Sometimes my dad plants trinkets around my house, and we find them later, like those carolers. Well this showed up and my dad hasn’t been here since Thanksgiving. It was made in Occupied Japan, it’s kind of darling. After a few days of quizzing people, I finally landed on the right person. James had delivered […]
We drove out there this morning for the Christmas program. It was lovely, sweet, familiar scriptures and story. They kept referring to Mary as a virgin and it was a little irritating. How about you just refer to her as a woman. But you know, it’s church. The music was beautiful, the sermon kind and
It’s pretty. Tonight was one of those snowy nights where the sky is high and rosy and at 10 at night it’s almost as bright out as daytime. Time for bed. Good night. Love, Val
The hydrangeas are all shades of pink, so pretty. This little girl is playing with a moose she borrowed from my mother. The maple tree is always the first tree to turn colors and have leaves fall. It’s a beautiful tree, one of the best things about this house. We bought this place in 1988,
Last night it was storming at bedtime. I really wanted to sleep, but could hear Elin pacing around, upset. It wouldn’t kill me to go to the family room and hang out with her until the storms passed. There was no wind, but the thunder was, well pretty thunderous and the lightening was impressive. She
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Soft breeze on the patio, crickets chirping–September thanks for being a friend. Love, Val
It was fine, and it was wild. The evening was mercifully cool and mild. My dad and Jay in some conversation on the patio Time for opening gifts! (We gave him that shirt and those Legos) I love this little girl’s festive, cluttery room. The boys, equally fun: Okay, this Mary Poppins idea was unsafe.
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It was a great weekend, not hot, not cold, breezy at times, perfect. These stupid hoop sheds have been such a disappointment. They did pull a new tarp over the top and and anchor it fine, but we’ll see how long it lasts. More money could be spent on better tarps/canvas, but so much money
It was cool and bright, warm in the sun. This is a puppet show that was pretty funny. Tim trying to not cooperate for a picture. Onward. There’s a campfire in the back yard and some kids are down at the dock trying to see if they can see the Northern Lights. Love, Val
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Julia brought a friend to the lake, which has been fun. (She’s very quiet and sweet.) Love, Val
