760.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-F67iiIRTZIll8YwNo3WJpwETMjmzhCd8nC8KVEkbKXxObfwgCsYq9kfodVmUKLGnGjYyUummpnnSU7x8Qjqja3Cf_5s4IPRLT2wot3bneB4uAoss1tyVKQYmog0wKSxvTFhWO0K4IT0jG0CemctksNLeJii_U5n0UhSgI2lit-EK_QoMUt_jW9n/w640-h480/IMG_2760.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The nice lady in the office here says she can put this in the mail for me. It's a long walk, but The Writer said she would take me.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui3_ROXXybJJpLxknbGQZ2GtFD8IUr3x5W-9QQEuwPWuWKsGvKa2qDQgm7BxL5lsHzPkfYb9MJs3pAA1JPDYyOVXtbXNbEhOwsstOdGCS-O4uVk3cvsgmMXk79nSFeIu3yF5WilIgKIVgTjrwj_sbMwePCRYopvbNSEJsvLeVbWWteQjqqSVH5LTK/s4032/IMG_2753.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui3_ROXXybJJpLxknbGQZ2GtFD8IUr3x5W-9QQEuwPWuWKsGvKa2qDQgm7BxL5lsHzPkfYb9MJs3pAA1JPDYyOVXtbXNbEhOwsstOdGCS-O4uVk3cvsgmMXk79nSFeIu3yF5WilIgKIVgTjrwj_sbMwePCRYopvbNSEJsvLeVbWWteQjqqSVH5LTK/w640-h480/IMG_2753.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I’ll write again when we know how this is going to turn out.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">All the best,</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>More has happened since then, but the story is long enough. Might as well save something for next week. </i>😅</span></span></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-63024217929318660482023-01-25T09:59:00.004-08:002023-01-25T09:59:53.159-08:00A Transition for Rocky<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Goodbye, for now.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW47FXM1OVG-kXQJRrH3xH-UPQYea_SO4PyuoKUHnxXdNoOWJM0ormudUJdqoosk6SVNGiwDTP2NZYHiB8cwNKswbHm5pSr2lLQTS8ffl5O8u_3enKTV9y9tI4wm4L6xzERQVIOZkT2bWdyJJNz36yJu607I4IJJPrIvnzg-8k2r1ao8bwOo07VNVngQ/s2048/5699CFF9-B45A-4ACF-A10A-AED2EA356235.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW47FXM1OVG-kXQJRrH3xH-UPQYea_SO4PyuoKUHnxXdNoOWJM0ormudUJdqoosk6SVNGiwDTP2NZYHiB8cwNKswbHm5pSr2lLQTS8ffl5O8u_3enKTV9y9tI4wm4L6xzERQVIOZkT2bWdyJJNz36yJu607I4IJJPrIvnzg-8k2r1ao8bwOo07VNVngQ/w640-h480/5699CFF9-B45A-4ACF-A10A-AED2EA356235.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky has been in my avatar for years. This photo was taken when he was approaching two years old. We were on a rafting trip with the Park City Mountain </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sports Club. His story began much earlier, though, as is usually the case.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky was born on August 31, 2004, the only boy in a litter of three.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Our previous dog, Misty, was a standard poodle. She was one of a large litter from a backyard breeder. She was a wonderful dog, but she had a lot of health problems, including a seizure disorder. We wanted to be careful this time. Rocky’s Breeder, <a href="http://www.mysticalpoodles.com/miniatures-poodles.html">Marie Hedeman</a>, faxed a number of pages of veterinary and genetic testing to our veterinarian, Dr. Rick Sickelsmith, who reviewed them and relieved our minds.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> We picked him up when he was nine weeks old. He was a little over four pounds. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMMWeBYb-bDOxdeTu2tb-H-Sd4LbvstJ_Jyf2JyF6Vymk8-rPHfC-JhAyBo6whlGcsWOrkOQ8Ae1uxasu9Bhqb8WrvKxxg4hhy2qkmWgohZtLjcbd9pf6TEx77E1gvjkwBPEYhwtehgJIaJjYwRRDo86E5V4flT-1rjIwzS59586y2vG3gkpPeO_PPg/s640/3EFD66EA-D794-4EBB-B5C3-7ED925C1799B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMMWeBYb-bDOxdeTu2tb-H-Sd4LbvstJ_Jyf2JyF6Vymk8-rPHfC-JhAyBo6whlGcsWOrkOQ8Ae1uxasu9Bhqb8WrvKxxg4hhy2qkmWgohZtLjcbd9pf6TEx77E1gvjkwBPEYhwtehgJIaJjYwRRDo86E5V4flT-1rjIwzS59586y2vG3gkpPeO_PPg/w544-h640/3EFD66EA-D794-4EBB-B5C3-7ED925C1799B.jpeg" width="544" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He grew up with us in our home in Summit Park, a neighborhood in the Park </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">City area of Utah. We began to take him on snowshoe hikes when he was still a small puppy. We took him to puppy training classes. When he was five months old, he had an accident at his puppy training class that resulted in a break in his right hind leg, right on the growth plate. He was due to be neutered the next day, so we kept our appointment and brought him in, fasting according to our instructions, but explained that the leg was injured. An X-ray showed the break. On consideration, our vet decided to go ahead with the surgery, taking care of both things at once, because we would have to keep him quiet for a while after being neutered, which would give the leg time to heal, too. Rocky had his surgery and came home fitted with a Bobby Jones bandage, which made his leg look like a big sausage. When we considered taking him with us on the next snowshoe hike, I made a cover for his leg bandage using clear plastic upholstery fabric to protect the bandage. We were expecting to have to carry him when he got tired. It didn’t happen. He ran back and forth with the other dogs, the length of the line of showshoers. The afflicted leg barely touched the snow, as he ran on the other three legs. He wore his special cover over the bandage whenever we took him for a walk or we t snowshoeing with the club. When the leg healed and the bandage came off, Rocky's left hind leg was highly muscled and the right leg somewhat withered. It didn’t take long for that to equalize, however. He grew up to be a healthy, beautiful adult.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPw_lH0S0h7-Msd0t5Viv294XdCOUeThcvvKzQR8K4yLWKtdjxSz3UWAafmhCpoJ2Kq9o8KZ-CgOvLDUQ9FwKH-74AdmciEf2NmWzTP0qI-g_ON9XQFN1o8qlbyamyD5T6ipe_sMqXVOdwcA_LBBLMfK7tzwONDSc-95WHKClxSQWDSouMmJklvecMQ/s934/956B6B11-37BC-45DC-B2F9-9EDD3145438F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPw_lH0S0h7-Msd0t5Viv294XdCOUeThcvvKzQR8K4yLWKtdjxSz3UWAafmhCpoJ2Kq9o8KZ-CgOvLDUQ9FwKH-74AdmciEf2NmWzTP0qI-g_ON9XQFN1o8qlbyamyD5T6ipe_sMqXVOdwcA_LBBLMfK7tzwONDSc-95WHKClxSQWDSouMmJklvecMQ/w538-h640/956B6B11-37BC-45DC-B2F9-9EDD3145438F.jpeg" width="538" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When Rocky was two, we thought he needed a live-in playmate, because he enjoyed the company of the other dogs we hiked and snowshoed with. Sunny came to live with us. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When we were home, the pups enjoyed hiking the trails in our neighborhood. Rocky was faster over the long distance, but </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sunny was a sprinter, so she could get to something faster if she was motivated.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzVwFtsV-nNdGxWegWdUOdxFr2A61Irg41ykckUSSvLqKvvOxxNg4JCNe04VBVo5EfOHXS6s9tWeJDoA4iN0FTYgDtAFdZ_IKpwHsbrKcNDXAB9gXwKVMtw6llJCXrcNolgLpCVxhYajz1HO8zAhsvzbsuEGd2NCvJeK3sDnHUGHXqlszmucCz7GEQw/s640/34481006-2EFC-4266-B561-AE5454B53C26.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="640" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzVwFtsV-nNdGxWegWdUOdxFr2A61Irg41ykckUSSvLqKvvOxxNg4JCNe04VBVo5EfOHXS6s9tWeJDoA4iN0FTYgDtAFdZ_IKpwHsbrKcNDXAB9gXwKVMtw6llJCXrcNolgLpCVxhYajz1HO8zAhsvzbsuEGd2NCvJeK3sDnHUGHXqlszmucCz7GEQw/w640-h466/34481006-2EFC-4266-B561-AE5454B53C26.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The next few years were filled with hikes all over Utah, including around the lakes in the Uinta Mountains.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb5WZ8t_OXGPmqwOk_PP_oAh4urAqZDbI0hj45d33GHmvDknl0i5xnUXP2dFI2LcxaH4E3BoQ57UuD4ovYMeJbw-yefnyTYN1Mx5MWeNpYJQ2-ydX5b0Uz64jkJ2Y9vEftNtm99hdwnCn1rIvTi1W1GAiTD9McUU4lT0BF13PB_R6oBOoMphLWlyzuA/s2048/01EA10F3-9E64-4992-A5B9-D9D5B635FF0E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb5WZ8t_OXGPmqwOk_PP_oAh4urAqZDbI0hj45d33GHmvDknl0i5xnUXP2dFI2LcxaH4E3BoQ57UuD4ovYMeJbw-yefnyTYN1Mx5MWeNpYJQ2-ydX5b0Uz64jkJ2Y9vEftNtm99hdwnCn1rIvTi1W1GAiTD9McUU4lT0BF13PB_R6oBOoMphLWlyzuA/w640-h480/01EA10F3-9E64-4992-A5B9-D9D5B635FF0E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We got car seats for the dogs. When we took the fifth wheel on camping trips, Rocky rode shotgun.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOBUKS1-MyC_ZJn9MlOUO-WzOTQApoMiCXa9nhdoNZoRkwDng0YPVK7QuFspNCbrbfN6enmJEzobQ2Z7MsO8z_itPQRrZ37E3O1dBBRzmrGwBA8pDeSx7Y_XrZKM5TFa1BJ5ZXa0Aq8DJlqcRHxLl21ckLJLrw8bLYBDvV07FDVSGKPNMsEAX9kbw1Q/s600/1F01F492-600F-4BFB-8353-32F3D7BFDB19.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOBUKS1-MyC_ZJn9MlOUO-WzOTQApoMiCXa9nhdoNZoRkwDng0YPVK7QuFspNCbrbfN6enmJEzobQ2Z7MsO8z_itPQRrZ37E3O1dBBRzmrGwBA8pDeSx7Y_XrZKM5TFa1BJ5ZXa0Aq8DJlqcRHxLl21ckLJLrw8bLYBDvV07FDVSGKPNMsEAX9kbw1Q/w534-h640/1F01F492-600F-4BFB-8353-32F3D7BFDB19.jpeg" width="534" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rocky and Sunny were good friends and enjoyed staying in the trailer and going on hikes.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTHOfeTAcSYUt0EGe1eezl9hUa2DJBGeparKrnWozVt2Ux1wMk68nHyD6ea3b2vv8JD7Y3ddlXBLlc8sAFGPMH-kYjptyVXLxh0sBbVf3dl5F8zTvFO-g2e0BImRxwPcceZ9WGyuXBwhJSgNLyOIREY2rxmohwJsJbRxf4pJtJessHFXspmPavYVWZw/s2048/A5838147-4B3F-4D9B-912D-2F632CD26CE0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTHOfeTAcSYUt0EGe1eezl9hUa2DJBGeparKrnWozVt2Ux1wMk68nHyD6ea3b2vv8JD7Y3ddlXBLlc8sAFGPMH-kYjptyVXLxh0sBbVf3dl5F8zTvFO-g2e0BImRxwPcceZ9WGyuXBwhJSgNLyOIREY2rxmohwJsJbRxf4pJtJessHFXspmPavYVWZw/w640-h480/A5838147-4B3F-4D9B-912D-2F632CD26CE0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In the winter, the backyard was dangerous for the dogs because of snow coming off the roof, a two-story drop in the back. They used the front deck as a litter box, which we were able to keep clean. Sometimes the snow accumulation was so great, they could have climbed onto the roof (Sunny actually did once), so we would have to shovel the snow away from the house.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzo9gvlkbc674ni5qIkU0v0XSsOQv5GLXg4UR-Yk2418wflH7p6qOqqMq_F5mfU36xY9OnnXR36N0usSkR4u1gmfCAeDaAYQgvkbCjdBEKMsFfvGzvsTjyFVeGyVQCgdjBWVEfCJ6UZckC-MqM4Fp_9aSmKfy0DhAJ80IrexvOo3zVwIEqdoytTuGqQ/s3648/CB2CFD1E-141B-409B-96D9-25B913BE2F9F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzo9gvlkbc674ni5qIkU0v0XSsOQv5GLXg4UR-Yk2418wflH7p6qOqqMq_F5mfU36xY9OnnXR36N0usSkR4u1gmfCAeDaAYQgvkbCjdBEKMsFfvGzvsTjyFVeGyVQCgdjBWVEfCJ6UZckC-MqM4Fp_9aSmKfy0DhAJ80IrexvOo3zVwIEqdoytTuGqQ/w640-h480/CB2CFD1E-141B-409B-96D9-25B913BE2F9F.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The dogs really enjoyed our hikes in the snow.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ys5Fw3IqAul_JzV3AbnP3TO65cQtccJiw9Z-PW4OItPip602fnSXpc5vFZf-D3zwXCcAzy3a6yr3WR8MVDYpjSMnK7Bnz3FhGyPKDQPfTCtuP3At9YVF1w80yboopFHNUv8I4fSg3teltvoObSLjF6aQ5lfT9fQsf2rtYEVjWBkmr1e1OySd8BpY3w/s3648/03DF7D7B-2FC1-4EA8-A6B2-37F31685D9EA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ys5Fw3IqAul_JzV3AbnP3TO65cQtccJiw9Z-PW4OItPip602fnSXpc5vFZf-D3zwXCcAzy3a6yr3WR8MVDYpjSMnK7Bnz3FhGyPKDQPfTCtuP3At9YVF1w80yboopFHNUv8I4fSg3teltvoObSLjF6aQ5lfT9fQsf2rtYEVjWBkmr1e1OySd8BpY3w/w480-h640/03DF7D7B-2FC1-4EA8-A6B2-37F31685D9EA.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">They enjoyed our summer hikes, during camping trips and at home in the local mountains and deserts. Rocky was a real water dog. He loved to swim and would retrieve anything we threw into the water.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTt3nNy2jWHCeYjI6ya76C1j6DI9CD78dmvP4btii7K5qOh08xZz-ys6GUO3KeDiXXfN3Q-o2kq3rQPrxRMnGiSqzhiOVgiVIV1hc-aUYj6UNaoTl1RPJJLQcugiMSimCZmVORTzuVZTmBP88MElhpFcriNZriNXWkfieEmCQdS2DhorLvP2tKgPTImg/s3648/789D6B0D-56BE-442E-886F-7B52D3DC1BC1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTt3nNy2jWHCeYjI6ya76C1j6DI9CD78dmvP4btii7K5qOh08xZz-ys6GUO3KeDiXXfN3Q-o2kq3rQPrxRMnGiSqzhiOVgiVIV1hc-aUYj6UNaoTl1RPJJLQcugiMSimCZmVORTzuVZTmBP88MElhpFcriNZriNXWkfieEmCQdS2DhorLvP2tKgPTImg/w640-h480/789D6B0D-56BE-442E-886F-7B52D3DC1BC1.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our local pond was a favorite place for a swim when the weather was warm. Rocky would swim out, where some much larger dogs would give up and return to shore. Whenever </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky returned with the stick or ball, Sunny would meet him at the water's edge, take it away from him and bring it to us as if she had done all the work. We called her the "manager." (The employee does all the work, and the manager takes all the credit.) Rocky never minded. For him, the credit wasn’t the reason for the retrieval. The act itself was the reward.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMMErd4Hf1tclN7TpVPUNYRDPyM6gSNNckLEJQuhIvRis5MBdbm7USnrmyn8vgPTPzFKkc2dXbHV8K7U6PIZwzspeoWn56fDqCad8HUyyqu-4M1xVchw3IdL9nWWdPqTMIgZE98p-Pk6lfm5kTOs7oeKb_xl4qp1EdigXKPWfl8rn7C_1fG4QMdHXvQ/s3264/55121D51-B2C4-42F5-A25D-C12DCDF3508A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMMErd4Hf1tclN7TpVPUNYRDPyM6gSNNckLEJQuhIvRis5MBdbm7USnrmyn8vgPTPzFKkc2dXbHV8K7U6PIZwzspeoWn56fDqCad8HUyyqu-4M1xVchw3IdL9nWWdPqTMIgZE98p-Pk6lfm5kTOs7oeKb_xl4qp1EdigXKPWfl8rn7C_1fG4QMdHXvQ/w640-h480/55121D51-B2C4-42F5-A25D-C12DCDF3508A.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rocky had a few tricks he liked to perform. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlugjPzC8cKz5RLFCLcRSehXY4-QA4tVLYq6A9atnu4FIixKKo80Vwl9FE5WTxZ_ldQ8on-MQdyqcf0kMg7pDrW9iX7NA2kvcT1PiPCUeNLWj0QqmKxycaUOYeBZduPmRqB8eL2CXQvP2r2H7BZ18UjyPj8_BjDScVqwQOfvQE9b0lyGbli4sKpyCPA/s3492/A88E38F4-43FD-44E8-8E35-D1599E3D6614.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="2528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlugjPzC8cKz5RLFCLcRSehXY4-QA4tVLYq6A9atnu4FIixKKo80Vwl9FE5WTxZ_ldQ8on-MQdyqcf0kMg7pDrW9iX7NA2kvcT1PiPCUeNLWj0QqmKxycaUOYeBZduPmRqB8eL2CXQvP2r2H7BZ18UjyPj8_BjDScVqwQOfvQE9b0lyGbli4sKpyCPA/w464-h640/A88E38F4-43FD-44E8-8E35-D1599E3D6614.jpeg" width="464" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">When we lost Sunny to cancer suddenly in 2016, it didn’t take too long before we realized we still needed two dogs. That brought Dusty into our lives. Rocky went with us to pick him up.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvUSOZek9gVfnJrkfNc-4Ywljf3gqiAleOA_f2-b5SuDNvd_Qsa_U9Qu8vHTR0H_SbhgmSSkCTuj2zBsTybjU6oSENIk6qszIHA_0Nbrsd0F4MnJRfVWzjcZGqK9n-QVSIf2LAHCtVTAXk7m83qCYEruhP9SdazLfaw4GWjl1f4CeMy9gEWcWQWqqXw/s2381/A0D8C466-C9DF-4ED6-9480-DD655B715B43.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2381" data-original-width="1903" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvUSOZek9gVfnJrkfNc-4Ywljf3gqiAleOA_f2-b5SuDNvd_Qsa_U9Qu8vHTR0H_SbhgmSSkCTuj2zBsTybjU6oSENIk6qszIHA_0Nbrsd0F4MnJRfVWzjcZGqK9n-QVSIf2LAHCtVTAXk7m83qCYEruhP9SdazLfaw4GWjl1f4CeMy9gEWcWQWqqXw/w512-h640/A0D8C466-C9DF-4ED6-9480-DD655B715B43.jpeg" width="512" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rocky was old enough be be more a parent than a sibling to the new puppy. Marie, our breeder, gave him a chewy. He looked like a new dad with a cigar.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3ccxTS8gsuc3qIzLUvMK78wIMOG2GjbViJkWKXw1LpdRNZXW7HfsHGK110AfBGcNatfZjFdtFsRgWdfguwYXyx9oe3OA-0ihV6y2JAHtdcC2vUbxN4s7DcWoX0jOxm229r8bYa-XMYwzS0v9gP42iM-9avOp6tu1zC6mJNWGksDsC2QjdAxXCEUf_Q/s4032/C94516B5-F208-47BE-B3FD-E6C864011827.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3ccxTS8gsuc3qIzLUvMK78wIMOG2GjbViJkWKXw1LpdRNZXW7HfsHGK110AfBGcNatfZjFdtFsRgWdfguwYXyx9oe3OA-0ihV6y2JAHtdcC2vUbxN4s7DcWoX0jOxm229r8bYa-XMYwzS0v9gP42iM-9avOp6tu1zC6mJNWGksDsC2QjdAxXCEUf_Q/w480-h640/C94516B5-F208-47BE-B3FD-E6C864011827.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our veterinarian, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rick, had retired by then, but he came to visit us and meet the new addition.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4e07yITmFft3M_Udb7AHEgFXEycxuYJ3hn18oXC6U3k_Bv5QVzpbxkoqEbGV7dq7PXBaNP-ybMB-oA6jTsqy6-NPvcRPGAyWK7ql1XvMtkrBbHCN547zeSL8Z3vPcDqfurIhOpPcMWP5I5JQMATfdQTsj04MxxNpz5qtXKHTmINh5DFypbDUXAtWRUA/s2733/D449C42F-9C0F-40CF-850F-FCC3088FF7C8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2733" data-original-width="2157" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4e07yITmFft3M_Udb7AHEgFXEycxuYJ3hn18oXC6U3k_Bv5QVzpbxkoqEbGV7dq7PXBaNP-ybMB-oA6jTsqy6-NPvcRPGAyWK7ql1XvMtkrBbHCN547zeSL8Z3vPcDqfurIhOpPcMWP5I5JQMATfdQTsj04MxxNpz5qtXKHTmINh5DFypbDUXAtWRUA/w506-h640/D449C42F-9C0F-40CF-850F-FCC3088FF7C8.jpeg" width="506" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rocky taught Dusty everything he needed to know, sometimes giving close-up demonstrations.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t0rwWQrlCUkdXpEW099dQXdy5byZ5AAtNXBR3Wj_fg6gaN4Z1Vta5Ta_VvZj9LVWmDJJ0Wfi_J3G_dw9O1chy7EU9Oq7lEm-FBBiubIxHWTYJRsXusFBOQ5dCGcvYaj-lPJz4UDRce1IzfNVfqj3sIRIGkPiMqerY_GzNYxZ7OOFo0AMl7wOWxEn2w/s3024/8DEBD828-3DCC-4D49-A63B-85A409B45FED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2560" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t0rwWQrlCUkdXpEW099dQXdy5byZ5AAtNXBR3Wj_fg6gaN4Z1Vta5Ta_VvZj9LVWmDJJ0Wfi_J3G_dw9O1chy7EU9Oq7lEm-FBBiubIxHWTYJRsXusFBOQ5dCGcvYaj-lPJz4UDRce1IzfNVfqj3sIRIGkPiMqerY_GzNYxZ7OOFo0AMl7wOWxEn2w/w542-h640/8DEBD828-3DCC-4D49-A63B-85A409B45FED.jpeg" width="542" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dusty soon took up Sunny's place next to Rocky on the front porch.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUba8TfKlgswmBGqgc_nSKlc5tVtK-AQx6qCPh68mHI1a8gbWRTP04zkF5A9XzxgfpI5FYT0iAbFzlA6ZrbfRkWpqE1YQ_wnpAIO7CNxQn-y6W5MDuY9mb3I2NJs1qHZ_ZnE6cpCXvpYoNGIzJIepxQZ-FqAgtGjYkYFTbQ0FxNlHnWpo2THbg1N7cA/s2986/74FA6A9E-06A9-4ABC-A4B5-765D92A63ED2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2407" data-original-width="2986" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUba8TfKlgswmBGqgc_nSKlc5tVtK-AQx6qCPh68mHI1a8gbWRTP04zkF5A9XzxgfpI5FYT0iAbFzlA6ZrbfRkWpqE1YQ_wnpAIO7CNxQn-y6W5MDuY9mb3I2NJs1qHZ_ZnE6cpCXvpYoNGIzJIepxQZ-FqAgtGjYkYFTbQ0FxNlHnWpo2THbg1N7cA/w640-h516/74FA6A9E-06A9-4ABC-A4B5-765D92A63ED2.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With the help of his "Mr. Mom," Dusty grew up, which is his story, and this is about </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky. (Rocky never minded when Sunny or Dusty wanted to be the center of attention.)</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XbOD73A42hGrwogK1cy94FBLxbG7afQFv1RnnJBJcJq5pNxjs36R3LmyBr2ZbzDcOx7VGiu2aShAfdxPN07zqmBAaaxV5VLfb3-TteCdqYS8zj4kXBTiJLU2Th2PLh15vbs8I0OeAT9xz_wpAkg-JkRHwEBguo1A1fufLDYsOVXXnIRo3nBBzw06ZA/s2609/B5308C3C-C92C-45D2-9CF6-75A94022A921.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="2019" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XbOD73A42hGrwogK1cy94FBLxbG7afQFv1RnnJBJcJq5pNxjs36R3LmyBr2ZbzDcOx7VGiu2aShAfdxPN07zqmBAaaxV5VLfb3-TteCdqYS8zj4kXBTiJLU2Th2PLh15vbs8I0OeAT9xz_wpAkg-JkRHwEBguo1A1fufLDYsOVXXnIRo3nBBzw06ZA/w496-h640/B5308C3C-C92C-45D2-9CF6-75A94022A921.jpeg" width="496" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky played a role in our grandchildren's lives. He was always tolerant and sometimes even helpful.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyq-jkrokq55XycG6Wa-Na1PCcvNMsKq_a_wsfaIl34FAVliqsIf0oJDlhoKu31w5qLG8ERURrQ010ubvqd2GkfiFLowrkaUEfrQbPTfEaQq_wq-bSJlo276udW-f3apxNj75k8PN79pkTbALwgjKGIJmbabCLRU4Ksz3gD2VJ7kRGiVMxYm9_tdlSA/s640/33D1C666-BA1C-4C31-B11D-88D88F608ABA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyq-jkrokq55XycG6Wa-Na1PCcvNMsKq_a_wsfaIl34FAVliqsIf0oJDlhoKu31w5qLG8ERURrQ010ubvqd2GkfiFLowrkaUEfrQbPTfEaQq_wq-bSJlo276udW-f3apxNj75k8PN79pkTbALwgjKGIJmbabCLRU4Ksz3gD2VJ7kRGiVMxYm9_tdlSA/w640-h458/33D1C666-BA1C-4C31-B11D-88D88F608ABA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After we moved to Oregon, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky had a couple more years of relative good health, before he began to show his age. A hip dislocation when we were still in Utah, left him with some arthritis. He needed to take thyroid medication, which made his blood pressure go up, which could be controlled with medication, so he was on two medications for the last few years of his life. When he was 17, he developed a degenerative eye disorder, which was treated with drops. Other than that, he had excellent health.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 2021 we got him a stroller, so he could go with us on hikes. The stroller even made it all around </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Suttle Lake, one of our favorite camping/hiking places within reasonable driving distance.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtNQEwNIuG4VxHLt72uE_oiddXvLM4qd46G61uVJOx9rCGueHQ1t5AW6N9WPqslZde-fz0Olixv_Ada5lQMg0T3cwIfP0CaMRFQWZbV9EUGl3YcSuHO6vFO02vI5blKIHoN9KztkIYQ6VpV0dL7gCfZbrmoeiLJOvJ5J1wRaB0ghwUaC7jIyP8mGo-Q/s4032/FF86A70F-06C9-45CF-BAD1-F284378599D4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtNQEwNIuG4VxHLt72uE_oiddXvLM4qd46G61uVJOx9rCGueHQ1t5AW6N9WPqslZde-fz0Olixv_Ada5lQMg0T3cwIfP0CaMRFQWZbV9EUGl3YcSuHO6vFO02vI5blKIHoN9KztkIYQ6VpV0dL7gCfZbrmoeiLJOvJ5J1wRaB0ghwUaC7jIyP8mGo-Q/w480-h640/FF86A70F-06C9-45CF-BAD1-F284378599D4.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The last year of his life, Rocky began to dislike travel. We made two trips to Florence, which is on the coast. He enjoyed being there, but not the trip. We visited the beach and the dunes common in the town. He enjoyed basking in the sun, while Dusty ran after the ball.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV5s-iiC_SHkLHQiB9pjmotvr1wT03RBWFPxduQqEkphLBsVl42QtOQF8DCneFjbZESbqkz-IJsKKdvZ2VzLefpoku2b3krnXZzdVdrwHWi8iblQNMWfEPSEf53Hxz2zEdAwdVxuDahhkTO6jX6bLCp3wpLFByvLF7K0V-srDMG8b0Mk0z0XGJ05oKw/s4032/B512B962-BFDF-4BC5-9B3A-68DDB5475BA7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV5s-iiC_SHkLHQiB9pjmotvr1wT03RBWFPxduQqEkphLBsVl42QtOQF8DCneFjbZESbqkz-IJsKKdvZ2VzLefpoku2b3krnXZzdVdrwHWi8iblQNMWfEPSEf53Hxz2zEdAwdVxuDahhkTO6jX6bLCp3wpLFByvLF7K0V-srDMG8b0Mk0z0XGJ05oKw/w640-h480/B512B962-BFDF-4BC5-9B3A-68DDB5475BA7.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The stroller was very useful as Rocky couldn’t walk fast enough to keep with us. For the last few months, Rocky was unable to get up off the floor or his bed and unable to stand long enough to eat and drink. He could still walk, but his balance wasn’t good, and he often fell over. He remained able to go through the dog door when he could find it, and over the last few months only had one "accident" inside the house. He always let us know when he needed to go out. He needed constant supervision, so we have been adjusting our activities so one of us was always with us.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On Thursday we felt he was ready to move on to his next adventure. We verified this in a phone call with a friend who is a pet psychic. She said he preferred to do the procedure at home. We made the appointment for Tuesday, January 24, 2023, one week short of 18 1/2 years from </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky's birth. On Monday, the weather was nice enough that we decided to take a goodbye walk. Rocky wore his coat and was wrapped up in a blanket with a heating pad. He walked for about 15 minutes and rode the rest of the time. It was cold, but sunny, and there was no wind. We had a good time.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbZfLvwN7iqTplFAwp8gRS4k9K2XuGJ9Q-21YcefQnF1jy8CAv5_GvOWoCTLsQ7ZsCSb87U-_ozhnBjAWrZMuuBnqBfhRWSBDLCirg2YsYKo2dpP9V5OCUyTq9OQbq2saTblvL8IPXKbvtSIN3kJPg1mHjFouTb_UivyvVyG4ih78_g8piPikPXeSzw/s4032/B3CFAA68-3689-496D-A575-5E17CC12B1CB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbZfLvwN7iqTplFAwp8gRS4k9K2XuGJ9Q-21YcefQnF1jy8CAv5_GvOWoCTLsQ7ZsCSb87U-_ozhnBjAWrZMuuBnqBfhRWSBDLCirg2YsYKo2dpP9V5OCUyTq9OQbq2saTblvL8IPXKbvtSIN3kJPg1mHjFouTb_UivyvVyG4ih78_g8piPikPXeSzw/w640-h480/B3CFAA68-3689-496D-A575-5E17CC12B1CB.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We had some of Rocky's 18th birthday cake in the freezer, so we had a party Tuesday afternoon. Both dogs had some cake. Family members sent texts with photos of </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Rocky.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">About 4:15 PM, Dr. Barton and </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Taylor came and helped Rocky have a relaxed, painless transition.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rocky says he wants to come back to us and be our dog again.😳</span></p><p><br /></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-87830254494288955742022-12-17T15:50:00.001-08:002022-12-17T18:47:09.298-08:00Holiday Letter 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Merry Christmas,</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span>hyvää joulua, frohe Weihnachten, happy Hanukkah and happy holidays, everyone!</span></span></span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;">Here's a rundown of what we've been up to this year.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIPxGRFGsAhbGeC_B3y3-3dnD1jiey8-Sk2Irrp2u3XXFChjUYFOjhLLzOOnDaaeU-H5EBkQ-liT6sVPBK50oxhuo3wDYRDW9VvUT2SZ9A-1JDt570GvXxp1Hlx2Mjvp0guh0VfHC67eDuH8XEC_RNcZyXyCUtPI1qwoaPTiiRWXpJ4RdV-amUnWKMw/s3264/IMG_0404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIPxGRFGsAhbGeC_B3y3-3dnD1jiey8-Sk2Irrp2u3XXFChjUYFOjhLLzOOnDaaeU-H5EBkQ-liT6sVPBK50oxhuo3wDYRDW9VvUT2SZ9A-1JDt570GvXxp1Hlx2Mjvp0guh0VfHC67eDuH8XEC_RNcZyXyCUtPI1qwoaPTiiRWXpJ4RdV-amUnWKMw/w640-h480/IMG_0404.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue;">We made a few trips, including one to </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;">visit Peter and Alexa (and the two boys in the photo above, Soren and Johan, who are wearing Norwegian cardigans made by their great, great, great aunt from Bergen.) One of the trips was the annual Rose City Yarn Crawl.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t08k7LmWunsV2OEaXWjrjVYoU_iYrMjKtJYSrdB-sEJ6RlUwPdr4OuWlqOEIcf50UWVAYkl0khLcc11_r5IpJoJhisbcnGP6GccruWzf_DpqVpNoBy4oH9ldVHQnnXs63tLxvponcqZfM2e1o9fsIAWK9jxea8LF09lY9CXsSu63HsyDHHQ5pdnmRg/s1440/IMG_0234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t08k7LmWunsV2OEaXWjrjVYoU_iYrMjKtJYSrdB-sEJ6RlUwPdr4OuWlqOEIcf50UWVAYkl0khLcc11_r5IpJoJhisbcnGP6GccruWzf_DpqVpNoBy4oH9ldVHQnnXs63tLxvponcqZfM2e1o9fsIAWK9jxea8LF09lY9CXsSu63HsyDHHQ5pdnmRg/w640-h480/IMG_0234.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Charlie's brother, Jim, moved to Florence, Oregon, which is on the coast. We made two trips to visit him. The first time we stayed with him. The second time we stayed in an RV campground at the harbor. We ate out at a place outside on the water. They allowed dogs.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7czpjUp_fZmfQRMfVKVEO6HpxEkZswEdyJW4wQYTno0mWrVSEAh_ufA4cZyhmLdnNO_lnufEH0XJYMDlNasv_R_Y6RAMNwcVm-hq1YKm0n2tMGLCdN-gSdxoIg8kaHOKF7P_sqV9YC6PftkKDe4LjeUiB2OSDOGJwNdxulSMVK2Qc5ucZ9tHU1gxUg/s4032/IMG_9673.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7czpjUp_fZmfQRMfVKVEO6HpxEkZswEdyJW4wQYTno0mWrVSEAh_ufA4cZyhmLdnNO_lnufEH0XJYMDlNasv_R_Y6RAMNwcVm-hq1YKm0n2tMGLCdN-gSdxoIg8kaHOKF7P_sqV9YC6PftkKDe4LjeUiB2OSDOGJwNdxulSMVK2Qc5ucZ9tHU1gxUg/w640-h480/IMG_9673.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We made visits to the beach, and the dogs got to walk around. Rocky rode in his stroller until we got to where we planned to spend some time.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-Qy6leZwF-bCeHeH1FVYu1SauVKgo-4vW-YhCn3QekIwXbcBr5_xzMLzbQ_Pc_Sn1joTGQGFZaMrmvdJzwIaPeV5cZlZQCts626_fmLKltFvnky0Irqzh-i71m-VjP1oO-KHsjirKdXkqrbyl9Hcjc9O3Rdo0O4Wsrj5f2WT8pv_iY3RIT9-OI2Qww/s4032/IMG_9694.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-Qy6leZwF-bCeHeH1FVYu1SauVKgo-4vW-YhCn3QekIwXbcBr5_xzMLzbQ_Pc_Sn1joTGQGFZaMrmvdJzwIaPeV5cZlZQCts626_fmLKltFvnky0Irqzh-i71m-VjP1oO-KHsjirKdXkqrbyl9Hcjc9O3Rdo0O4Wsrj5f2WT8pv_iY3RIT9-OI2Qww/w640-h480/IMG_9694.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Peter's family came to visit several times, including Thanksgiving. Dusty got to play with and take walks with his best buddy, Louis.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HMdL8LFtQy18zVzsVB9EdcgDU5YqZ28RAE5iGiNTndI2zVR0xhqtuMmJ6fjoTOOnw_pQ9-HZRUfl8n2b16wr7CSX0G0m6RYbkEql8uThrfz4BV7yeK-AVFHBZnOR_Rpw2Pp4VvqDc8v8pBrWMjWc_r294d9bAbvIP6SBp9eTjalIwTP2IHeEi5TGDQ/s2048/IMG_2411.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HMdL8LFtQy18zVzsVB9EdcgDU5YqZ28RAE5iGiNTndI2zVR0xhqtuMmJ6fjoTOOnw_pQ9-HZRUfl8n2b16wr7CSX0G0m6RYbkEql8uThrfz4BV7yeK-AVFHBZnOR_Rpw2Pp4VvqDc8v8pBrWMjWc_r294d9bAbvIP6SBp9eTjalIwTP2IHeEi5TGDQ/w480-h640/IMG_2411.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>We managed to do some demolishing in and around the house and a little rebuilding to our liking. We didn't like or use this soaking tub.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyH7qiWS-gUJl7D86_YG3fNhRFiXBhKMXwOiMlXIxtUh4V3d-3vK2cZMaQbBhlcrgTJVIlnlTQAK_nWRY11BSvo0R1z5lUB1jMA8CgnSrEY-Fih5-mfLmx_eeucUr4wp6dICqwkI_CvJULKQtk8UpySh-lbmFKiavYfxY7LH6wx_14y2SiMBRjjxmW_A/s4014/IMG_9050.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4014" data-original-width="3010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyH7qiWS-gUJl7D86_YG3fNhRFiXBhKMXwOiMlXIxtUh4V3d-3vK2cZMaQbBhlcrgTJVIlnlTQAK_nWRY11BSvo0R1z5lUB1jMA8CgnSrEY-Fih5-mfLmx_eeucUr4wp6dICqwkI_CvJULKQtk8UpySh-lbmFKiavYfxY7LH6wx_14y2SiMBRjjxmW_A/w480-h640/IMG_9050.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We had it ripped out and replaced with this nice, big shower.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwn1ASkAtZk3J6db26n3KIWxWj2yQxF0JiNS5iCUQNbyzWcNw5RyXfT4Eo2Mu4Gcv_H4OfP5RC8PLMlEnxrXj2dNK2R_wjPYCVnWbWNTYu6qLFk3kjB5WXmBHQQIpP9ALoKFZrC3Nm9VytrTifX5iXPBaNXpivFqG3kQAxCvi_Lk7aKB7nfr9yabNtA/s3856/IMG_9113.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3856" data-original-width="2892" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwn1ASkAtZk3J6db26n3KIWxWj2yQxF0JiNS5iCUQNbyzWcNw5RyXfT4Eo2Mu4Gcv_H4OfP5RC8PLMlEnxrXj2dNK2R_wjPYCVnWbWNTYu6qLFk3kjB5WXmBHQQIpP9ALoKFZrC3Nm9VytrTifX5iXPBaNXpivFqG3kQAxCvi_Lk7aKB7nfr9yabNtA/w480-h640/IMG_9113.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The original shower was smaller than a phone booth when you actually had to stand in it. There was a seat in it, taking up about half of the floor space.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoE6Q2dn2vr1GOvr4XODGp0icaAaL24a4EApdOQeaTljAoipupUIjzEr3arM-NfhDC86JTAgVYgM2L-hFKpaVCHwxz5jZozdPFuk4RqrjE8u3_V25GuA4sxmJ0Q5g0b_zIGxfmVIzPFdpkA8zCo54CNERWEifbDc52Ln7umGqMmr1UDHiGbT0A3OxwGA/s4032/IMG_9051.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoE6Q2dn2vr1GOvr4XODGp0icaAaL24a4EApdOQeaTljAoipupUIjzEr3arM-NfhDC86JTAgVYgM2L-hFKpaVCHwxz5jZozdPFuk4RqrjE8u3_V25GuA4sxmJ0Q5g0b_zIGxfmVIzPFdpkA8zCo54CNERWEifbDc52Ln7umGqMmr1UDHiGbT0A3OxwGA/w480-h640/IMG_9051.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We had it ripped out and a closet built into the space. The previous owner had left some of the ceiling unpainted, so the whole bathroom ceiling got a new coat of paint. The doors on the original closets (like the one on the right) opened into the closet, eliminating a lot of storage space. We had the doors reinstalled opening out.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BYq6F1u3HLBsUyp_Rkp9yzfy-eCwgyXzd2JBBmU7yoHWF1OUKpAqg-_lJ0ayWrF5RxbyqK6ryddIDJ6HGkF8K_WeARmuW0b7bug0k_MPS5JBm4VXuJiCnGc0lyEROu9FgpJDPKkBR-VU3FDuZyzXW7RyNFCNUKJv5bVceycX9CRpapKCTRCFWCiRLg/s4032/IMG_0442%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BYq6F1u3HLBsUyp_Rkp9yzfy-eCwgyXzd2JBBmU7yoHWF1OUKpAqg-_lJ0ayWrF5RxbyqK6ryddIDJ6HGkF8K_WeARmuW0b7bug0k_MPS5JBm4VXuJiCnGc0lyEROu9FgpJDPKkBR-VU3FDuZyzXW7RyNFCNUKJv5bVceycX9CRpapKCTRCFWCiRLg/w480-h640/IMG_0442%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Charlie is lining the closet with cedar. Some of the cedar was left over from lining our closet in Dana Point (circa 1987). Yes, we've been moving it around with us, only four moves plus going into storage in California when we moved to Indonesia. He had to buy a little more to complete the closet, and it's a slightly different size, but he put the new cedar along the back wall. There is still more to do, but it will have shelves, etc., for storing our woolens. (It smells lovely!)</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23F3G0WJ0EjzdzUiovaGmbnWsZ-6NqVBjdqGKN9n7TnvU_aMgZrp1Pojorxq1xcdZ6gX0bnPf1i-jXSHcLAwSpPHfZjfHtEN-DVu4OtUnU6pAjOXI-JzJ3FyUk2Da8JW4PIANCv8iJ1_v6yt5t-ydwjKWQJzueV3Aj6Lc8XkLH7nqWpZX5-Gf7hbACg/s4032/IMG_1209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23F3G0WJ0EjzdzUiovaGmbnWsZ-6NqVBjdqGKN9n7TnvU_aMgZrp1Pojorxq1xcdZ6gX0bnPf1i-jXSHcLAwSpPHfZjfHtEN-DVu4OtUnU6pAjOXI-JzJ3FyUk2Da8JW4PIANCv8iJ1_v6yt5t-ydwjKWQJzueV3Aj6Lc8XkLH7nqWpZX5-Gf7hbACg/w480-h640/IMG_1209.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Charlie demolished the old dilapidated plastic greenhouse, which was on the property when we bought it.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUvvMgblv-55YUdb5ud7JmhjhVE79ec_5pMPrmJ7skHuFgU8wdBXAgf5UmPWt670DSUlxH1Af_81P76IvpafkU9uNjBMuNLhBOuQLhlcV58V031XxntTssjhUU20F6tQ74lfu1ZsBhep5bc_qH69G-QUvvaw8MFrkS5nEU7dOOpT9qrX-9jGQZWBAxQ/s4032/IMG_0415.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUvvMgblv-55YUdb5ud7JmhjhVE79ec_5pMPrmJ7skHuFgU8wdBXAgf5UmPWt670DSUlxH1Af_81P76IvpafkU9uNjBMuNLhBOuQLhlcV58V031XxntTssjhUU20F6tQ74lfu1ZsBhep5bc_qH69G-QUvvaw8MFrkS5nEU7dOOpT9qrX-9jGQZWBAxQ/w640-h480/IMG_0415.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We only used it for storage, and it wasn't very good for that, because snow and rain came in. Maybe a new greenhouse will go there next year.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHz8gRA-1JAQTpJl8rwfjKV90O0kcgK9qmpX8Mmoa3jwLuZLTV2egNdiDsQnc_eYMsd7zTvNbHU4nS3mf5i-svD5b2ZLV06PdHO7EQW5ozBoeCTGvXc0FfyPXKWkrWoucmwQPimkm1fm9oUkxBlIxubuDWhf2q5EWaDcmRXCV1opIcJHumkYMTWRnikw/s4032/IMG_0561.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHz8gRA-1JAQTpJl8rwfjKV90O0kcgK9qmpX8Mmoa3jwLuZLTV2egNdiDsQnc_eYMsd7zTvNbHU4nS3mf5i-svD5b2ZLV06PdHO7EQW5ozBoeCTGvXc0FfyPXKWkrWoucmwQPimkm1fm9oUkxBlIxubuDWhf2q5EWaDcmRXCV1opIcJHumkYMTWRnikw/w640-h480/IMG_0561.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The young man who built our new cedar closet</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> also helped repair and refurbish our front porch, finishing it with black paint to match the shutters. The new rails are easier to grab when you're going up and down the steps.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTXTrXC6cR7PkI8hU_lZJnwY0_5N-URST-tX7gfefjrx09O7y0Xw9y4fTbUgeXVe2defGH8fjCb5jWfb-C5ic_1DMwBzX8bcz8OnepNC76PZZ00G0FvjUc0Njo4I6PZBBzD-KahnlH0bH4Uok0HA8NsLQjfuUSBP1Dg6xSXX4M_5azoF6u0nv5GaTCg/s3024/IMG_1671.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTXTrXC6cR7PkI8hU_lZJnwY0_5N-URST-tX7gfefjrx09O7y0Xw9y4fTbUgeXVe2defGH8fjCb5jWfb-C5ic_1DMwBzX8bcz8OnepNC76PZZ00G0FvjUc0Njo4I6PZBBzD-KahnlH0bH4Uok0HA8NsLQjfuUSBP1Dg6xSXX4M_5azoF6u0nv5GaTCg/w480-h640/IMG_1671.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We voted twice each (in the primary in May and general in November). Oregon makes it easy for us to vote. Every registered voter gets a ballot. You can mail it or drop it into a ballot box. You can check online to find out if your ballot was received and counted.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzxqkmjEgdG998w-5u1YqpkQ9CbNgkd4Ums7J-HA4V3gWKVt-u8omwK_da8yg0ISJ-1WaZ6Lm7Q1M6PbkS7eMkVQWyijubjx4l_NqPzARL5KF_jPWze-wHo27_2LtAbU4_VWY9fPDrTchSF8YlGcrI95wU17Tr8z_7oFATdninZ8B3hupxB4fZ-KBiw/s4032/IMG_8736.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzxqkmjEgdG998w-5u1YqpkQ9CbNgkd4Ums7J-HA4V3gWKVt-u8omwK_da8yg0ISJ-1WaZ6Lm7Q1M6PbkS7eMkVQWyijubjx4l_NqPzARL5KF_jPWze-wHo27_2LtAbU4_VWY9fPDrTchSF8YlGcrI95wU17Tr8z_7oFATdninZ8B3hupxB4fZ-KBiw/w480-h640/IMG_8736.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We got Covid boosters twice each, along with other vaccinations we needed. We have managed to avoid getting even a light case of the dreaded virus, but we didn't go out in public a lot.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We endured the smoke that resulted from all the forest fires in our part of the state. The fire season is getting to be a regular thing. We have air conditioning now, so we don't have to open the windows when the air quality is bad. We use air purifiers strategically placed around the house. This was one an air filter from one of our purifiers. We were glad this stuff wasn't in our lungs.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92sm_yNB5nZpqa_InZgPPzHzkKmjz9RN9ywRfo9tXE79TzoKR45MEw4Fdvcx1qbxVYg6yMu4WOCp9Jgiou5Bxx4hxJU2luIrKYTX_5Psocz_VE_PDW3KbXOmVEQP8jT0s43-P0wh3iINHW1mbv-QNBkFD5WDTT-4nEH9snd1yiC4tseBBEtuxJqd6_Q/s3199/IMG_0091.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2397" data-original-width="3199" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92sm_yNB5nZpqa_InZgPPzHzkKmjz9RN9ywRfo9tXE79TzoKR45MEw4Fdvcx1qbxVYg6yMu4WOCp9Jgiou5Bxx4hxJU2luIrKYTX_5Psocz_VE_PDW3KbXOmVEQP8jT0s43-P0wh3iINHW1mbv-QNBkFD5WDTT-4nEH9snd1yiC4tseBBEtuxJqd6_Q/w640-h480/IMG_0091.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Gardening is difficult here, because of the short growing season and the busy birds and squirrels, but we managed to get some strawberries, tomatoes, peppers and a few other things.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwMOzLp-XrMZcgLdo2LvINZLIHc4y38CVsflYJjEjiqdw302XDUzst6P6r4W5iN-5ujjSKxPYfGISM4jqCbYJDsIygpouaBAN0cUVHYGygwNQOrwlZFaIHmozs5uH53Yea256BbU-tXHPiaHeapizJZDyddHR9-OM-Jh4S0PvXmJCpWokt2bFCpNLvQ/s4032/IMG_8825.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwMOzLp-XrMZcgLdo2LvINZLIHc4y38CVsflYJjEjiqdw302XDUzst6P6r4W5iN-5ujjSKxPYfGISM4jqCbYJDsIygpouaBAN0cUVHYGygwNQOrwlZFaIHmozs5uH53Yea256BbU-tXHPiaHeapizJZDyddHR9-OM-Jh4S0PvXmJCpWokt2bFCpNLvQ/w640-h480/IMG_8825.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We've been using a very small Dutch oven to bake bread. This kind of bread is best fresh, so we make small loaves, just enough for two or three servings.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DNx3lltllZHZfTQeagMrIxJEraAxNpwJSqiWqVuN2WsLQGu0L6jiRIvwrniP-B-qO2HKXL5WRqId74A3Zy4VHKfBbsEOHQ2Ma0lJrRJvgoWQK3ux7qXGZQNKgB4gk_TGFkrVNb4aGoCstMU-S-7quP4tpcQ8YNhsCJDcrolPPQub35WvvjjuRtoC5A/s4032/IMG_8158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DNx3lltllZHZfTQeagMrIxJEraAxNpwJSqiWqVuN2WsLQGu0L6jiRIvwrniP-B-qO2HKXL5WRqId74A3Zy4VHKfBbsEOHQ2Ma0lJrRJvgoWQK3ux7qXGZQNKgB4gk_TGFkrVNb4aGoCstMU-S-7quP4tpcQ8YNhsCJDcrolPPQub35WvvjjuRtoC5A/w640-h480/IMG_8158.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We're still making sourdough bread for sandwiches, and occasionally some Finnish pulla.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I pieced a quilt top using the fronts (mostly) of T-shirts from Hash runs in Indonesia when we were there. I'm still working on the back.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqoIO5vM0pa4yrVd5kjAYpLslY7yb1Vuyx_0sCeNyAhCOe3la7DsL5ELhH7lJvAMAeXgKJCSkHH_Gc85BNL6nDMi7RlQ_HjhsbXorytWHzU5mLfvAPCPEAHAYs7-4O9IjXVtAfdHIP6Oa33AIFe7CZl41zk85l9jfFK9npQ1hBGaTD_ujQ98NfUoNRA/s4032/IMG_1782.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqoIO5vM0pa4yrVd5kjAYpLslY7yb1Vuyx_0sCeNyAhCOe3la7DsL5ELhH7lJvAMAeXgKJCSkHH_Gc85BNL6nDMi7RlQ_HjhsbXorytWHzU5mLfvAPCPEAHAYs7-4O9IjXVtAfdHIP6Oa33AIFe7CZl41zk85l9jfFK9npQ1hBGaTD_ujQ98NfUoNRA/w640-h480/IMG_1782.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky turned 18 in August. We baked him a doggy cake. No sugar, no salt, but otherwise like a cake and frosted with mashed bananas mixed with unsalted </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">peanut butter. (There's another frosting recipe made with cream cheese and peanut butter, but I needed to use the bananas.) Both dogs enjoyed the cake. We put the leftover cake in the freezer.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnlKdPuXasmWXbwOg9lw3CVeU7wy2ZzgKnMslWYcoE9QCLOaxta4EcniK3gcOUJ_n4yrbRFMj_UsTEPvY4z-65DkWr5Ap3TS3OiLkLcBROt_TvhD_PVUjipWmJCxSuHkpKc4Vb3W3qjpPamQjkO6adHar6cFapIOiSAnp-CsPGdXQIhS6midxEKjmjQ/s4032/IMG_9958.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnlKdPuXasmWXbwOg9lw3CVeU7wy2ZzgKnMslWYcoE9QCLOaxta4EcniK3gcOUJ_n4yrbRFMj_UsTEPvY4z-65DkWr5Ap3TS3OiLkLcBROt_TvhD_PVUjipWmJCxSuHkpKc4Vb3W3qjpPamQjkO6adHar6cFapIOiSAnp-CsPGdXQIhS6midxEKjmjQ/w640-h480/IMG_9958.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">As of this writing, Rocky is still with us. He can hardly see and hear, and he sleeps a lot, but he really enjoys his food and the occasional walk around the yard or to the mailbox.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Last year, Karen's family came for Christmas. This year they go to Texas. We stay in touch with our almost-weekly Zoom calls. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Daphne was picked for the honor roll at school for the quarter just finished.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GDqfXZSfvLC1RTO5s_Rt-N43ubnJj6mb8rNfEG9AfMWJOcgtGYUXU-s6bGir_sqe_2EuVeecvUZbROMjtsekzyjFB0THyfu-98sdnx9jSTSDPxVY7x6WP6NI6b9IiyEP_znvtfUuLy5tvSZLBUErSQQdGk4jlXOHx8G6JJ5HiaGxmMgN8-WTGMQI4Q/s960/IMG_2429.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GDqfXZSfvLC1RTO5s_Rt-N43ubnJj6mb8rNfEG9AfMWJOcgtGYUXU-s6bGir_sqe_2EuVeecvUZbROMjtsekzyjFB0THyfu-98sdnx9jSTSDPxVY7x6WP6NI6b9IiyEP_znvtfUuLy5tvSZLBUErSQQdGk4jlXOHx8G6JJ5HiaGxmMgN8-WTGMQI4Q/w480-h640/IMG_2429.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">She still enjoys her dance classes. She went <i>en pointe</i> this year.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvqwwaZSgH-_niv9sXVO5LwWBoeDktXlbfujhkU2nlSlnJ_WfqzBQBbKI5vF2B8zctUBH-l8Ru6cQrPELjiqp6a85KZ3BnXAfNac0UaUIDwlbtsNAvNA4WaBvbjV65CoysMp2JV7IY80XLgGdiHVtn03C0_kG09YiXi4GGjsiE6LOtIRxvejorK34cg/s960/319327624_10109321959215834_2542426790297063453_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvqwwaZSgH-_niv9sXVO5LwWBoeDktXlbfujhkU2nlSlnJ_WfqzBQBbKI5vF2B8zctUBH-l8Ru6cQrPELjiqp6a85KZ3BnXAfNac0UaUIDwlbtsNAvNA4WaBvbjV65CoysMp2JV7IY80XLgGdiHVtn03C0_kG09YiXi4GGjsiE6LOtIRxvejorK34cg/w480-h640/319327624_10109321959215834_2542426790297063453_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Zachary still finds dancing fun, too. </span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZ7UHI1UyUs4WZYCmaQ5Tj0OzyPp97n7-RVBL10W4Vg3r1OWO4tdq_tsB30ZO5MuVCA1K6-R6SB4yiraCClWGOF_q2DT9h1GN9XFugfAAcbDzYxjvMRTvI03JDexlkNc22FjQVgmljViGBOKGhxT4ZM-UIvB8uk1zGA6WlzvaGPE3EHAUkTl2dVHHRw/s960/319039976_10109321987843464_3384415555181104951_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZ7UHI1UyUs4WZYCmaQ5Tj0OzyPp97n7-RVBL10W4Vg3r1OWO4tdq_tsB30ZO5MuVCA1K6-R6SB4yiraCClWGOF_q2DT9h1GN9XFugfAAcbDzYxjvMRTvI03JDexlkNc22FjQVgmljViGBOKGhxT4ZM-UIvB8uk1zGA6WlzvaGPE3EHAUkTl2dVHHRw/w480-h640/319039976_10109321987843464_3384415555181104951_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">His favorite subject is math, which he can't seem to get enough of. Of course, the parents (and grandparents) are proud of all the grandchildren.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Soren is a good runner. He participated in the Special Olympics this year. They let Johan participate, too.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg32bZVdKbjXliWCy3mZvHzL7tPMLJLmshDFqAhHhoPhB5vIguRdDIL-ovzVvaylJn8-Lx-M-manM-vWt_dQVWUiBVwmiNbirzhBUcUFC9Wa_a8O3FGmvmLIe620QaJto6wKMg76ly4tKFrGZ_BgGirIu2fafrw5sr9MSbY6NJ5hFSz051EbySoPELw/s956/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-10%20at%203.46.23%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg32bZVdKbjXliWCy3mZvHzL7tPMLJLmshDFqAhHhoPhB5vIguRdDIL-ovzVvaylJn8-Lx-M-manM-vWt_dQVWUiBVwmiNbirzhBUcUFC9Wa_a8O3FGmvmLIe620QaJto6wKMg76ly4tKFrGZ_BgGirIu2fafrw5sr9MSbY6NJ5hFSz051EbySoPELw/w428-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-10%20at%203.46.23%20PM.png" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I enjoy singing in the choir. We're lucky to have really good direction! I feel fortunate to have had a great director at St. Luke's in Park City and now at Trinity. It makes singing so much more enjoyable, and I've learned a lot over the years.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kw6Ck9TdrLYZNAvItMeZBPU1stBqjj5r-6WjuOtWrYA_FKDuIXqCPM1MwEMF0btGHXO3sor3_2dMDXduQx6Cziz7qW8KnMpYFY3gy8fK_oVNHFww1xxKp9ETMlVUV8q1NP8IFSB9ZpM1R_T_yag6Y1ryJktrP5w2NG1aGCk4sAQApc41VQ8mxc_8rQ/s622/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-17%20at%202.53.38%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="622" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kw6Ck9TdrLYZNAvItMeZBPU1stBqjj5r-6WjuOtWrYA_FKDuIXqCPM1MwEMF0btGHXO3sor3_2dMDXduQx6Cziz7qW8KnMpYFY3gy8fK_oVNHFww1xxKp9ETMlVUV8q1NP8IFSB9ZpM1R_T_yag6Y1ryJktrP5w2NG1aGCk4sAQApc41VQ8mxc_8rQ/w640-h480/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-17%20at%202.53.38%20PM.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The Doll's Storybook has had a new addition. Pauly joined us this year. His back story is that he doesn't live with us, but lives in the neighborhood with a boy named Jeffy. He was actually manufactured as a boy, not converted, like my other two boys, who were manufactured as girl dolls. Here's Pauly with Emil in a scene from a recent story from the story blog. Pauly hasn't made an appearance in any of the books yet, but he probably will be in the next one. The link to the story blog is found at the bottom of this letter.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXUIFNzuQ5kjGJxP9YVwPCya2p89ym9kjkQ-RIqgy0mxR825sFPRjNLxj_Z0tGXr79s2JXYPS7v9w9adliybU2DimpNvtRVm83yWugFqKrsgZuBG2hd8pOKY9jpBsg14jeOpBDsQcPQ-9QtMva_B7FSa-HuApnsE3HU-uAlf0ddX93KSz3AgNWmIdIA/s4032/IMG_0614.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXUIFNzuQ5kjGJxP9YVwPCya2p89ym9kjkQ-RIqgy0mxR825sFPRjNLxj_Z0tGXr79s2JXYPS7v9w9adliybU2DimpNvtRVm83yWugFqKrsgZuBG2hd8pOKY9jpBsg14jeOpBDsQcPQ-9QtMva_B7FSa-HuApnsE3HU-uAlf0ddX93KSz3AgNWmIdIA/w640-h480/IMG_0614.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This year's book is <a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/book/classic-tales-retold">Classic Tales Retold</a>, the third in the series. It's a little longer: 70 pages. As with the other two books, the royalties go to St. Jude. I'm very lucky to have great proofreader/editors in my family. This book gave them a lot more to do.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7f3MmTw1WWhMXHse3CY_eqFiRfqOVBGVJsH6gZMKw9hdQ3XBsGddLiAAktU2Af1fZD3oS-yWBFXvGyKHJZ4TRQ-ibxKXgnnlLEAhPJ_6I-xYoWDKtOyvAjq_8Qys_lyAdWh3VgNQEHXQnGjjERrgai5jL3tTRLffbEUObspxNvfE4i8PGerje9wueA/s2960/IMG_0266.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2960" data-original-width="2310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7f3MmTw1WWhMXHse3CY_eqFiRfqOVBGVJsH6gZMKw9hdQ3XBsGddLiAAktU2Af1fZD3oS-yWBFXvGyKHJZ4TRQ-ibxKXgnnlLEAhPJ_6I-xYoWDKtOyvAjq_8Qys_lyAdWh3VgNQEHXQnGjjERrgai5jL3tTRLffbEUObspxNvfE4i8PGerje9wueA/w500-h640/IMG_0266.jpeg" width="500" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The local yarn shop, Fancywork Yarn Shop, is selling my books to customers. Some of the knitted items in the photos are my patterns on Ravelry, and they are free. A customer can buy the book and the yarn to make something for a child's doll. Here's the display.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwRYNXXRDeJ-oV4rLvneSsm1T9CM-LCwm65PJUZq1YumbtW_-BInv68k4OUP2bRcbCn1BXJHf5rw4a9frxDyB3nA1e9_ULynTjV2qIpmk_hx3R8L5c3p_q7y0X_qHaNK_7btWnd8sg2kSxHsdsyznvbohjHGh1Bf0lOVRp87VFipohzj6X8NAOVBn6w/s4032/IMG_8178.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwRYNXXRDeJ-oV4rLvneSsm1T9CM-LCwm65PJUZq1YumbtW_-BInv68k4OUP2bRcbCn1BXJHf5rw4a9frxDyB3nA1e9_ULynTjV2qIpmk_hx3R8L5c3p_q7y0X_qHaNK_7btWnd8sg2kSxHsdsyznvbohjHGh1Bf0lOVRp87VFipohzj6X8NAOVBn6w/w480-h640/IMG_8178.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Alex, our older granddaughter is still in Salt Lake City, and is still working as a photographer. Tim and Patty moved to Indianapolis, to be closer to Tim's work. His job keeps him pretty busy, especially this time of year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">This will be a quiet Christmas. Jim is in Arizona for the winter and doesn't plan to come here. The kids will be with the other grandparents. It will be peaceful, and we will visit with them all virtually. We've been blessed with relatively good health, interesting things to occupy our time and enough money to live on. What more could we hope for for our friends?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VvxW_Jeiu3QW6CWuKUDX8NkQOn2NvXlNVWI_FfaJjDc-a4r8qDWurZACrmMI6_ygVaaSDppVwT4gOreMvMNRTFFm0o7jvJTPcTnDPxlZ1fo_PGxuMs-ix548j5WUOAFBWtHqNnMvyjxhEKMXyVkZwyrRoCDtdLlOEEMmLE-zgooR0A7lGuCQhPJXiA/s3264/66165536126__3444B57F-1AE3-475B-852F-E83CBACE9F6C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VvxW_Jeiu3QW6CWuKUDX8NkQOn2NvXlNVWI_FfaJjDc-a4r8qDWurZACrmMI6_ygVaaSDppVwT4gOreMvMNRTFFm0o7jvJTPcTnDPxlZ1fo_PGxuMs-ix548j5WUOAFBWtHqNnMvyjxhEKMXyVkZwyrRoCDtdLlOEEMmLE-zgooR0A7lGuCQhPJXiA/w480-h640/66165536126__3444B57F-1AE3-475B-852F-E83CBACE9F6C.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and that 2023 is safe and happy!</span></p><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here’s how to get in touch with us:</span></span><p></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Charlie: 435/729-0893 <a href="mailto:tupsu99@hotmail.com">tupsu99@hotmail.com</a></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peggy: 435/714-0048 <a href="mailto:pudelfreund@juno.com">pudelfreund@juno.com</a></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">872 SE Airpark Dr., Bend, OR 97702</span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Doll’s Storybook: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com">thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com</a> for the stories, and email <a href="http://thedollsstorybook.icloud.com">thedollsstorybook.icloud.com</a></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Charlie & Peggy Stuart</span></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-43233846570547315672021-12-07T10:58:00.004-08:002021-12-07T11:02:36.717-08:00Stuart Holiday Letter 2021<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Well, it has been another one of those years, hasn't it? Well, we're all still here, and that's good. Hope you are, too!</span></span></p><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="4tcv-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638311492-61a6a64455cee" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="po2e-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="po2e-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="po2e-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For most of last year we reverted to the traditions of cave people. The man left home as needed, armed with his spear (or in this case, his mask and hand sanitizer) to forage for provisions, while the little woman stayed home and tried to figure out what to do with the provisions that came back with him. We continued that through most of this year, but things have loosened up.</span></span></div></div><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="e91u2-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e91u2-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="e91u2-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It started in January when we were able to get appointments to get vaccinated at a huge vaccination clinic event at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="2fc4v-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638312177-61a6a8f147ed4" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="9cslh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9cslh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="9cslh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We got the second dose (as prescribed) three weeks later. In fact, they wouldn't let us leave the venue until we had made our appointment for the second dose.</span></span></div></div><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="p0om-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="p0om-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="p0om-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As was the case for most of 2020, our social events continued to be conducted online. That included family birthdays.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="a06km-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638312444-61a6a9fca21ae" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="f18fe-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f18fe-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="f18fe-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We also attended church online. Choir rehearsals were still via Zoom, with the performances recorded either at home or at the church with only one person at a time and masked, except for the actual recording, when the choir director was well away. We attended a few concerts online and meetings for various activities, including meeting with the management of Madroña Vineyards and some fans of their wines.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="7hpk5-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638312843-61a6ab8b8c7b9" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="cofeh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cofeh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="cofeh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Peggy attended the Rose City Yarn Crawl virtually together (sort of) with daughter-in-law Alexa, visiting the yarn shops online from their respective homes, together and yet not, thanks to modern technology. Peggy bought the yarn for a fairly complicated project involving brioche knitting and finished this shawl.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="f7ivh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638313546-61a6ae4a5a389" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="3mai8-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3mai8-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="3mai8-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With the vaccinations behind us, we felt safe enough to have Peter's family come and visit in person. We took advantage of having Peter there to move the loom from Peggy's "workroom" down to the living room, so the "workroom" could double as a guest room after purchasing and setting up a day bed with trundle where the loom had been. The loom is now in use and has produced some Finnish-style rag rugs for the house and trailer.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="8ges5-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638313678-61a6aece6fdaf" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="ld6t-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ld6t-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ld6t-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The new "guest room" has already been used once and will come in handy over the holidays, when we expect to have a houseful.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="etgql-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638313755-61a6af1be22b5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="j43m-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="j43m-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="j43m-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We also got out to do some camping with Charlie's brother, Jim. We didn't have to go too far. Our first trip was to Camp Sherman, just a little north of Sisters, so a nice, short drive. There were also some other people, but we only got together outside and distanced.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="820ig-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638315275-61a6b50ba722f" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="86ohi-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="86ohi-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="86ohi-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We had just bought a stroller for Rocky, because he's so slow on walks now. He's in amazing health for such an old dog, but he can hardly see where he's going, so he's hesitant to move very fast.He rides for a while, and then we let him out to sniff around and sometimes to walk for a bit. When he gets too slow for us, we put him back into the stroller.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="ftle9-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638315318-61a6b536df304" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="81dvl-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="81dvl-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="81dvl-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The stroller goes over rough terain pretty well. Our second camping trip was to Suttle Lake, which is even closer to Sisters. We were able to hike all the way around the lake with the stroller, and Rocky walked about half of the distance, which is 3.6 miles. We even met someone coming the other way with a dog in a stroller!</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="357sd-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638315355-61a6b55b22327" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="ci6pp-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ci6pp-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ci6pp-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When spring came and the weather was nice, Charlie started a little garden out in the backyard. We had a few nice vegetables from the garden, including some zucchini and chard.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="cpr5n-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638315971-61a6b7c3cd345" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="8q30m-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8q30m-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="8q30m-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It didn't replace foraging trips, but it was nice to have a little fresh stuff from the garden.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="3jouo-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638316038-61a6b806bd2c3" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="c1br3-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="c1br3-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="c1br3-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We also grew sprouts in the house. The sourdough starter begun in spring of 2020 is still being used once a week to make bread, and we are working our way through that 25 lb. bag of rye flour we bought about the same time.</span></span></div></div><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="e092j-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e092j-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="e092j-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Karen flew in for a visit in August, and Peter came down from Beaverton with his family. Everyone in the house had been vaccinated by that time except for Peter's two boys. We visited the park with the boys. We had some good meals. It was nice. Karen and Alexa went for a run. </span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="256b5-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638316672-61a6ba80a656a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="tu6a-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="tu6a-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="tu6a-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The choir began to meet in person in August, as well, but with all the doors and windows open, only vaccinated people attending and everyone wearing a mask. We only rehearsed for an hour at a time. We sang at the 10:00 AM service most Sundays after that, but with no congregation, only the clergy and the people who were needed to read or to operate the video equipment. We practiced in another building before coming into the sanctuary, to minimize exposure to any virus.</span></span></div></div><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="fhr2n-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fhr2n-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="fhr2n-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In September, we became eligible for booster shots. We had hit eight months on the 18th since our second dose, and were beginning to get concerned that our immunity was wearing off. After finding no appointments anywhere before the middle of October, Peggy got on the phone with the local Covid hotline and found out that the weekly walk-in vaccination clinic at the downtown library was giving boosters, so we went down there and waited in line outside until it was our turn.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="3oelt-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638317155-61a6bc6313e49" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="6mqq1-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6mqq1-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="6mqq1-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Feeling a little braver with the booster, we began attending the local concerts again. There have been two so far. Everyone has to be masked and vaccinated if they are eligible. They are asked to sit only with members from their own households. You drop your ticket into a basket.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="3uivk-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638317526-61a6bdd660894" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="eql82-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eql82-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="eql82-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In October we replaced our roof. We had thought it would last another year, and it hadn't leaked, but we were beginning to lose shingles when the wind was strong, which wasn't a good sign. We had the opportunity to get the roof checked, and the photos taken made it pretty clear it was time.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="9vs1p-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638317713-61a6be91535ef" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="1f329-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1f329-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-offset-key="1f329-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peggy's second book went to the publisher in August and her 100 copies arrived a few days before Halloween. The book is </span><span data-offset-key="1f329-0-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook</span><span data-offset-key="1f329-0-2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. It's available from book sellers worldwide as of December 7th. (We are selling the copies we have to people who want autographed copies.) The royalties go to St. Jude.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="acbio-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638318003-61a6bfb37b455" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="aqmof-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aqmof-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="aqmof-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-offset-key="ara9r-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peggy continues to write a new story every week and illustrate the story with the dolls. You can find the blog here: </span><a class="post-editor-link-decorator" href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit;" target="_blank" title="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com"><span data-offset-key="ara9r-1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com</span></a><span data-offset-key="ara9r-2-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. All the stories are there, all the way back to June 2018.</span></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aqmof-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="aqmof-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aqmof-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="aqmof-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">November 28th was the first Sunday in Advent. Members of the congregation who were vaccinated and wore masks could attend in person. It was nice to sing to an audience you could see.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="dojij-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638318166-61a6c0563984f" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="421g2-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="421g2-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="421g2-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rocky is still with us as of the time we write this. He has had some health problems, primarily just injury-related, caused by going through the dog door the wrong way or not managing the stairs correctly. He turned 17 in August, and we really didn't expect him to be around this long, but he still seems to be enjoying life, especially food, walks and naps. Dusty is in the prime of life. We are doing well for our age.</span></span></div></div><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="cbimg-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cbimg-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="cbimg-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The grandchildren are doing well. Daphne and Zachary caught the virus but weathered it well, and their parents were already vaccinated, so they didn't catch it. Soren and Johan had some potential exposure, but nothing seems to have come from it. Fortunately, they are now all vaccinated.</span></span></div></div><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="3f68s-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3f68s-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="3f68s-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Daphne and Zachary have continued to participate in dance, and Daphne performed in the Ballet La Crosse production of Heidi, playing one of the school children. Here's Daphne:</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="8t3l-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638319210-61a6c46a5ebd9" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="6s5dt-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6s5dt-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="6s5dt-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And here's Zachary:</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="eag5v-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; 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box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="eind1-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eind1-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="eind1-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Soren and Johan have been in the business of losing teeth, not a bad thing at their age. They are growing up fast.</span></span></div></div><figure class="post-editor-atomic-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="fsr7n-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-img" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="post-editor-image-options" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 5px; z-index: 1502;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-up" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -162px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-white-chevron-down" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -142px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-editor-image-option" style="background-color: #222222; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px 12px 8px;"><div class="post-editor-image-option-sprite sprite mod-trash-can" style="background-image: url("/images/icons/icons-35@2x.png"); background-position: -182px -143px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 280px 200px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></div></div></span></div><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activate.social/user-image-32719175-1638319314-61a6c4d201a12" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; width: 563.96875px;" /></span></figure><div class="post-editor-bottom-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px;"></div></div></figure><div class="post-editor-unstyled-block" data-block="true" data-editor="8jfk2" data-offset-key="a72h6-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 20px;"></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Alex is still living in Salt Lake City, but makes occasional trips to California to photograph people in LA.</p>
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<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Charlie: 435/729-0893 <a href="mailto:tupsu99@hotmail.com">tupsu99@hotmail.com</a></p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Peggy: 435/714-0048 <a href="mailto:pudelfreund@juno.com">pudelfreund@juno.com</a></p>
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<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Doll’s Storybook: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com</a></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Charlie & Peggy Stuart</span></p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-8583777958616682132021-11-16T09:30:00.001-08:002021-11-16T09:30:00.171-08:00 Hypocrisy Is"<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Hypocrisy is: calling yourself a Christian and promoting hate, violence and unlawfulness. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: calling yourself an American patriot and not abiding by the U. S. Constitution.</p>
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<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@thebigz?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Zack Marshall</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/patriot?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: calling yourself pro-life and supporting the death penalty. </p>
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<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@mcoswalt?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Maria Oswalt</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/pro-life?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Or hypocrisy is: calling yourself pro-life and being willing to let people go without food, medical care or shelter.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying you believe in free speech but not allowing peaceful protest of your point of view.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: calling your party "Republican" and then doing everything you can to deny people equal representation. (Look up "republic.")</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SEuQvFpFLdc/YZMobt7yMkI/AAAAAAAAVRE/KvNxQffXGn0ALnBM77Q7PJGJLlhqVy58ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/tom-barrett-v-ZYXLIiioM-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SEuQvFpFLdc/YZMobt7yMkI/AAAAAAAAVRE/KvNxQffXGn0ALnBM77Q7PJGJLlhqVy58ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/tom-barrett-v-ZYXLIiioM-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: calling your news "fair and balanced" when it’s really unfair and unbalanced propaganda. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying you support veterans and then allow them to go without food, shelter and medical care when they’re no longer of use to you. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And hypocrisy is: saying you support the #military and then sending them off to fight useless wars that go on for decades.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying "blue lives matter" and then beating up policemen who are just doing their jobs.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying you’re for election integrity and sending your goons to terrorize the nonpartisan poll workers, who keep our elections safe.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NlMXs-sj3NI/YZMpn32n4dI/AAAAAAAAVRs/hYZNNdJwQZYBLxGb5U4cb7zIbzxC-aXNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/elliott-stallion-1UY8UuUkids-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NlMXs-sj3NI/YZMpn32n4dI/AAAAAAAAVRs/hYZNNdJwQZYBLxGb5U4cb7zIbzxC-aXNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/elliott-stallion-1UY8UuUkids-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: calling it "cancel culture" and "CRT" when educators include things that disturb you in student's lessons.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying you support family values, and then have adulterous affairs or have sex with underage girls or boys. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying you support family values and then trying to stop same-sex couples from getting married and adopting children.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying you believe in responsibility and then refusing to wear a mask.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying you want to exercise your immune system and then refusing to get vaccinated. (That’s what vaccine does; it exercises your immune system) </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gf0NY3ZZtfI/YZMqni3MmbI/AAAAAAAAVSU/1K6U7iGx794OU3z9RIHsuoGq9v4tOt3LACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ed-us-K0DMl4NmOPo-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gf0NY3ZZtfI/YZMqni3MmbI/AAAAAAAAVSU/1K6U7iGx794OU3z9RIHsuoGq9v4tOt3LACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/ed-us-K0DMl4NmOPo-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: promoting severe prison sentences for nonviolent petty crime and a slap on the wrist for serious offenses committed by the “right” person. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vx9ciAN3qhU/YZMqxWOvJpI/AAAAAAAAVSc/WQoUy2e8GWMYH1GkQHMmBybOCFVcAdoeACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/emiliano-bar-PaKHbtTDqt0-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vx9ciAN3qhU/YZMqxWOvJpI/AAAAAAAAVSc/WQoUy2e8GWMYH1GkQHMmBybOCFVcAdoeACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/emiliano-bar-PaKHbtTDqt0-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hypocrisy is: saying one thing and doing the opposite. There are many more examples. Don’t be a hypocrite. Let's work together to preserve our democracy! </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6rbxnqNQv8/YZMrBEbaicI/AAAAAAAAVSo/vxSKHDM1EQ8ZnS_oAD9plmJF9KoxzsV5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/louis-velazquez-XWW746i6WoM-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6rbxnqNQv8/YZMrBEbaicI/AAAAAAAAVSo/vxSKHDM1EQ8ZnS_oAD9plmJF9KoxzsV5wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/louis-velazquez-XWW746i6WoM-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@angelvela?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Louis Velazquez</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/collections/RktndbCet4g/hypocrisy-is?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 strips 1 1/2" wide from selvedge to selvedge or at least 36-38" long, which will be trimmed to length later. (I like to cut 4 strips, because when you cut through the four layers, you will have enough of the main mask pieces to make two masks.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> For each mask, you will need 2 rectangles 8 3/4" X 7 1/2". (When you cut through the four layers, you will have 4 rectangles, so enough for 2 masks.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Press each 1 1/2" strip in half longitudinally. Then press each raw edge of the length in to the middle of the strip. Finally, press the whole piece with the two edges tucked in. It will look like folded bias tape. These will be the ties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Note: Using the diagram/pattern on the second page of the instructions, the lines are called "Step 1(B) through 2(D)," so we will call each line by those names.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take one of the 8 3/4" X 7 1/2" rectangles and, with the right side of the fabric up, draw a line 1/2" in along the narrower edge of the rectangle using a fabric marking pencil. This will be the bottom of the mask, Step 1(B). Draw the line 1/4" from the bottom raw edge, Step 1(A).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then go up to 2 1/4" from the same edge and draw another line, Step 2(D).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Turn the rectangle around and measure 3 1/2" from the opposite edge, still on the right side, Step 2(B). (This will be the top of the mask.)</span></div>
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Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-14759659767139940722018-12-17T15:35:00.000-08:002018-12-20T15:59:39.441-08:00A Year of Murphy's Law<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the year of the big move to Bend. It has taken us nearly the whole year to pack and move. We are still trying to get settled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">email: pudelfreund@juno.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charlie's phone: 435-729-0893</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">email: tupsu99@hotmail.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we contemplated our move from Park City, Utah, to Bend, Oregon, our two greatest fears were:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) We wouldn't get our home in Park City sold in time to beat the onset of winter, which would have meant waiting out another year, and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) We wouldn't find a new home in Bend in time to move in before Christmas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those two things went fine. Our Park City house sold in 18 days, and we found our Bend home the second day of looking. We had excellent agents for both transactions. Everything else that could go wrong did. I think I could write a novel based on our move, but here are some highlights:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*The buyer in Park City (a contractor) wanted us to pay him to have windows replaced that were not big enough to climb through, and to tear down the dilapidated deck, based on estimates he got from people who did that, although he could do it himself for much less. We said no.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*We paid a cleaning lady $300 to deep-clean the house while the movers were taking our furniture and remaining boxes to go into storage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Before we closed on the sale and we were still moving out, U-Haul delivered the buyers' U-Haul boxes to our house. They wanted to move in that day. Trying to accommodate them was a mistake. It led to a series of unfortunate events, some of which are outlined here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*We couldn't bring the trailer to the house because the buyers were moving in, so we started moving the things we needed until we found a new home to our storage unit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*In moving the trailer to the RV campground, we broke out the back window of the pickup, our tow vehicle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*The ice chests and bags of food needing refrigeration and our phone chargers ended up locked up in the storage unit, closed after hours. We had no food, other than what was in the "homeless packet" we keep in our car.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Our tow vehicle broke down and had to be towed to the Chevy place for repair, leaving us only our Honda CRV to remove the last of our stuff from the front deck.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*The pickup repair caused a delay in cleaning out our storage unit, which delayed our departure, but we couldn't stay in the RV campground because they were booked over Labor Day Weekend. We got the pickup back just in time to use it to haul the trailer to a campground in Salt Lake City, from where we commuted the few days it took to clear out the storage unit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*The backup battery charger and the portable tire inflater both died. Both were needed during the trip.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*The only house in the neighborhood we hoped to move into that had potential for RV storage on the property turned out to be a fixer-upper with granite countertops in the kitchen and powder room and new carpeting, but everything else needing repair and cleaning. Repairs needed are in Chapter Two. We were able to negotiate a lower price to take needed repairs into account, but it meant making all those repairs ourselves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*We left a house that was fixed up the way we would have liked it (other than that dilapidated deck), spotlessly clean (at our expense), and we moved into a fixer-upper that needed major cleaning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chapter Two</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are the things we found needing repair or replacement in our new home:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) The area needed for RV storage needed to be graded, leveled and the gate fixed so it would open.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) A gas line needed to be brought into the laundry room for our gas dryer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) The appliances in the kitchen were old as dirt, except for the microwave, which may have been installed improperly, because the vent fan didn't work.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) The gas stove and the cabinet above it had enough layers of grease that a knife was needed to remove it. It had to listen to some very bad language before the oven would heat to the correct temperature, taking an extra five minutes after it signaled that it had finished preheating. The finish was off the racks and the grates, and some of the finish was missing on the stovetop. It was one of those stoves where you change the temperature of the oven by holding your finger on the up arrow or the down arrow until you get to the temperature you want.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) The refrigerator had a foot sticking out into the kitchen, where someone had pulled it off the screw that was supposed to hold it on. The water dispenser didn't work. The freezer was missing a shelf.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) The dishwasher worked fine, but the racks were designed poorly, so you could only wash partial loads. The door didn't stay closed. It was white, but all the other appliances were stainless (and dented).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) The water heater's overflow chamber was defective and not working.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) Kitchen cabinets were missing the pegs that hold the shelves up, and in some cases, the shelves were gone. Some drawers were off the rails. The hinges were the kind that lead to slamming doors, and in some cases the cabinet doors were hinged on the wrong side, so there was no way to get into the cabinet without climbing onto the countertop. They were sticky, and the finish was off any place you have to put your hand to open or close them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9) The kitchen faucet wouldn't turn off unless it was moved to the side.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10) There were no window treatments upstairs except a pink valance in the guest bath and some blinds in one of the bedrooms that wouldn't go up or down. One of the windows would not close. Some of the cellular shades used throughout the downstairs were damaged.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11) All of the bathroom faucets upstairs were missing parts or not working, including the shower heads. The faucet in the laundry would only dispense cold water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12) Most of the door hinges, locks, knobs, handles, etc., were dented or other wise damaged, and an assortment of styles had been used. The master bedroom door was totally off the hinges and the door latch broken. (I suspect a story there.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13) Some of the electrical outlets didn't work. Some of the light fixtures buzzed and flickered, and needed replacement.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14) The wood flooring was scratched and gouged. The squeaks in the floor hadn't been fixed before they installed the carpet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15) One of the toilets had a tank lid that had been broken and glued back together. There was a gouge inside the toilet bowl (?!). The tub was cracked, perhaps when the toilet tank lid fell into it? The finish at the bottom of the tub was gone, leaving a large grey rectangle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been busy replacing all the hardware throughout the house, the light fixtures that needed replacing, installing LED lights throughout. We used our 10% off the entire purchase coupon at Lowe's to buy new kitchen appliances and a 3-drawer base cabinet for my fiber studio to use as a cutting surface/light table to go with the plexiglas top and cutting mat we brought with us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The appliances brought new problems. They installed the fridge for free, but it was going to cost a lot to install the gas stove and the dishwasher. Charlie said he could do that. Two problems arose. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) When we pulled out the dishwasher, we learned that a mouse had chewed through the coating on the wiring to the dishwasher, as well as the wiring to the outlet at the end of the peninsula. We could have had a fire. We're still waiting for an electrician to fix that, but the wires have been wrapped, so the dishwasher can go in and be used for now. We might never have known until fire consumed our house. (Our bedroom windows don't open, remember?)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) The gas fitting for the stove turned out to be an odd size. Charlie couldn't find one that size online, so he had to hire our plumber (now on speed-dial) to come and do it. After the stove was installed, we discovered that the drawer under the oven was missing three rivets. Lowe's has ordered us another stove, good people, but it won't be here until after Christmas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then there's the medical issue. We couldn't find a doctor in-network who is taking new patients. We both needed a primary care physician, so we had to fork out for a concierge physician for the next year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the bright side, the house has good bones. We are a few steps from a hiking trail that goes for miles, walking distance from the dog parks (turns out, we're eligible for both the big dog and the little dog parks, because our guys are mid-size), two playgrounds and the senior center. People usually pick up after their dogs, and none of them run loose, at least not in our neighborhood. We have a big backyard that will be beautiful when we get rid of the bunny hutch/chicken coop, fix the shed and greenhouse, and remove the chicken wire. We have five huge Juniper trees in back (who knew Junipers could grow into trees?) and a gigantic fir tree in front, but we get to enjoy the colors of the neighbors' deciduous trees without the raking involved. The new place has a dog door and a gas fireplace. The hot tub might work (?) and the play set might be useable for the grandkids after we replace the rope and check for errant splinters. Where the chicken yard was might be a good place for the garden in the spring. We have yarn stores and quilt stores within a few minutes drive, and a beautiful church full of friendly people. There's a choral group associated with the local college, and seniors can audit the "class" for a very small fee. (Next year.) We're 30 minutes from skiing, but we might only need to shovel snow 3-4 times this winter. We're close to a small airstrip and can see small planes take off and land on occasion if the wind direction permits. We hear the train whistle blow in the distance several times a day. We're just a few minutes away from groceries and other shopping. We can drive all over town for a week and still have a full tank of gas. We have more microbreweries per capita than most small towns. We can get a nice selection of TV shows (who watches TV anymore?) with a little antenna. Life will be good here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, the joys of moving companies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last one swallowed up everything we had left in our storage unit and from the house at the end. We had no damage to anything that we packed in the boxes, and delivery to our new home went smoothly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had sold or given away some big pieces of furniture, expecting that our new home would be smaller than the Park City house. We used the Facebook Online Yard Sale groups to find new homes for the pieces we didn't want to move, including some items we offered for free. That went well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The moving company came and looked at what we had. They gave us an estimate of how much space it would take up and what it would weigh. They loaded everything into vaults and took them to store in Salt Lake City until we would let them know that we were ready for it. So far, so good. However, when we let them know we were ready to receive our shipment, they gave us a date a couple of weeks later. We could live with that, but then things started to go south. We didn't have enough to fill the van, so we had to share with another family. That family's furniture and possessions went into the van first, our bad luck. The other family went over their estimate by 4,000 lbs. We were informed that 700 lbs. of our shipment could not fit onto the truck. It would be sent when they could. The day our shipment left Salt Lake City, the driver called from Brigham City. They had gone through the weigh station and were 2,500 lbs. overweight. He was having to wait for a truck to come and offload the extra weight and take it back to Salt Lake City. Of course, it was our stuff that had to be removed. When they got to Bend, they took our items off first. Many of the boxes and some pieces of furniture had no labels. A second truck came later that day, while we were still dealing with the first part of the shipment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This truck had the first 700 lbs. left in Salt Lake City, but not the offloaded items. We had some breakage, including one of our bedposts, and the pottery elephant from Thailand. Each lamp had some damage to the part that holds the light bulb, but most of our things arrived in good condition. Of course, we were missing things. We had three sets of dishes, but had to use the cutlery from the trailer. The base of the blender was there, but not the container. It was good we had things from the trailer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we finally received the rest of our shipment we began to see serious damage. Every time a box or a piece of furniture is moved, the chances of damage go up, and this last set of items must have been moved six times. Needless to say, we are not happy about the moving company. At least no dog threw up, as happened in our previous record-holder for worst move of our lives. No one sprayed Raid over our breakfasts. No one suffered heat stroke. We even survived the great Romaine Lettuce Scare. It's just stuff, after all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charlie's life for the next year will most likely be skiing (although he re-injured his knee during his first day of skiing) and hiking, depending on the season, gardening in the spring through fall, and fixing all the things in the house that need fixing, which could take the rest of our lives, at the rate we keep finding new things that need fixing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope to use my loom to make some rag rugs for the kitchen and the utility room, and then just for fun. I might take a quilting class at one of the quilt shops, and/or participate in a KAL at one of the local knit shops. The largest of the three bedrooms other than the master should make a great fiber studio. I'm still in the process of getting it set up. I need to finish putting the loom back together. That big space in the middle will have a big work table, and the hamper that stores all my spinning fiber will go under the table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That brings me to the big new event in my life this past year. It started out as making doll clothes for our second granddaughter's dolls, and then for the grandsons' dolls, and finally, for charity. Somehow, it evolved into a story blog for children to benefit (hopefully) pediatric cancer, with a new story every week. The characters are dolls who know they are dolls. The stories provide little life lessons for children in an entertaining way. There's no advertising, and I don't make any money from doing it, but I ask readers to donate to <a href="http://curechildhoodcancer.org/">CURE</a> or <a href="https://www.stbaldricks.org/">St. Baldrick's Foundation</a>, or some other charity supporting pediatric cancer issues of their choice if they care to. Maybe it will be a book some day. It's called <a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/">The Doll's Storybook</a>. There's a new story every Friday. Share with anyone who has young children, if you like.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Four of the six characters for the stories (all I had at the time) came with us in the trailer. Smart move, as it turns out. I added two, because I needed diversity and a boy. Here they are, caroling. (Most of them are just humming. Only two can open their mouths.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jim lives about three blocks away. We expect to be able to spend time together hiking, skiing and maybe camping when he's in town. We are grateful to him for housing us and the pups until we found a house and were able to move in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found a good vet for the pups. Rocky is still in good health at 14, and Dusty is still puppy-nutty at 2 1/2. We found a local groomer who does a good job. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wishing you all the very best holiday season and a fantastic 2019!</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dashing through the snow, then over the river and through the woods…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Much of our year was spent outdoors. Besides the usual doggy hikes/walks, we managed a couple of camping trips. In June we met Jim (Charlie’s brother) for camping, and then attended Soren’s (grandson #2) preschool graduation ceremony in Oregon. Then we joined Jim again in Bend and had a look at the place we expect will be our home next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Several times during the year, we participated in protest marches, regardless of the weather. It was great to see so many other people participating in peaceful protest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">While we’re wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year, we wish to share some contact info with you, as we are trying to do as much communication electronically as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Email: Charlie — <a href="mailto:tupsu99@hotmail.com"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">tupsu99@hotmail.com</span></a></span></div>
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<br />Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-69642908778336645742015-11-16T12:12:00.001-08:002015-11-16T12:12:16.345-08:00Silver Sneakers PartyStardate: 2015.11.15<br />
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<br />Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-74048935560947712432010-06-10T09:41:00.000-07:002010-06-10T09:47:37.732-07:00Pudelfreund's BlogAfter this week, I will no longer be posting on Blogspot.com. It has become too cumbersome to work with. However, my blog will be available for viewing at<br /><a href="http://community.knitpicks.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2vk6spg7s383h">http://community.knitpicks.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2vk6spg7s383h</a><br />There is no requirement to sign up to read on this site. Thanks!Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-39499059692989589552010-06-10T09:17:00.000-07:002010-06-10T09:39:47.862-07:00Back to Real Life!<a href="http://api.ning.com/files/rEY8MkYkcSGqZjnG5tkEe9eNoeZnNR0mgdByKPV-GdHVFUz8SNZpstQu5Sl0twQYicdaB4sxKzDeUkXWPm2zTu5nFKlHicfE/photo.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 422px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://api.ning.com/files/rEY8MkYkcSGqZjnG5tkEe9eNoeZnNR0mgdByKPV-GdHVFUz8SNZpstQu5Sl0twQYicdaB4sxKzDeUkXWPm2zTu5nFKlHicfE/photo.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/Ti32MBDE61bFDpBN68XPCSYbsPEH-CG0pXwCYpt3rg0Oqm0Fx6blQSdg*OoDvZ0RUfGE0R4TdlELkQILS5pCwzny-TtS3L-w/photo.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 492px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 478px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://api.ning.com/files/Ti32MBDE61bFDpBN68XPCSYbsPEH-CG0pXwCYpt3rg0Oqm0Fx6blQSdg*OoDvZ0RUfGE0R4TdlELkQILS5pCwzny-TtS3L-w/photo.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/rx3xEuzCzKcTvWKd4UAovIas2l7*T0mLw3wrT3KXNWd0svpYn3oEfxBnoU8KZcjNkMaH59BbN-JglwTwF2T7kLaW-lmh0iNQ/photo.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 462px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://api.ning.com/files/rx3xEuzCzKcTvWKd4UAovIas2l7*T0mLw3wrT3KXNWd0svpYn3oEfxBnoU8KZcjNkMaH59BbN-JglwTwF2T7kLaW-lmh0iNQ/photo.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/rx3xEuzCzKcTvWKd4UAovIas2l7*T0mLw3wrT3KXNWd0svpYn3oEfxBnoU8KZcjNkMaH59BbN-JglwTwF2T7kLaW-lmh0iNQ/photo.jpg"></a>I've been busy this week working on Daphne's gown. I have the front finished:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>There is still the back and sleeves to do, and a bonnet and booties to match. (Hopefully!) Then one more quick project, and I can start the Wedding Ring Quilt!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>In the meantime, some of you may be interested in Miss Daphne's exploits...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The other grandparents came to visit for a few days. That meant lots more photos! (We're sharing!) Here's DD with our joint pride and joy:</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Little Miss D is sleeping 5 hrs. at night now. The parents have been tag-teaming it. DD gets the midnight shift and Daddy gives her a bottle of breast milk at 5:00 AM.</div><br /><div>Well, you have seen what's on my needles. Not much spinning this week. I plan to take part in the Tour de Fleece next month, if I get done with my assignments in time.</div><br /><div>What's on my iPad: Just finished "Spinning Forward" by Terri Dulong. It was a fun read. Now I'm listening to "Casting Off" by Nicole Dickson, a book I learned about from Kelley's podcast. Thanks, Kelley! I'm reading "Conviction: a sequel to Jan Austen's Pride and Prejudice" by Skylar Hamilton Burris, which is an interesting and believable read. Quilting is on hold for now, until I finish the current knitting projects, but I'm psyched and ready to go!</div><br /><div>Happy knitting, spinning and quilting!</div></div></div></div>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-42925995328202176092010-06-03T08:30:00.000-07:002010-06-03T08:31:49.521-07:00Spring--and Peggy--Arrives in Park City.<pre>I am now home again, safe and sound. Well, sound if you don't count the cold I picked up somewhere along the way. I had a great trip, but it's good to be home and back<br />to my knitting. I'll get back to my quilting when I finish the current knitting project, which has a deadline. Here's my progress so far:<br /><br /></pre><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/gkQDhPGXqAdRt*TOvONU2Hpb1LzAM-PSJwKE6HGmLtkTtCzbJApg6mx55ZJKbukXCxaA-U0rkqBwzX6DOGxC0FYGuyQ-HUuW/photo.JPG" /></p><pre><br /><br />It's a naming ceremony gown for DGD2, the adorable little Miss Daphne, who has been much talked about in my blogs the last couple of weeks. One more gratuitous baby photo:<br /><br /></pre> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/eGIW4VYSH4eGnkbREEFmYqQlDxeQSo914GI673naIehTZTSyH9f-uVoFsBw0oBBw2VQiwOYRTqZox4*1lXkaTbRTFXgPLwHN/photo.JPG" /></p> <pre><br /><br />To help DD after the delivery, I drove to Onalaska, WI. (See previous two blog posts for details.) The last night I was there, we went out to dinner at Manny's.<br /><br /></pre> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/TnI8jieqc-bgnJcjXHDQCY7RVmslPWXgH7f8055JdbYBrbmooIZkZEeDOAI3C0Q9EyS3fOeSQzvSY3t4zOYXavpQaMwMwT2i/photo.JPG" /></p><pre><br /><br />I left on Thursday to drive on to Mishawaka, IN, for a quick visit with DS1 and his wife, who is also a quilter. DS1 had Friday off, so we spent the day together. We went out to dinner that night at The Hacienda.<br /><br /></pre><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/YUwxnCPI8XN7kQV-KPMUl53mpMoAY1-eo**66Ahlgp26vRYMQt7sB1m-SZl12mpnaxe*QIKUUtgScnOrtu3QBggxtw0ciXjp/photo.JPG" /></p><pre><br />DDIL and I were going to order Margaritas, but the waitress said they had the liter on sale, and it was cheaper than the two drinks, so I said, "Take me to your liter." DDIL said she was going to pretend her name was Margarita, so if anyone said, "Margarita?" she could say, "Yes!"<br /><br />The next day DDIL was off, and we decided to go to the Farmer's Market in South Bend. She bought some fruit and veggies, while I enjoyed the sights and smells, and took a few photos.<br /><br /></pre><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/GyB6mQFrR2Q31YwFxGWq02u7mg6o7gQpXAct0-yfe0B5FDXyyokBOkADBE*KpZDIk45rMhJecvEhnEMLt--5Xk72PJ2vm9I0/photo.JPG" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/fG8b0t0ld0JE3CvRTVQGHVBWEbRH6op4c5HvS7i6X3f3Hg9MVXnHy*gwZZfnkQiguF9IPrhQEMm3VXcHW0yf4pdnDzn-rEJa/photo.JPG" /></p><pre><br /><br />We spent the afternoon comparing notes on quilting techniques. She was machine quilting this quilt for her DGD, who was having a birthday.<br /><br /></pre><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/eGIW4VYSH4e4Cv32un-gNL1L*BywnWxP3pFzh1EoUq8iGkQITqDZRO3AH-C5tc2bVTaTaOahkrFuyBtfYjDjyelXKPO-ZlZs/photo.JPG" /></p><pre><br /><br />I really enjoyed spending time with their pups, Coco and Odie. Here's Odie.<br /><br /></pre><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/EoCAPeIShjTeoHm3PIVhFYNkZyKnoxoopZDc7q2fqQHOyQFeRQPRBV9og4iS9oQc-IrJOKd0Dqpx*tgEULpMxfvh-Tcj1OHT/photo.JPG" /></p><pre><br /><br />The cat, Thomas, really liked my shoes!<br /><br /></pre><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/IfJhntVg4qXerHFGnG5JLDpXongfLt-dMdzDnxBXWqz597ngAsQW2p-3wWuI52*dInrPvpJGYyId8ejbJxI6Ik8iSZFJroyh/photo.JPG" /></p><pre><br /><br />It took three days to get home, although it was an easy drive, straight out I-80. I listened to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Lace Reader</span> by Brunonia Barry, and Dean Koontz's <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Relentless</span>, both of which were extremely interesting and made the time go fast.<br /><br />It was raining when I arrived home Tuesday afternoon, but I was greeted by blooming tulips and daffodils.<br /><br /></pre><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/yafIj2dAe8GLCxUGBTyiHe9KeEG2VjWI10iyCSt4WdfTSpf1eqW*SrdFGnW0fCKUhlPb*-1Hz8Hk5v9meYKqwNL65cBV6Fjb/photo.jpg" /></p><pre><br /><br />Spring has finally arrived in Park City! (It could still snow, though.) <br /></pre>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-84660584132460896902010-05-25T11:51:00.000-07:002010-05-25T12:33:54.613-07:00Baxter's BlogHi! I'm...arf...Baxter, canine brother of Daphne Dawn. You know her.<img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1917161495148387540&postID=8466058413246089690" alt="" /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29518_1281122151424_1331166481_639375_8228741_n.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> She's the new young one at my house. The parents and that old lady who cleans and cooks and sometimes feeds me are always using that funny thing that makes bright light right in her face, and mine, too. They say they're "taking photos," but they don't seem to be taking anything, just blinding me!<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29518_1281123071447_1331166481_639376_6508907_n.jpg" /></p><br /><br />Baxter has another sister. She's feline, but OK anyway. Her name is Fluffy. Baxter used to think Fluffy got way too much attention until young one arrived. Now not so much.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs358.snc3/29518_1281123471457_1331166481_639377_8202538_n.jpg" /></p><br /><br />Baxter knows Daphne is sister because she sort of smells like my mom and dad, except there are some other smells, too. Some are icky and sweet, like after she has a bath.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs358.snc3/29518_1281124151474_1331166481_639378_6675569_n.jpg" /></p><br /><br />Like flowers. Dogs don't like flowers. Bees in flowers, not dogs. Other smells are yummy and make Baxter want to lick her. Only they don't let Baxter. They just make their faces look funny and take her to her room and clean her butt. Baxter could clean butt just as good. After that she doesn't smell nearly as good!<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs338.snc3/29518_1281124551484_1331166481_639379_2557676_n.jpg" /></p><br /><br />Baxter doesn't understand why there was only one in the litter, but maybe it's a good thing. Six would need way too much attention, and maybe they would forget to feed Baxter.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs358.snc3/29518_1281282635436_1331166481_639921_5375282_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 302px;" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs358.snc3/29518_1281282635436_1331166481_639921_5375282_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />Another thing Baxter doesn't understand is why young one can't walk yet. When the eyes were closed, Baxter knew she couldn't play, but the eyes have been open for long time now. Maybe there's something wrong with her. Or maybe it's one of those strange human things. I do think she's human. Not canine. Not feline. Smells human. But yummy! Baxter wants to lick her. But Baxter good dog, good dog. Yes. Only lick when dad says "free." but he doesn't say it about Daphne. Too bad! Baxter clean butt good!<br /><br />Sometimes we go for walks, even though Daphne can't walk yet. They put her in a thing like a car, but smaller, so she can go, too. Then Baxter's important dog. Protect young one. Sometimes they go and Baxter stays home. like yesterday, they went "shopping." When they go there they come back with lots of stuff. Sometimes dog toys or treats. Baxter guard house and bark welcome when they come back.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs338.snc3/29518_1281125831516_1331166481_639383_4314266_n.jpg" /></p><br />Daphne sleeps a lot. That's OK. I like to sleep, too!<br /><br />The old lady...the one who cleans and sometimes feeds Baxter...likes to carry Daphne around. She likes to sit with the young one on her lap. Baxter doesn't sit on old lady's lap. Baxter's a good, big, dog. Not lap dog. Baxter sits at old lady's feet and protects young one and old lady.<br /><br />Old lady sometimes sits and plays with skinny sticks and this long kind of stuff like string, the kind of stuff Fluffy likes to play with. It smells like animal fur. After a while it looks like this:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29518_1281124831491_1331166481_639380_7864820_n.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Old lady is talking about something called spinning. Hmmm...Baxter can chase tail. Baxter wonders if it's the same. She also talks about something called quilting. Baxter can't guess.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Daytime Baxter watches house, protect young one. Night time Baxter lies on floor in bedroom, protect Daphne. Baxter good dog! Important dog!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Old lady busy. Too busy to talk to you. She says next time...<br /></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-29013653943613489772010-05-20T14:33:00.000-07:002010-05-20T14:34:58.964-07:00A Week in the Life of Daphne Dawn HartA funny thing happened on the way to Vintage Stitchers!<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/l3LgXR5EqPy6mr1bOXi0TIkEQR6gekGpkhEuQSLT5lbsrpkqF0raAb5D7d6jElzE-caw0xogvj*RLh1yfVEkI97k6uUnF5mW/GrandmaDaphne.JPG?width=611" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Those of you who have followed my blog know that I have been knitting and quilting away, trying to prepare for the arrival of my second granddaughter, the first for my daughter, Karen. Well, I was on my way to my regular quilting minigroup a week ago, when I got a cell phone call from DH. I pulled off the highway, and answered the phone to learn that my daughter's water had broken! Daphne wasn't due until June 6th, 3 1/2 weeks away! The soonest I could leave to drive to Wisconsin was the next day. I had to get the tires checked on my car first. I did that instead of going to my group, so I could get packed quickly.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Baby Daphne Dawn Hart arrived the next day at 9:24 AM, as I was driving through Wyoming. I spent the night in Lexington, Nebraska, and arrived in La Crosse, Wisconsin, mid-afternoon on Saturday, when the above photo was taken. The nursery was ready. Here you see the crib, with the bunny quilt I made for her.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/YcbjHrwslVsXrKtGY2YmtSJg-r0GLYQc2ZgQrUDynxgfU-Nc0q2V53LOmkmcG-5yHIjLg4pEelZBf8HFJS-FAEiX3Hfe7igz/nurseryquilt.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">We had to move the quilts to put Daphne in her crib to reduce danger of smothering, so they made a good cushion for the back of the rocking chair I brought with me from Utah. Here's Daddy's work station:<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/XbUgLQz5s2GslQcWq7o*FeW2mudMnKBY9WK*9UciL36Pg53C-nY1ENiqAzRi*GZPIonrvgLoR77K7axc4SiFbS-Sp7ft06hk/nurseryblanket.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The guitar is ready for bedtime serenades, and the changing table is ready for diaper duty, an important job! The gold and white blanket was made by DD during her semester break from teaching at UW La Crosse.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Daphne was 6 lbs., 3 oz., not bad for a slightly premature baby. Still, the doctor didn't want her to lose any weight, so we were required to supplement with formula until DD's milk came in. She was also slightly jaundiced, so we had to wake her frequently to feed her, because the high biliruben count made her lethargic. The high count was partly due to the big bruise on her head from her birth experience. The three of them had a nice stay in a snazzy suite in the hospital. Saturday night, they had a special dinner in their room. Sunday they got to come home together. Grandma was minding the fort in the company of Baxter and Fluffy.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/GpGlT0qu-fwPtofssGI-UiaxrQtdK2vq9aJTBD6J63xXAMO4okHxWnTTMED7i9B4hAtwFcFjnijFJWT-uv-CeKFwRjxUXmzm/IMG_1455.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Monday Daphne had her first trip to the doctor to get checked and weighed. Tuesday was spent just relaxing:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/HaNYM8qdOoSzxKNTV0t4e4*GfFVVQxWyMfA4TpSD3R3f*rX06qZ2KSILlniIa5ICkGH-HGW5Rpv1A5OVlhtqLs9ap54cQNiC/Tuesday.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Wednesday was more of the same. Baxter was excited to see that her eyes had opened. That means she can walk and play! (That's how it works with puppies, anyway.)<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/MNlP2y65-vv5rwnnZB3U1Vd7WFt1ZXsBd33Aa4jObAwaYkqcESLQJs9sXCEPVfxg/5.19.JPG?width=500&height=366" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Instead, we had a nice walk:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/K6mdwdA*K*iVNydNhbifhmHhIZ0Cka76K46wRknXZNT*OEQ4VpOjD-U4E*PTA4k7f7aYXMHp67h41HDYnFhwgVKQ5pi0rCSC/Walk.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Daddy, Baxter, Mommy and Daphne enjoyed the sunshine!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Thursday, and time for the weigh-in! Has she gained enough weight back to do away with the messy formula?<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/HaNYM8qdOoTKhubi-Clt4gbaNFT2FG*rxkr7XZ9WBXChrrK-OBKfDdY27IeXm9FVUmzd0cSUsDOJ5kagHP8ytIAftHPxaxPn/weighin.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Hooray, almost back to birth weight! The jaundice is almost gone! Maybe now Grandma can get back to her knitting!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I didn't mention that DD was in finals week when the stork made an unexpected appearance. She had one final to give, which had to be proctored, and all of her grading, with final grades due tonight at midnight. She just finished!</p> <p style="text-align: left;">The bright side is, there will be more of the summer vacation for them to get settled in as a family before school starts again in the fall. Whew!</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Don't ask me what's on my anything! The above says it all. We are all grateful that Daphne's doing so well.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-75409612381995377852010-05-12T08:32:00.000-07:002010-05-12T08:41:21.526-07:00Snow, Snow, Snow...As usual for this time of year, we're still getting snow! Here's something white I'm happy to see, though:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/WPi7hoFJzmnrocfOj0is5MCxa3p82UUJn*QTn2SBkxng8C4hBPD4WxuOJOO69NCL-DbBaxg69LfmXMEcNsdKh7ZiERNR2GaV/Gown.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">As you can see, im making good progress on the lace gown for Daphne's naming ceremony. I have nearly 2 1/2 months to finish it. It's a fun project, and is going well, now that I have sort of learned the pattern. You repeat a 34-st pattern across for four rows, repeat those four rows three times, then the whole thing shifts to the left 17 sts (half of the pattern). A vertical row of garter sts help you keep your place, and the st markers, too, of course. The gown came from <a onclick="'s_objectID="" id="31230_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=31230">Vintage Baby Knits</a> by Kristen Rengren. There are some other great patterns in it, too!</p> <p style="text-align: left;">OK, enough snow already! Here's what greeted me this morning when I got up:</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/cbFOfBbZli0lUZkEmy-BnobiatNoi1bcTdWbV7UKhQtkcY6FMEhG4nITdgIzcn-qVQ*-FH7ApmtSAN4m6lsDFg71E*fnk*TV/View.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The pups will love this when they get up! I have to envy Susan BLK's pretty little gardens, when I see this, even though this is pretty, too! I'll be warm enough soon! In a couple of weeks, I'll be leaving to go to Wisconsin to be with DD when she has her baby, Daphne. You may have seen photos of the quilt I made to welcome Daphne into the world. It has a bunny theme, and I've used Beatrix Potter fabric on both the front and the back.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/WPi7hoFJzmneGQQUIKqmzeYF2iKjsqtYDExwJBzYr9ljEr6LYLUtYRbXcJBa0uo4Wqja1pYidVOL-CobKZCTEFO*iDVpx*ob/BunnyFinished.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Here's a photo showing the layout, before the binding was put on:</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/iuZomUDhPUndsQEL90ZE8gCMCmzkx5VmuOzv6TDkFNVfFlSFt1sx0YnPrwpA2163rWMqXzRKrPyoIP9ruz2N0U9IzYxLvJIX/bunnyquilt.JPG" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">(I thank my DH for holding it up!) The center block is from Edyta Sitar's book, <a onclick="'s_objectID="" id="44996_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=44996">Hop To It</a>! There are some other great applique blocks in the book as well. The carrots are my own design. (How hard can it be to draw a carrot? As a vegetarian, I've seen plenty!)</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">In other news...my Oregano Felted Purse is finished. I did the lining on Sunday. Here's a view inside--</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/WPi7hoFJzmkluHYvwjmSN4zHGxJ2wW4fSnbhsI09lkn7ZHb0a7uqNUmwE*WGYd6S*ar3B5aFz7r6IWvOLIsucLDMW2T5nhvo/OreganoLining.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">And a look at the finished purse:</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/AI0cqFwEK9PknUIUVVNciGpaii9W*iorgMECE6VVn6y7luKE6MTVr-KNclpkPHZ0XAJiA0ZlVNkjTMma1UDVd7JaI27bHUMp/photo.JPG" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">I made it to go with my new iPad Go Everywhere Tote Bag. My original pattern is in my last blog post, if you want to make one. It's very easy! If you want a PDF of the pattern, send me a PM with your email. If you haven't read my other recent posts, I used WotA Bulky in "Oregano." Felts great!<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">In spinning news, I'm close to a full bobbin of the Louet wool-mohair-rayon-bamboo in "Juniper." Love it! I haven't touched my drop spindle lately, but will undoubtedly take it with me when I go to Wisconsin the end of the month.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">In iPad news, I'm loving my new it! There are some glitches, related to the fact that this website and a few others aren't really set up for it yet. They think it's a phone! Obviously, they haven't seen it in my stylish tote bag! It has really, really spoiled me! I have to do my blog on the old rickety laptop, and I find myself very impatient, waiting for something to happen. I could be knitting! Or quilting! Or something!!! I'm doing the <a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pcmsc.org/">Park City Mountain Sports Club</a> newsletter right now. I've spent one day, and I'm almost done! That's some kind of record! Of course, that's with the iPad. Wonderful invention! I'm in love! [Sigh!] I finally have a computer I could easily throw out the window, and I don't want to!</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">On my iPod, which I still use because its so small and fits in my pocket, I've just finished listening to <a onclick="'s_objectID="" productid="BK_ADBL_001189&BV_SessionID_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_001189&BV_SessionID=@@@@1115660508.1273676552@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchadekgjilemmcefecekjdffidflj.0">Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters,</a> by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters. Very tongue-in-cheek and very funny! Now I'm reading <a onclick="'s_objectID="" productid="BK_TWUK_000085&BV_SessionID_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TWUK_000085&BV_SessionID=@@@@1115660508.1273676552@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchadekgjilemmcefecekjdffidflj.0">Espresso Tales</a> by Alexander McCall Smith, a continuation of his <span style="text-decoration: underline;">44 Scotland St</span>. Waiting patiently for another Knit Picks Podcast. We knitters are patient...except where gimpy computers are concerned!<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">On my iPad, I'm reading Joseph Conrad's <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Secret Agent</span>, which was a free download from the iTunes bookstore. On my nightstand is <span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="btAsinTitle" style=""><a onclick="'s_objectID="" ref="pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p="486539851&pf_rd_s="lpo-t_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767916336/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0062512021&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1ECB5ZVNQ3KK8Y43T7NN">The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice</a> by Susan Gordon Lydon.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="btAsinTitle" style=""></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="btAsinTitle" style="">On my quilting table is the wedding quilt, ready to cut and start piecing, but the lace gown has a deadline. Grown-ups can wait, but babies grow up and get named.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="btAsinTitle" style=""></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="btAsinTitle" style="">Happy knitting, spinning and quilting! --P<br /></span></span></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-84560099663812539162010-05-05T11:09:00.000-07:002010-05-05T11:11:30.564-07:00I've Never Felt(ed) Like This Before...Some of my readers will remember the felted tote bag I made for my new iPad--<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/E2WRJbh1nZLqfCLLlT7k-50Mu7hU62r2MjxzzBPVGPMrfwIiCk8q7rdnzl7Z09M4OzGq37ibaWodq7wUnrCU2ppAw*bj6QVE/feltediPadtote.JPG" alt="" /><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">This was so much fun, and I love the colors, I decided to make a purse to match. Only it will be all green, no brown. Here's what I have so far, with the fabric I bought for lining:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/FSSYQqU9oKfmJ4o3Di8ZRJ21EorrFqinYNKYhRm0PkxL4CSSKycjh1JmpppCya4BJcgkPOEqHwfBK-LptxkNEGp2TdH9tYOr/FeltedPurse1.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I picked something dark enough not to get dirty easily, but light enough so I can see what's in my purse!<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I haven't forgotten the naming ceremony gown for Daphne. I've CO for it, too:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/aX3O4QmtCPkMmrlZVynYvXu2mu3AK8pOGtSTw3wkKMnZtN8Yfqqr92npFZAAp9zDxN*L9TxG7hocUwOUAnukFWYhErSE8SMw/NamingGown1.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It takes more concentration, so now I have a dumb project and a smart project!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I managed to get some spinning done this week, too! I finished the baby alpaca and have started on this:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/A6AEM7fnJvK1ef-MJfszmb4ivBBKtHhfqHJ3WSyXQ0Vlzs7sn8plr5Esh8BZ13H5tVlMpFoUKrRDXtiG6EhwiLnnu576blg2/Fiber1.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It's Louet's wool, mohair, rayon, bamboo top in "Juniper." It's easy to spin, which is nice. Here's what the fiber actually looks like:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/ICfpmdb7g-Tbe59ANN2IC8*KH9dkmPNCiSSjSCVTXLnFCzJouTRI8zA9tmphZ7smguPUNXQPUYV5ZXkwcag5AfqpJoLbWYbF/Fiber2.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">And here's how my spinning is looking:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/FSSYQqU9oKcYBS1QjYnEyN8atjcOlUbdHvD*Qc7ND0--92IPg2AsP*n1*UVKsFZMGOjMNtO3lkMwRrkYmPNPLxU1HUb2MkQU/Spinning.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I haven't figured out what to do with the finished yarn, or whether to ply it double or Navajo, but that will become evident. The fiber will talk to me as I spin...</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I've been having so much fun with my new iPad! I'm still figuring out how it works, but I'm getting to do a lot more than I could do on my gimpy laptop! The only insurmountable problem I've had was not being able to get You Tube videos to work. On Monday, my knitting buddy Rob and I went down to the Apple store, after he tried out my iPad in his house to see how it worked with his WiFi. He was very happy with it, so he decided to get one. He reads a lot of books, and his Sony e-book reader works great, but he needs light for it. The iPad doesn't do well with too much light, but is great indoors with dim light. It also does a lot of other things, including keeping his photos organized. (He's a photographer when he isn't knitting.) While he was buying his new iPad, one of the nice techs at Apple was looking at my iPad. He couldn't get the videos to work, either, so guess what? I got a new iPad. I had to re-enter some things because I didn't sync before I took it down to the store, but I figured it would be less time than to drive all the way home and back to SLC, which was true. The videos work great now! That was <span style="font-style: italic;">seriously</span> important, because some of my KP buddies, especially Cheryl, tend to put videos in their posts.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">My baby quilt is off being professionally machine quilted. I picked up the fabric for the binding while I was getting the fabric for the purse lining. It's the dark green fabric that I used in the top. You can go back to the blog posts where I showed the quilt if you want to see.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my iPad:</span> Everything, almost. I'm reading <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Secret Agent</span> by Joseph Conrad, a free download. I prop my iPad on a book holder, so I can knit at the same time.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my iPod: </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sense</span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">and Sensibility and Sea Monsters</span>, by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters. It's a riot! I got it from Audible.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my Needles, Wheel: </span>I just talked about that, so see above.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Happy knitting!<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>--P<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-14025767077549615412010-04-28T08:06:00.000-07:002010-04-28T08:08:01.812-07:00Everything but the Kitchen Sync!Today is the 1-week anniversary of my relationship with my cute and handy iPad.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/SUnyOTcRH1*G6ZvVEexbAS8m1ptLFYPAjdFNHy1Z*1M7VPnP1g9QVPqmJhshuoWDDd06WItH06hknGEZi-0rJSbbZupLsnzz/iPadTote3.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It's receiving a nice anniversary present from me--a protective carry bag, which you can see in the photo above. I had some <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Wool_of_the_Andes_Bulky_Yarn__D5420155.html">WotA Bulky</a> left in "Hazelnut," and also some of the same yarn in "Oregano" in my stash, already caked up and ready to go. I used the <a href="http://www.knittingdaily.com/media/p/31021.aspx">Montana Felted Eco Tote</a> pattern as a jumping-off place, did the math based on my felted swatch for the diaper bag I made for Daphne (basically the Tote with a lining), and CO 70 sts. (I figured out how big it had to be before felting to be the right size afterwards, and that's how I got the 70 sts.It needed to be 20.5" around--or 10.25" across--and 8" high) I knit it until it was 13" high, changing the colors to use up the last of my "Chestnut." After binding off the top, I sewed the bottom shut, using the tail I had left at the CO. Then I made the handles according to the directions in the Tote pattern. only doing the I-cord 24" instead of 12", so I could carry it over my shoulder. (I almost made it too short--I-cord, not my favorite! This is when I'm glad I'm not very tall!) Here it is before felting:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/WAUSmwjUB4Q1zjMr*XN7W8nxK57d*-YtHxeWk6Ze-0Ff1qdqdODlK0z7kaAH4EEzHgGzbbILDdO*qYXwTbmNKXMspyRXnI8y/iPadTote1.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I washed it in my washing machine with the lowest load size, hot with cold rinse. I have an old pair of jeans I throw in for felting to provide some abrasion. I checked it a couple of times during the washing, but as with the swatch and the diaper bag, the complete cycle was needed. I looked around for a book to wrap in plastic and put<br />inside for drying. The book that was just the right size was <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=30803">Knit Fix</a> by Lisa Kartus. (BTW, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Knit Fix</span> is good for a lot more than blocking!) </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/7TYRPaJpEwEGJum-pjlu2qs5y*SP*C6VHuulwUVi3spUYOSpXJRCE-fh-OO*hvPoHRzDRBN*Q7FkSaYLYkT8clY8YqjU85LM/iPadTote2.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It was dry enough this morning to try it out, and it fits. When it's completely dry, I can use it!</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> So, how did I end up with the iPad? I'm in a mixed marriage. DH is a PC person, and he was the one who bought the laptop and then told me I couldn't touch his precious desktop. I'm really a Mac kinda girl, but he's been patient and has helped me when I ran into difficulty. I've been groaning for months about all the memory problems related to dealing with photos and all the virus and spyware protection programs needed with a PC. It also needs to be cleaned annually, and when it heats up, it slows down more. I had been wanting an e-book reader (like a Kindle) for about a year, but a new laptop was a priority. The only way I could get one would have been used, and then I would still have to wait for the e-book reader. [Sigh!] When I heard about the iPad, I looked into it, and discovered that I could do it for everything I'm using the laptop for except syncing my iPod and iPad and burning CDs. I may have to use it for shrinking the size of my photos so they don't take so long to load, but I think I can actually do that in my camera, so we'll see. I can use the gimpy laptop for those things, now that I've been able to remove some things from it and it doesn't stay on for long. I've had some issues with the KP website, which I've been able to get around, but I'm sure Ning will fix those things, because there are a lot of iPads out there already, and more selling all the time. I've been doing my computer work in the kitchen, so that's where I do my syncing. The little iPad, however, goes with me to a comfortable seat in the living room, which is nice. When the bag is dry, I can carry it around safely.<br />Also this week, I finished the lining for the diaper bag:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/D3GUNAI5anLkaZ6V12l0bovQxdRaHBdU6QEv8Hft2Cz*CahLufqjIACRG1SeLXe3MfrJPy9*Ilr*ujNkF*jT0KlHccSDOV-M/DiaperBag.JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">And the baby leg warmers:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/95uqo0CuJ762HGTIBgqLSwFfOlfxpd5MjmzuZKj9o7dpD0*1IkuJoCcGASfG89sBCD40PEiJDrdG-N-HtBiBetfCQQRzo0l*/LegWarmersRev..JPG" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The quilt top for baby Daphne is finished, but I need to piece the back and get it to the quilter.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">What's on my needles: Swatch for baby christening gown (waiting for order from KP with actual yarn, but swatch will be the same yarn, different color)<br />What's on my wheel: Nothing. I'm looking through my fiber stash to see what to spin next.<br />What's on my iPod: I'm listening to my second Audible book, Monica Ferris' <a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BBCA_000351&BV_SessionID=@@@@0888426450.1272465873@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchadekfhefjjkcefecekjdffidflj.0">Knitting Bones</a><br />What's on my spindle: Ashford merino and silk</p>Happy knitting and spinning! --PPeggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-48587525837837232802010-04-14T10:09:00.000-07:002010-04-14T10:13:43.086-07:00Quick as a Bunny--Not!As you know, I've been working on some bunny-related items for Daphne, our DGD2, due to arrive via stork about June 6th. These baby leg warmers are very quick to knit--<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/LcTFS6cJZr4kq5PmX2Iy7G6YJBzltH0O2YsXqTCMwoofewViY1b-arTBjndq*wtP0fXzcqGDsGfrqKqHRQwZ82s0bdM5miKH/LegWarmer.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />if you don't decide they're too skinny around the cuffs! I'm off to the frog pond! Well, it won't take me long to get back to this point. I'll have plenty of yarn. The scale shows 35 gm left from the 50gm ball. I'm glad I didn't cut it, though. It's Essential (now Stroll) kettle-dyed sock yarn in "gold."<br /><br />I have the diaper bag almost finished. I've pinned in the lining--<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/ixnHg4D55adgDzy2cYDITk4eDzvmCGkXLC8zRZCwsuPTTNDt5PjfaOKzU8oQS6uEqFc6lWHJI3XZdWlzbqWX6OccMAqOCt0N/DiaperBag.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />I just have to sew it in. You probably remember the bunny quilt I've been working on--<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/owmO40VbUyxY3TN63JPiIb6FL4s7RJA4jJcz0F*3DcCazqhs6s8noRYN5SCdgqlAJQHQLsy1ksIKprrFILG4crEDiAubUc8F/BunnyBlockFinished.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />I decided it needed four carrot blocks to go with it. There are now two like this--<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/20ad1ta20ccRXEuHHslcS7mUZXKqjuQs007hVvcP0yRIPKhya5GStLyIPog5wijZimCovfQCQhARvB*4v4wIfovoTwpmAkdI/Carrot1.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />And two like this--<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/LcTFS6cJZr5APrUQn5K9gY0gamSnDLsnKkazlmzVKawgWp0kmtag6c-H224qr-QiBoSDcehfMMfxtuFjEYtY9FAR6PIqoz7C/Carrot2.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />I've been using my "design wall" to try out layouts.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/sy7v4SG5fAG7kobXqnQEd*wznS3vhrXmVSu-GM61PKweJQuCSkR2Oi2VVV7uwIa*uipyfnxtEov8NA6l12vxc5AqteiL-Vm9/QuiltDesignWall.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />The "design wall" is actually a full-size "Warm & Natural" quilt batt with a hem at the top and the bottom, with a batten in each hem. I put hooks over my fiber studio closet to hang the whole thing on, so I arrange blocks and see how they look. They cling by themselves as long as there's no breeze. A couple of pins takes care of that, though.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my needles:</span> Baby leg warmers.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my Featherweight:</span> Piecing for bunny quilt!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my wheel:</span> White baby alpaca, just a couple of ounces left and I can ply!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my iPod:</span> Just Finished the Frankenstein trilogy by Dean Koontz, now listening to 44 Scotland St. by Alexander McCall Smith<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my spindle:</span> Same old, same old. Haven't touched my spindle for a while.<br /><br />Happy knitting/spinning/quilting! --PPeggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-32191531599238258722010-04-07T11:03:00.000-07:002010-04-07T11:08:10.376-07:00Snowed In!<p style="text-align: left;">But first, an update on my progress on the Bunny Block. Having finished another knitting project for DD's little Daphne, due June 6th, I turned back to the bunny block from <a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/Books/Hop+To+It_BD44996.HTML">Hop To It!</a> by Edyta Sitar. I'm making progress:</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/tzVFnF2dEI57WluSNhx-zPRdXD3uyfQheb2BU8uWAaBydSPjJJLvTgPPXlGHhYNUnOVWyvFpahf99LEIs*pCyopDIZlHXA0H/BunnyBlock.JPG" alt="" /></p> The fabric to the left is the backing and my focus fabric for the quilt top. It's <a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item--i-QT-20936-G">Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit Garden Scene.</a> To finish the block, I have to applique the eye, nose and mouth, and then another stem with leaves and a berry. The rest of the quilt will be pieced. I hope to get the piecing done next week, as I have an "appointment" with my friend Julie for machine quilting in May. The applique is getting easier, but I still don't have the dexterity I had before I had to give up quilting due to thumb pain. I'm finding my eyes are worse, too. I have to use a pair of clip-on magnifiers and my <a onclick="'s_objectID="" q="ott+light&oe="utf-8&rls="org.mozilla:en-US:official&client_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=ott+light&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=357345898916202750&ei=lYK8S63vB5K2swP5jtH-BA&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCYQ8wIwAw#ps-sellers">Ott</a> light to be able to see. My actual vison is fine with my glasses, but as I get older, I need increasing amounts of light to see what I'm doing. (It would help if the sun came out for a while!)<p style="text-align: left;">Here's the knitting project I just finished:<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/wKmppSRXPiRympdCDpTVynfGHfeE8hFapvqbXYU5mMN5AssAKu9wd6w1z80FveXwARnpyCicmcQxyk5DAWUWsWaJ4hWxQHEF/YellowTonesBSJFinal.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The yarn is Knit Picks' <a onclick="'s_objectID="" id="5420179_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.knitpicks.com/cfyarns/yarn_display.cfm?ID=5420179">Comfy Sport</a> in "Creme Brulee" and "Ivory." Here's a closeup of the front detail. I created this detail because I decided to do a M1R, K1, M1L for the increases in the front, and then didn't like the holes created.<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/XnzMSBI7pPv8SeQYx7ZCqvdscCjsV9a6ps50DfsN-IVUooXATeYUSzSWPPueqBjA4ktcwPwM4SGLWG2-53m86kcWSaHYz3al/BSJ2.4detail.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">It looks sort of like cross stitch. The BSJ can be found several places, such as <a onclick="'s_objectID="" id="30589_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=30589">The Opinionated Knitter</a> by Elizabeth Zimmermann, which also has the bonnet pattern. (The book is on sale right now at Knit Picks!)</p> <p style="text-align: left;">I was supposed to go to the nursing home yesterday with Sunny for pet therapy for the patients, but we were snowed in! This is the first time we've been actually snowed in since we've lived here. Here's DH cleaning the driveway around lunchtime. (Psst! It wasn't done snowing. We got more after this photo!)<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/wKmppSRXPiRwaHBacxzHhU2HzddpzVDymolzC0K4nSdhGzWYTgEbpXoVBfsmu-YyX2FHNqe9unhWlRNFvl3IKsOxbxn6vFcx/SnowedIn.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">He spent 2 1/2 hours with the shovel and the snow blower! I'm so glad we didn't get a dump like this right after he had his shoulder surgery!</p> <p style="text-align: left;">It was so bad, our milkman couldn't get to our house. He called in the morning and explained that his chains had broken. No problem--for me, anyway. I had enough of everything to last until he got here. He couldn't have gotten to our front door without going through waist-high snow anyway. He finally got to our house last night.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">The upside to being snowed in is, you have more time to knit or quilt. In my case, I want to finish the baby quilt (see above) before starting any more knitting projects.<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Tomorrow is supposed to be clear. I hope so, because my quilting minigroup "Vintage Stitchers" is coming here for a trunk show. I hope to have some photos of Tina's quilts in next week's blog. Our "Common Threads" group met last Thursday. That group is made up of quilters, knitters and other stitchery enthusiasts. Karan, our hostess for Common Threads last week, showed off her first pair of KP socks from the kit "<a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.knitpicks.com/kits/Speedy_Sport_Socks_Kit__D40152.html">Speedy Sport Socks</a>."<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/wZZKrrQOy9oA57DuLdgaX1SqBSTBgeLRBRcNfEKWIWpi6z7A4cHtvYDvUycB8JU4nV8vL07nQzzq7pm7U*KO2yylaYXCwGQe/Socks.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">It's fun being in groups with both knitters and quilters, because they go back and forth between the two crafts/art forms, as I do.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Saturday brought the usual doggy snowshoe. Here fellow snowshoer Jay helps Annemarie get up, while Annemarie's Eddy watches. (You don't have to have a dog to go on a doggy snowshoe.)</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Jay doesn't have a dog, but his wife has a horse and writes steamy novels. She hired me to be the proofreader once because her regular proofer wasn't available. I was forced to read the steamy parts (a lot of the book!), because there might have been a typo, and she was paying me to read them. [Blush!]</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/uVKL5W5mqWnKgvLC5ukkzGcEwuG0TWw*kD6jPVLqIAcXrE1RL3G82Jo2ClzVClXun54rHUAWAxhAG0vlHxecXuscTvoTeQg8/Snowshoe2.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Of course, I have been enjoying "hanging out" with my Quilt With Us and Knitting Community buddies, and you know who you are!<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my needles:</span> Finishing up DH's Fair Isle sleeveless cardi<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my wheel:</span> Still the baby alpaca, but I'm making progress. I've plied the first two bobbins from this batch. Just a little to go.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my spindle:</span> Still the Ashford Merino and Silk in "Mulberry."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my quilting frame:</span> Bunny Block from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hop To It</span> (see above).<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my iPod:</span> Just finished <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sarah's Cottage</span> by D. E. Stevenson, and have gone back to Dean Koontz's <a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.deankoontz.com/search/node/frankenstein">Frankenstein: Prodigal Son</a> (Book 1 of the Trilogy). I really like <a onclick="'s_objectID="" bv_usebvcookie="Yes_1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/homepage/AnonHome.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes">Audible</a> and am looking forward to downloading more books for my trip to Wisconsin the end of May, to be with DD when Daphne is born. I forgot to mention last week that I finished <a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://librivox.org/lorna-doone-a-romance-of-exmoor-by-richard-doddridge-blackmore/">Lorna Doone</a>, downloaded from Librivox.org. I read the last three chapters in written form through <a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/840">Project Gutenberg</a>. Their volunteer readers are all very good, but I found the accent of one of the readers very distracting, so I resorted to reading the last three chapters while knitting the baby sweater, rather than listening to it.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's on my Zen Nano:</span> Knitting podcasts, mostly, such as <a onclick="'s_objectID="" rel="nofollow" href="http://sticksandstring.wordpress.com/about/">Sticks and String</a>, and, Knit Picks' wonderful podcast, my favorite! (I'm on the verge of KP podcast withdrawal, since there was no podcast last week.)</p> <span class="prodAuthorVendor">Happy knitting and quilting, everyone! --P</span>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-66209595893149260712010-03-24T12:05:00.000-07:002010-03-24T12:08:29.494-07:00Bunny Applique and Steeks! Eek!!I'm making progress on my applique project:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/elnqOJxnyy66EuJifBeFfUF3pG8-OtGS9iPnUfalSALKAEr7EYxra4nOFEmQSE3L5xmQoWgebV1TDgK3wcoM3URWSeOGbqfE/BunnyApplique.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">I'm glad I found my clip-on magnifiers! I was having a hard time seeing where to stitch. I'm still a little clumsy as a leftover from my right<br />thumb surgery, but it's getting better. Anyway, this baby quilt for<br />Daphne will be machine quilted. I just wanted a cute bunny center for<br />the quilt. The rest will be pieced. The fabric to the right is the<br />backing, a Beatrix Potter scenic print. The bunny is from <a onclick="'s_objectID="" href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/Books/Hop+To+It_BD44996.HTML">Hop to It!</a> by Edyta Sitar. I will be doing more applique again as I get my dexterity back!</p><br /><br />The big knitting news this week is (drumroll, please) I finally steeked DH's Fair Isle sleeveless cardi! Ta-da!<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/MOHEylMUww3602bWdXuqOdFueLEBH9olLDe7YOZwhmsF*Rrs86rg1TGf2clnrruH-4eT6cWD5Npo7PHB9qNU6wDzPYvIZQFn/SteekCut.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Before I could do that, I had to graft the shoulders. It was just like doing the toe of a sock, only more sts.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/9VgCKUAHyQNTQYZ4iVkSb8ad7DUbCF-Eu0Sk5BLbyH6AhLDpBYN4MMifwWUTX1Cz-ilzB*hsGIMYzidmYCzZhjpTs4wIJeaf/GraftedShoulder.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />Then I had to give the extra sts a haircut on the inside. Here's what it looked like:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/Z4KKamux91sKd66wtx6GI*s1BGmT0LO4nAMaclS-2pKnSPPceHxzwHzhpktH5LUXnJWpNtGNvROvPvcx1goUNQoeLLgAKdks/SteekTrim.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The little birdies will be nesting soon. All that nesting material will be met with songs of joy. Just think of the baby birdies nestled down in<br />all that wool! Well, it isn't merino...a little scratchy,<br />actually...but that's what feathers are for. Softer than twigs by a<br />long shot! OK, back to work...</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/8n8VRjkcTj8clnxntMgmiKqH7T6BfIYhyNOhe9wDR8qxBjWuPQcOu9A0p6f7Bq0ERmCMdfzSQDft08h1K-9HhTWDFh13WS3h/SteekPrep2.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">I had to cut right down the middle, which was where the two light-colored sts came together. I'm glad I had read about steeking in <a onclick="'s_objectID="" id="31240_1" href="http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=31240">The New Stranded Colorwork</a><br />by Mary Scott Huff. I didn't need to sew this yarn first, but I<br />followed her instructions to put on your glasses (I use clip-on<br />magnifiers) and put something inside the sweater to keep from cutting<br />the floats on the other side. I used my ironing board, which worked<br />great, because the V-neck gave it kind of a bulge in the front, and the<br />ironing board accommodated it. Then I carefully cut between the two<br />middle sts, which I could recognize by the "V" made by the st. I<br />started at the neck, which was easy to see but closed up (to the left<br />in the photo) and paid attention to the "V", which was upside down<br />because I was starting from the top.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Now all I have to do is pick up a gazillion sts (one for each row, because it's Fair Isle, and that's the rule. Then I have to do the corregated<br />ribbing for the button band, neck trim and button hole band, all in one<br />piece. After that I get to do (drumroll, please!) two more steeks, this<br />time for the armholes. I'm sure glad I did the CLiC first, so I could<br />do a steek with a lot of hand-holding! It's not nearly as scary as you<br />think!</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">In spinning news...more baby alpaca. I want to finish up what I have, which is down to a few ounces now, while I'm in the habit of making the<br />thin singles for fingering-weight yarn. That way, I can use up what was<br />left over from the <a onclick="'s_objectID="" href="http://www.fibertrends.com/product/284106/FBRS2002e/_/Fiber%20Trends%20TK%20-%20S2002e%20The%20Landscape%20Shawl%20-%20PDF?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=googleshopping">Landscape Shawl</a>. Maybe good for socks. Lots of socks!</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/elnqOJxnyy4EADGg8ic61syG7v6Z8QjhjLZ1xJfxmJqJy2*wXp-BMKxRNs-UTB3rbYvZrsJnvOL9XIqa4xM7T6A5jJ-9SGFU/SpinAlpaca.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />My friend Linda at Blue Moon Ranch (one of the two alpaca Lindas) is having an alpaca fleece giveaway. To enter--and to read her very<br />interesting blog about her trip to Africa--go here: <a onclick="'s_objectID="" href="http://bluemoonranch.wordpress.com/">http://bluemoonranch.wordpress.com/</a><br />You can enter as often as you like. Winner will be announced May 1st. My<br />fiber came from the other Linda, but this one has comparable fiber. You<br />can follow the link to her Etsy store, too.<br /><br />I'm trying to gradually photograph old projects. The ones that are available to me,<br />that is. This week's submission is DH's ski sweater, which has a funny<br />story.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/QpgP5PZ8xAZSjiYFiBUt-SpIMmHikzE3sPvbK5MFJTSAYa1iumB9tcqeXCc0Qgxj/GreenPulliSmall2.JPG" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">DH and I were dating in 1964. I decided to make him a ski sweater for Christmas, but I wanted to be sure it fit, having been burned before. (Note: Always swatch if you're making<br />something that has to fit!!!) It was difficult to keep this a secret,<br />because I would need to knit in front of him, because I didn't have<br />much time. I really wanted it to be a surprise, though, so I developed<br />a plan. I knit a miniature replica of the sweater and put it into a big<br />box, weighted in the bottom with newspaper. I included a note: "I'm<br />sorry, but I accidentally used hot water to block it, and this is what<br />happened." Then I wrapped the box as a present. We all had a laugh on<br />Christmas morning. The miniature version adorned a bottle of Scotch for<br />a long time. I don't know where it is now. The full-size version has<br />seen many ski slopes, however. The pattern is from <a onclick="'s_objectID="" o="gar&c="Knitting_1" href="http://www.antiqbook.com/books/viewcat.phtml?o=gar&c=Knitting">Hand Knits for Men in Bear Brand and Fleisher Yarns vol 56</a>.<br /></p> <div class="value">I Googled it, and it's apparently out of print, and it's even listed at the above link as an "antique" for $10. (I think I paid 60¢ for it.) I really like the pattern, but I don't understand why<br />they did the body and sleeves separately, which required seaming<br />through the pattern. (I don't like seams, but back then, I didn't know<br />how to do anything other than follow the pattern.)<br />I have some other knitted items from way-back-when I will try to feature in future blogs,<br />sort of a future feature. Sound like fiber fun?<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;">What's on my iPod: Still Lorna Doone. I'm back to listening now, as I work. I don't have to concentrate so much on what I'm doing. Also, I just found<br />out that third book in the Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz is out<br />(has been for several months), so I got all three in CD format to put<br />on my iPod. I've already listened to the first two, but it has been<br />several years.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">I've also been reading a real book: <a onclick="'s_objectID="" href="http://www.maggiesefton.com/">Knit One, Kill Two</a>, by Maggie Sefton. This is the first book of hers I've read, and it's very<br />entertaining. If only I had been able to find it as an audiobook or if<br />I had a Kindle or iPad.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">We did go on a snowshoe/hike Saturday, but I didn't take any photos. We ended up hiking, because there wasn't enough snow to make it worth<br />putting on the snowshoes. The pups still have little beads of dried mud<br />on their undersides. I keep hoping it will fall off.<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Happy knitting/spinning/quilting, everyone!<br /></p><br /><br /><br /></div>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917161495148387540.post-86133137106326212842010-03-18T16:49:00.000-07:002010-03-18T16:51:50.050-07:00Busy, Busy--This and ThatBetween cleaning the fiber studio, finishing up Ravelympics stuff and normal activities, it's been a busy week.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/*CJaSApzCofaDVbIFf*2YIDU1NugJe7xDU843OeLFnleQGDF6Pq0qcgB1A9cmrRqtZThVbXxVjSXGmGzmY6cohaB-b1DiW9Z/CleanFiberStudio.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br />Above is what the fiber studio looks like today, after nearly two days of work. The piles of finished projects and the bags of projects in my pipeline or queue are still lurking. The white shrouded thing on the back counter is my serger. The pink mass peeking out from under the table that looks like cotton candy is some alpaca-and-silk<br />fiber my friend Linda made for me to thank me for helping her set up her Etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/freespiritfiberarts">here.</a><br />Someday I'll have to give you a tour, including my light table/cutting surface for quilting and my little desk. I even have room for a design wall in front of closet and a tall bookcase full of quilting and knitting books.<br /><br />I have a small quilt show for you from the two groups I meet with. Most of the participants knit and quilt, but a few do one or the other. Here you go--<br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/DcmDvJdrsHodLCQexltaq9FqiCAwYJj0-tXtmFquR3VonIXmiLVINU1G9cSlir7yfwy52Ou6aJOZKocNIkDSGKBZwpYiTHII/Quilting5.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">This one has a story, and then I'll just let the others speak for themselves. My quilting buddy Barbara made<br />these blocks several years ago and didn't like them. She was thinking of giving them to the Utah Quilt Guild for their orphan block collection, which they use to make quilts each year to donate or to raise money. The flowered print had been a sale purchase originally intended for use as backing fabric. Barbara was lying awake one night recently and happened to connect the blocks with the fabric in her mind. She got up and 2:00 AM, went into her fiber studio and dug out blocks and fabric. I think the black trim around the blocks just makes the quilt top. I can't wait to see it quilted. OK, here are the others.</p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/wqO62FlabVrkBF6cw8YmOw9I6iE0e26Ll8HQKUTPZbR5FMlj0eVxEFPZLXw22RZEh*-rr*A5Lrh58kz2BtjrveHBE7O3Qn35/Quilting1.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/ewfu2wBjwGaNhk9cet*SIufTCeOeEC*Gvhjq0YyrvKrhGAiAlD15XVzbhM2pec-f4vUSuPVAmbKMOXq6WkMuK7EgNUZBkYvr/Quilting2.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/DcmDvJdrsHo6xHh1egnnHfjDVjw6lcWU*bxgf9Q4DMq*FJQCjEA-mmuRtA0GkVMuutNvba*kKr63jLLsen9a5UEjaL0q7PKb/Quilting3.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/KIpyAhGhv5ZLiQLC2kTTgE7qx8Uiy-uo8jRS3-c9zk-0FIq691cOJFbzpHXtXLnVLS4oMub82NJxNYMMvBrqRQn0dPxQLFdJ/Quilting4.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/ewfu2wBjwGa-j3d*0RGDGglk9OwVQ8fRgaerlC3vk*v2G53-xVbaEXAm9oDGDjyCRhIbG2kREpVe30Qgnw5MnXKd0yaYHWLj/Quilting6.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/OOxmaoinkOFlbEJxqVWdJ2HagjdVLUmqDo*kCRlgSPhLTvzpzzKum5OsMPi66chJzfklxoEeVmezZrYWsK1GgODrHAQQP-AT/Quilting7.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/L10LECFyIdeBQJu6jtgbmOlDjpX*hCpffaA6h37dnV7rCAcY069D2RVBfzAci1Y2FwdlFKeMTGEcrNnDfonc6yZv2jNPWGY3/Quilting8.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/f0G*USrjx8gkR*V2tbFzzUFUVqFsxe70csJdY4ahs3BhRPw3LEznvTx2S9TB5NvImnzP7ePdjKHg5PUSbEeD8MKj0cPiAqqk/GinnyQuiltFront.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/QB3Ex9sx7rlukqw-iq2U6YtC*Ja0HLvc2YBqyy5bDyrur1N7s7mpLt43e2KP225Ua7FDFHMwUu1VtusrFNrl273CflsKXlO7/GinnyQuiltBack.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/BNgvxSGT48yjd-39FW1STrygDhCZN-CWeBK3ayMAegfee*vJX5idP*6cDKC7G5gnPAGaVubWrEkEtssyUoTeX0uquo3sygpy/GinnySham.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> This last one, Ginny's making for her granddaughters. One is getting the purple/lavender with matching pillow sham, and the other one is getting the hot pink/pink with matching sham. She's hand-quilting them.<br />My bunny applique is coming along. I have four sets of leaves done. I'll try to post a photo of my progress next week. I made a reservation with my friend Julie (with the ladybug quilt, above) to machine-quilt it in May, so the pressure is on.<br /><br />In knitting news: Now that the Ravelympics are over, I thought you might like some statistics--<br /><br /><ul><li>total # projects tagged with ravelympics2010: 24,284</li><li>total # projects tagged with ravelympics2010 and finished: 12,878</li><li>total # Ravelers that finished: 6,296 (out of 9,538 participating)</li><li>total # countries participating: 65</li><li>total # of people posting into a Finish Line: 5,186</li><li>total yardage used: 8,068,000 (yes…this is 8+ <em>million</em>!)</li><li>total yardarge spun/dyed: 448,000</li></ul> The one project I didn't finish during the Ravelympics was my Oregon socks, which I finished afterward and showed off last week. I didn't win any real-life prizes for my projects, just the medals, which are virtual. I did have a nice surprise when I found out that the Team KP Enablers had awarded me the "Miss Congeniality" prize, presumably because I gushed over everyone's FOs. I received a package in the mail a few days ago with some hand-made yummy soap (now resting in my soap dish next to the tub) and these st markers:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/dJSv18Q8SZtqOHngpiCZmLNnxv8qyCjn4skX*rrHJ3TQ*lewTOCJJCYJPD7yTkfnKk3S7ZQiMrKHVPUM75uG9ON2heQH3le*/StMarkers.JPG" alt="" /></p><br />They came from Sarah Kain-Porter's "<a href="http://westwinddesigns.etsy.com/">Treasures by Westwind Designs</a>," an Etsy store. There are eight markers, and big enough that I can use them for 99% of the projects I do, but not so big they'll be in the way with smaller ones, like socks.<br /><br />I'm trying to post pictures of past knitting projects every once in a while, so here's one for this week.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/L10LECFyIddprSQlsSf*YwNbOs0h1O3rtvM87XF4QAXjOBcaL*4Wa20TG8UNbQaudZnMy38xV*GsyyZKMnYNSz-osm6zZX*p/PurpleAranSmall.JPG" alt="" /></p><br />The cardigan and hat are made from worsted-weight acrylic yarn. (Gasp!) I know, not the best for all that work, but it was all I could get. We were living in Indonesia at the time, and they're not exactly known for their knitwear, since the average temperature is in the high 80s. The picture was taken in 1996 during a trip to New Zealand, the backdrop is the beautiful Milford Sound. I made the cardigan and hat just for the trip. I had taken a nice woolen sweater to Indonesia for such trips, but our maid had given it a nice wash in the washing machine. Need I say more? I was in my "purple phase," and also made some knee socks in wool 4-ply (fingering weight) I had bought in the UK when we lived there in the '80s. Sometime I'll get a photo of those.<br /><br />DH's Fair Isle Sleeveless Cardi is coming along--<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/WRdNAZXCdseWSxBnYg0uVkRmDqUoLtSy47dOp2z2zRrjtR2y8tmxJ481LTS9fcmUohpdWEYpCH6oi8DibJ47paw5M6q5qex8/FICardi318.JPG" alt="" /></p><br />A few more rows and I'll be ready to do the shoulders, then off to the<br />steek! [She says bravely, having already steeked her CLiC last year.]<br />I've done the star pattern in the same colors each time and varied the<br />colors for the <span style="font-style: italic;">peerie</span> patterns, the small designs between the big ones.<br />It's from Ann Feitelson's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Fair-Isle-Knitting-Technique/dp/1883010209#reader_1883010209">Fair Isle Knitting</a>; the pattern is Fridarey Sleeveless Cardigan. More information about this project is found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/PeggyStuart/fridarey-sleeveless-cardigan">here</a> on Ravelry.<br /><br />Our snowshoe for the week was at Shingle Creek in the Uinta Mountains near us. It turned out to be a hike. You can tell why by looking at the photo. Here's the group. (I'm third from the left; DH is seated, and yes, that's Rocky standing on the table.) We had a great time.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/0X-SjisLggqrphwSFI2hQIQmzZvOs2gs-KXoE0gKITqcRMFO0c5r-hqiFPevCtyJBc20hZ0rkq0OkRrQjk-a5R6oNlNv3xTh/ShingleCreek2.JPG" alt="" /></p><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;">What's on everything--same as last time, but I've been getting caught up with past episodes of the <a href="http://sticksandstring.wordpress.com/">Sticks and String podcast by David Reidy.</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> Happy knitting and quilting, etc. --PPeggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0