tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55904690374159844652024-03-14T04:23:22.714-07:00It's a July ThingThis blog is named so because of the weird things that I and my many "Moon Child" friends, do. We always say, "It's a July thing. You wouldn't understand."Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.comBlogger528125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-50225649078535233032014-03-12T15:08:00.000-07:002014-03-24T15:38:57.351-07:00Martie's Story <style><!--
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My first-born child, Martie, was
supposed to arrive on the fifteenth of January, but in keeping with her
personality, she decided to come just after midnight on the second of
January.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been thinking of her
and talking to her quite a bit lately, since it is that time of the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the first baby born in the new
year at that particular hospital, so we got many baby products donated by
Gerber and other companies that supply useful baby items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I call her my “Practice Child.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In truth I had a lot of practice with
babies, as I am the oldest of several siblings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, when we brought our little bitty girl home, I was
petrified.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I shouldn’t have worried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That baby was not taking any guff from
anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She still doesn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did things her way and it worked out
just fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somewhere around the
first Super Bowl Sunday we celebrated her first birthday. I’ll always know how
old she is even if I get feeble-minded. Of course I’ll still need to be able to
translate the Roman numerals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Running through the memories of her
growing up years have been giving me pleasure and laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We bought our first home when she was
three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I carried a box across
the lawn, I saw her greeting the ten-year-old boy next door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her hands were on her hips and she stomped
her little foot and said, “Get off of my <i>pussonal</i></span><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"> <i>pwoperty!” </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We had to have a discussion about
manners and politeness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The next discussion was about
Strangers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would just walk up
to anyone and start telling them her name and her daddy’s name and pretty much
give them a run-down of our family’s history as she knew it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I heard her saying,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“…and my daddy works at Stacey School,
and…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I began the “Not all strangers are
nice, even if they seem to be” lessons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Later we were in a dressing
room in a clothing store and she peeked under the partition and said to a
surprised lady in the next cubical, “HI, are you a stranger?” This was going to
take a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another time when we were at church,
she proclaimed in her outdoor voice, “Mama, we don’t NEVER say Shut-up or
goddamn at Sunday School, ‘cause it’s not nice, huh, Mama! (I was trying to
ignore her and pretend I didn’t know her.) “HUH, Mama!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HUH, MAMA!!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Time passed and Martie reached those
pleasant junior high days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mostly
she just rolled her eyes and said, “T-s-s-s-s-s- I’m Sure,” in answer to
everything anyone said to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh,
sometimes changed things up and said other things like, “I. Am. So. Sure!
Ts-s-s-s-s.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>One night she asked her daddy to drive
her friend Barb and her to Disneyland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He had a basketball game to referee and was just going out the
door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he would drop them
off but in the future he’d like to know a little earlier, please.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her reply was, “Well, I wasn’t sure.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
went into a dramatic gasping, exclaiming, frenzy “Whaaat?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Martie wasn’t SURE?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She
simply rolled her eyes and said. “Ts-s-s-s- I’m sure.” We still refer to <i>The
day Martie wasn’t Sure</i></span><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"> now and then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When
she became a quasi-adult she worked at a high-end catering place called The
Turnip Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One night she came
home from a particularly busy night where she worked a big banquet. She was
telling us all about it and added that each person paid a thousand dollars to go
to the event and she couldn’t believe anyone would pay that much to hear the
guy speak because he was really hard to understand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">“Who was the guy?” I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I
don’t know. Harry or Henry or something like that.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">“Henry Kissinger?” I had put the clues together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yeah!
That’s the dude!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I am pleased to report that she was
repaid ten-fold for her early embarrassing activities when she had her little
ball of fire, my granddaughter, Rachel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For example; Martie was strolling
through the grocery store with three-year-old Rachel seated in the little
basket chair, when she said this; “Mama look at that fat lady! She is
reeeeeaally fat, huh, Mama. She is the fattest - HEY, WHY ARE YOU PINCHING ME?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">She is an RN now and works in a big hospital in
Southern California. It is possible that Harry or Henry or someone (Is he still
alive?) might end up on her floor. It is unlikely that she will call him
“Dude.”</span></div>
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-27104256925848345452013-08-30T20:13:00.001-07:002013-08-30T20:15:28.738-07:00Jury Doody<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">It’s almost like getting that “Greetings, you’ve been drafted” letter. It was a call from the Shasta County court system needing my presence up at the court house. It was my first call since moving up here to God’s Country. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">I have served on two juries and consider myself to be a reasonably fair juror, so Richard scraped the snow off of my windshield and turned on my seat warmer, and I grabbed my book and headed off to town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">My panel was called into a courtroom right away. Once in the courtroom, I was the second person to be invited to sit in The Box. That made me juror number two. The questions began. The patient little attorney was so young that I found myself wondering where he had parked his skateboard when he came to work that morning. He asked the same series of questions of each of us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Do you realize that it is the prosecutor’s problem to prove that his client is guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt? Can you decide on a verdict by only what you hear inside this courtroom? Do you think that if a person is in this court, he must be guilty? Have you ever served on a jury before? Did you reach a verdict? And so forth and so on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">He asked these questions twelve times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Over and over…and over… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">How do those court people stand this day after day? What keeps the judge from falling face forward onto his big old desk? What keeps the recorder from falling over sideways, taking her little typing machine with her? What stops the bailiff from shooting Question Boy? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Just about the time I was slipping into a coma, the questions changed to general personal information. At least that was a bit more interesting. The questions went on all morning. Several people were thanked and excused for having an experience close to the event that brought the defendant to this trial. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">We finally broke for lunch. I took that opportunity to go out into the sleet and walk around the area for forty-five minutes looking for my car so I could take it for some gas. I’m not allowed out unchaperoned too often because of my propensity to lose my car. Thank goodness I had packed myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">We reconvened at one thirty. Now the questions started to get interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">“Have you or has anyone in your family ever been arrested, causing you to have dealings with a court?” Hands went up all over the jury box. A man reported that his son was arrested for murder but it was ultimately reduced to manslaughter by the end of the trial. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;"><i>Good grief.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">A girl said that her husband had been arrested and she had a restraining order out against him because he had molested their daughter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;"><i>Oh my god!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">The next person said, “My mother, my brother, my two cousins have been arrested. All were DUI’s.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;"> Then the next person said, “My husband was arrested for burglary and put in jail for it twice. He’s my ex now.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;"><i>“My word!”</i></span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> I thought, <i>“Twice? Is she a slow learner, or what?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">The next person reported that her <b>mother</b></span><span style="font-size: 20pt;">, her two brothers, her sister and her aunt had been arrested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;"><i>“Good Lord!”</i></span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> I thought, <i>“That’s two mothers out of four people! I just can’t believe that! What am I sitting in the midst of here?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">So. If you should ever decide that you don’t have time to serve on a jury, but you have no particular reason to get yourself excused, I give to you this possible means of escape. Simply think about what the others are saying and let your face register your dismay. Defense attorneys will not wish to have a prissy, narrow-minded person making decisions for their client.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-46634661240097144472013-08-09T18:42:00.000-07:002013-08-09T18:47:52.094-07:00The Clan Abides<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"> The house was amazing and I thought of the Winchester House in San Jose. (You know that one the crazy lady kept building night and day until she died because she thought if she stopped building it, all the ghosts of the people who died from that rifle her husband made, would come and get her.) This house just went on and on too. Since there were fourteen of us, plus only three puppies, it was perfect. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"> We don’t usually need entertainment since we ARE the entertainment, but we had tickets to see Jeff Bridges and the Abiders. We are all fans of the movie “The Big Lebowski” and we have watched the movie so many times that some of us can say the lines right along with The Dude, (“Or El Duderino, if you aren’t into that whole brevity thing.”)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"> We had our own party on Friday night, complete with presents and party favors. (Big Lebowski bumper stickers and posters.) We did wild things like eat stuff and exchange gluten free recipes. I don’t know what was so funny about anything, but my face was sore from laughing.</span></span></div>
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Cooking up the lemon grass and ginger for the clam broth.<br />
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Pork chops with an intricate sauce, sweet potatoes with caramelized onion and bacon.<br />
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The world is blue and green.<br />
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A day on Lake Shasta,<br />
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With the family.<br />
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INCLUDING my Silver Girl (My Southern California Granddaughter.)<br />
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We went into the Dead Tree Forest. The lake is a bit low this year.<br />
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And we danced!! We're on a Boat! AAAAANND,Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-89528818122742395522013-05-17T14:41:00.001-07:002013-05-17T14:41:56.849-07:00The Burlap Harlots Strike Again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That little window thingie came home with me!<br />
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So many goodies!<br />
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Eye candy in every direction!<br />
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The theme was Alice In Wonderland and the vendors dressed accordingly.<br />
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I'll just be still and let you look...<br />
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Hi Doni! Visit the News Cafe, everyone!<br />
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Halie with a head band made from a man's tie.<br />
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OK, Now I'll be still and let you look.<br />
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Hi, Viki!<br />
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-61224174706034166272013-05-10T17:40:00.001-07:002013-05-10T17:40:46.654-07:00Roses and Rust in Redding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A craft and antique show is an excellent shoppertunity to add to one's eclectic treasures. <br />
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My sister and I went. I got her birthday present here.<br />
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My favorite bunch of crafters, the girls from the Altered Wing Studio were there.<br />
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They have the best stuff!<br />
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Ginger is going to teach me how to make these soon.<br />
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My sister and I figured out that if you put something relating to France on your product, you get to ask about twenty more dollars for it. Oui, Oui!<br />
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The items below were made from old spoons.<br />
My sister got one that said, "Mama Tried."<br />
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-36090120300759486062013-04-25T16:38:00.004-07:002013-04-25T16:38:40.667-07:00LABOR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And Delivery!<br />
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Third one this Spring!<br />
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We want to go! We'll be good!!!!<br />
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They begged and begged, so...<br />
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We took them for a walk on Redding's famous Sundial Bridge.<br />
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It is brightly lighted at night. As a matter of fact they have to turn it down during salmon spawning season. It disturbs them. I don't blame them. I'd hate to have bright lights on me when I am spawning.<br />
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During Breast Cancer Awareness Week they make the lights PINK!<br />
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These disks show where the bridge shadow will be at all times of the day.<br />
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The Sacramento River.<br />
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I have this plant at home. It just came back from it's winter sleep. My plant is in a pot and is about the size of a basketball. Guess I'm going to have to get a bigger pot! That's my sister standing behind it.<br />
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We meet lots of new friends!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-22348569486735834562013-04-11T12:36:00.000-07:002013-04-11T12:36:20.602-07:00Empty Collar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-83119942628646261202013-04-03T19:06:00.001-07:002013-04-03T19:06:35.592-07:00If.If I had it all to do over again, I'd have made better grades, which I COULD have easily.<br />
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I would have taken pictures of my baby's feet. <br />
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I'm not sure if the higher grades would have changed my life in any way, but I would love to look at my babies feet.Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-70006263232406298772013-03-10T19:04:00.002-07:002013-03-10T19:04:21.584-07:00Lookie Lookie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...at what I made! It's backwards decoupage on an old window.<br />
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The top photo is of the whole thing and the rest are a closer look<br />
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at the particulars. While I was doing this, I had no idea how it would turn out.<br />
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But I am pleased with it. Applying the foreground (stamping) first and the background last,<br />
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was a bit taxing for my brain, which is already over taxed.<br />
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Thank you Ginger at Altered Wing. If you live in the NorCal area, go there! Hang out! Have tons of fun!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-59536076619068494612013-02-23T18:19:00.002-08:002013-02-23T21:58:28.830-08:00Encaustic Activity At Altered Wing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Right here in the process, my sister reminded me to take pictures! Thank goodness.<br />
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We were in a class at the wonderful Altered Wing Studio in Redding, CA.<br />
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I think I have found my creative HOME!! There are some wonderful ladies here and I have enjoyed both of my classes so far.<br />
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While we waited for each step to dry, there are plentyof wonderful things to look at.<br />
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This is our instructor, Ginger. Very sweet and helpful!<br />
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This is Viki. She taught me how to etch metal and add beads to jewelry. I usually UN-make jewelry!<br />
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More eye candy...<br />
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This is my seester, Barbie.<br />
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My collage before the encaustic step.<br />
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Love this lampshade--crafted by Ginger.<br />
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I LOVE this!!!!<br />
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I knew this was Monica's spot when I first laid eyes on it!<br />
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Our final project.Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-65241961962758310792013-02-16T15:12:00.000-08:002013-02-17T11:39:29.154-08:00New Fairie Garden<a href="http://mockingbirdhillcottage.com/2013/02/a-favorite-thing-24/"> I am linking with Claudia today:</a><br />
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This is Zelda She lives in her garden.<br />
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View from above.<br />
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I got this little side walk and most of the itty bitty items from Eileen Barry's shop,<br />
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Wild Thyme Gifts and Garden.<br />
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I love to visit her shop and find Fairies and plants .<br />
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...and to visit with Eileen, too!<br />
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My sister gave me the house at the end of the little stone walkway.<br />
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Zelda needs a little birdie.<br />
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I made these for my daughter-in-love, Jennifer, who is seen below with me.<br />
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Isn't she pretty?Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-83304953548311185812013-02-05T19:24:00.001-08:002013-02-05T19:24:35.733-08:00Twenty-One In Paradise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This lucky kid got to have his twenty first birthday party in Hawaii.</div>
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These two people were the hosts. The pretty lady is his mother, Jen. The guy is my son, Rob.</div>
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Makaila and Halie</div>
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Rob--cooking.</div>
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From the ground; hot tub, pool, ocean.</div>
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Aunt Krista, Jordan, and Rachel.</div>
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The whales</div>
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My granddaughter, Rachel.</div>
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The place. Open this gate and...</div>
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Every door inside and out was carved. These fishes<br />
were all over the place.<br />
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This was on the floor of the entry way.</div>
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Kitchen cabinets.</div>
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Upper deck.</div>
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Landscaping</div>
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Martie, Krista and Mollie</div>
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Matt (Daddy) and Lillie behind. </div>
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Sunset</div>
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We had such a good time. Great family visit. Beautiful place. Wonderful, warm memories.</div>
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How can a planter look like this for three days and then, without any attention from me, <br />
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Go back to looking like this? Beats me!!!!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-68312172366072022122013-01-27T15:26:00.005-08:002013-01-27T15:26:46.212-08:00I Love My Kitchen In the Winter...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When the sun shines low from the southern hemisphere,<br />
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and warms it up in several ways.<br />
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Last night in this kitchen I made baked chicken breasts rolled in mayonnaise and then rolled in pecans that I had hammered. Rich asked me what I was making and I told him I was creating a new recipe. I heard him murmur, "Oh lord." Ha! It was delicious!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-30187237211403223432013-01-24T15:22:00.001-08:002013-01-24T15:22:41.483-08:00Just Returned Home After Beauty Parlor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Awwwww...<br />
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Pretty Lexie!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-43954038328527254842013-01-17T19:16:00.001-08:002013-01-19T10:07:48.129-08:00My Favorite Place In My Home<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.familytreesmaycontainnuts.com/2013/01/your-favorite-place.html"> http://www.familytreesmaycontainnuts.com/2013/01/your-favorite-place.html</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am connecting with one of my favorite bloggers, Lori at Family Trees May Contain Nuts. I shall achieve this as soon as I figure out how to do it. <br />
Sorry Lori.<br />
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This is my dining room. We gather here and sit around the table and talk about books and politics and embarrassing family memories, and god knows what else.Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-7058802020297805502013-01-07T15:31:00.001-08:002013-01-07T15:31:20.898-08:00Every Place She Ever Lived<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made these refrigerator magnets for my sister, Barbie. My photography is not good.<br />
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Sorry about that. <br />
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Each magnet sports a map of a place she has lived in her life. They are much clearer in person. Why don't y'all run on over to her house. She lives in Folsom. Go on!<br />
Are you still here? Go.<br />
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Since our extended family is meeting in Hawaii this winter for a 21st birthday party, I decided to make My NorCal granddaughter a big beach towel for Christmas. I used to make these for all my children.<br />
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I got this bag to wrap it in, and I covered a little wooden "H" with the same material,<br />
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that I used to appliqué her name on the terry cloth.<br />
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I added a few trinkets for her hair.<br />
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Now she can go in style, and, let me tell you, that girl has some STYLE!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-10735548761086771452012-12-30T18:50:00.000-08:002012-12-30T18:57:01.495-08:00Who Says You Can't Go Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Took this picture over my head while riding down to So Cal. Joe and Lexie are annoyed because they both want to be in the front seat.<br />
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My old hangout.<br />
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And I do mean Hang Out.<br />
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Rollerblade, tan, splash (sometimes.)<br />
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This is new.<br />
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This isn't.<br />
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Neither is this. This is my friend from when we were nine. We looked a little different back then. The picture is blurry and for that you must thank me.<br />
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On the way back up THE FIVE. We left while the going was good. Snow was already blowing across the road.<br />
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Grapevine, people have been known to be stuck up there for days. It's not quite as bad as the Donner Pass, where people had to eat the dead people in their party to survive. Not my type of party.<br />
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I'd rather eat here...Animal Style.<br />
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When we got home, there was a gift from the people who handle our finances. The gift was from Sur la Table, and it was packed in this way cool packing!<br />
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Oh man! I see an art project coming up! Think of all the things I could do with this! There are several yards (and it's about 14 inches wide!) of this amazing stuff! I can't wait to get into my studio!<br />
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Oh, yeah, this cooking utensil was wrapped up in the wonderful packing stuff. Cooking stores look like a store full of chores to me.Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-7822816860147384012012-12-14T13:52:00.003-08:002012-12-30T18:54:32.572-08:00Teaching and Triage (My heart goes out to the people in CT whose lives have been changed forever. I wrote this several years ago. Revisiting it today.)<style>@font-face {
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> Among my
duties as a California public school teacher, I was to be prepared to rescue
children from the rubble of an earthquake, should the Big One come along during
school hours. We had to be prepared for a worst-case-scenario-type
event, such as the movement of the San Andreas Fault Line or what have you. So, in addition to being
trained in how to successfully teach reading, writing, and arithmetic, we had
to be trained in the art of search and rescue, triage, and first aid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> What people in the
Real World, (our little term for people not in the “Ed Biz”) don’t know is,
school personnel are prepared to stay at the site until the last child has been
delivered to parents or authorities in the event of a calamity. We even had
food, water, and blankets in our classrooms to sustain us overnight if the need
arose. I had nightmares about
chaperoning a sleepover with twenty-eight frightened nine-year-olds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">There have been
comprehensive studies done about what to expect at a school when a disaster
occurs. The findings were this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> Parents will rush to
the school, driving as far as they are able to, then abandon their cars and run
the rest of the way in a hysterical manner. The first arrivals will get fairly close to the school, many
even parking on the schoolyard, as well as the yards of the neighboring houses. The subsequent hysterical arrivals will
be forced to abandon their cars increasingly farther back. This activity will block any arriving
rescue vehicles completely. As I
understand it, the opportunity for this study occurred when an errant boiler
exploded at an elementary school somewhere in Texas. As a result of this study,
the district administrators devised a complex plan to deal with any disaster
that might befall us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">We had an elaborate
role-playing practice drill one day instead of regular class. Several students and members of the
staff were given little sealed envelopes containing tags that went around their
necks to designate various injuries ranging from cuts to concussions. Some had tags that simply informed them
that they were dead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">I already knew that I
was to be a member of the Search and Rescue Team. This designation was probably
given to me because I was in robust health and had given everyone the
impression that I was calm under duress.
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They didn’t know about the little dance I do when
there is an emergency. (I call it
my Turkey’s on Fire Dance, so called because I first performed it when a turkey
I was cooking in a too-small pan set my oven on fire. It looks somewhat as if I
have wasps in my underwear and one of my feet is nailed down. ) </div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">On the big day, the <i>secret
disaster code-bell </i></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">rang. Everyone went into action. After delivering each of my ambulatory
students to a pre-designated safe place and hanging the proper colored tag upon
my classroom door, (red for dead and yellow for injured, and green for empty) I
went on to my searching and rescuing.
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">I went into a
classroom with a “dead” third grader in it. Now, you and I both know that most kids play dead with their
eyes shut. This one had his eyes
open, <i>fixed</i></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> and staring at
nothing. There he was with his
little Dead Tag hanging around his neck, not moving, not blinking, and most
amazing, not giggling. He didn’t
even break character when I said,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> “Wow! You’re GOOD!!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">I waved my hand in
front of his face. Nothing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">He didn’t budge when I
said, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">“OK, You. Get on the
stretcher.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">No, my partner and I
had to LIFT his limp, chubby, lifeless body onto the stretcher and <i><u>carry</u></i></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> him all the way to the triage dead pile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> If that kid isn’t acting in movies by now, someone dropped
the ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> Teachers are
champions of multi-tasking, and I mean The Best. However I was always worried about those colored tags. Really! How was I going to gather crying, mortally frightened
children, hack my way out of a room, (We were told the doors were likely to
stick shut due to the twisting of the building in the quake.) all while
determining whether a child might be dead or merely injured? I was guessing that the proper colored
door tags were crucial. What if I
thought someone was dead but he was only severely injured? Sometimes that isn’t clear, unless, of
course the head happens to be severed from the body. More nightmares.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> When the opportunity
came to retire, freedom from this worry was the first thing I thought of. The second thing I did was pray that
the Big One would just hold off until June.</span></div>
Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590469037415984465.post-33124482352442874382012-11-30T12:52:00.000-08:002012-12-01T14:01:29.363-08:00A Scarlet's Run ThanksgivingCarl and Bobccc<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Driveway to Scarlet's Run</td></tr>
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The Children and Grandies</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">It was a normal Thanksgiving,
if there is such a thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Nobody had to get stitches. No one called the cops, but I feel sure that is because we
are out here in the wilderness. There was a very loud encounter with a frog that
has been living in the jungle in my dining room. I didn’t mind him, but then I wasn’t sleeping on a blow-up
mattress on the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">We didn’t set the house on
fire. We came close when someone
put a towel on the stove and someone else turned the burner on underneath it,
but thanks to my cat-like reflexes, there was no need to call the Whitmore
Volunteer Department.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">No one actually counted but
we estimated almost fifty relatives came out to share the beauty of Scarlet’s
Run. (Rob and Jen’s spot “next
door” to us.) We had live music,
delicious food, good wine, happy people, singing and dancing, and two of the
cutest little tots to cuddle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">Every now and then someone
would call out over the happy noise, and tell of something for which he or she
was exceedingly grateful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">I believe well over two
hundred photographs were taken.
You can view some of them on my blog if you wish. (Blog address below.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">As night began to tiptoe in,
we moved the party to a roaring bonfire.
We sat around it on bales of hay and chairs for the elders. The guitars were tuned up and we all
enjoyed some superb singing. There
are people in this great extended family who rival anyone on The Voice, and
that’s a fact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">When it got late, we split up
between the two houses, and two camper trailers, and made beds on sofas and
blew up mattresses for the floor space. The lights went off and people began to
settle in for some sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">That was when the frog jumped
on my brother’s hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">Now, I had told them about my
frog named Prince, who was a very loud croaker and could also throw his
voice. Yes. It was a ventriloquist
frog. I liked it that he was in my dining room jungle, but worried that he
might get lonely or hungry. My
clown ninja tried to catch him once but he jumped causing Ninja Boy to jump and
Prince got away. Now that he had
hopped on my brother, the lights came back on and the hunt was on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">Oh the screaming and
squealing! How could a little frog
the size of a half-dollar coin, cause such an uproar! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">When the frog was safely
outside, and three generations of family were pumped full of adrenalin, there
came a very loud “Ribbit!” from the plants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">What?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">Another one? So that’s how it
threw its voice. Now they began to
look for the second frog, quietly scanning each leaf visually. Brother-Boy grabbed my sister and
granddaughter from behind and yelled, “Ribbit!” Oh the blood curdling screams! If we had close neighbors, the sheriff would have been here
forty-five minutes later to take a report.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">More than likely we would have
still been squealing. We weren’t
able to free frog number two until the next day. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go shopping on *Shop Local Saturday*</td></tr>
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Ivory Soap and a Microwave</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Final Mess</td></tr>
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