tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75601453379337048322024-02-19T07:22:41.346-09:00The Flow ReportA meeting place for family and friends.Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-39626064098297445232014-03-18T05:04:00.000-08:002014-03-18T05:04:04.856-08:00Snippets of Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are in the depths of winter here still, though someone forgot to tell the tulips. I hope my excitement at seeing them emerge isn't matched by an equal amount of dismay when they get frostbit. The first of spring flowers are waking up, we are noticing more birds singing in the morning and temperature highs are climbing, but still we have ice on the front steps this morning. It's deceiving, that ice. No visual clues of the usual kind for winter like snow everywhere and going to bed the night before with rain pattering on the roof makes you think nothing of stepping onto the porch at full-trot in the morning That could make for a very sore behind, but we've so far avoided that fate. No snow, but lots of ice. It seems to like to rain when it's just below freezing here.</div>
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Our little gal is coming alive even more these days. When your first child is born, it's like all you have to compare it to is caring for a pet. But now, she is undeniably her own strong person and it's fascinating to watch her consciousness awake and her personality form. I have to say that she's more like her dad everyday. How lucky we are to be entrusted with this little human!</div>
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A piece of poplar after being split; lots of wood splitting going on to get us through the end of winter<em>. </em>Poplar sure isn't our first choice for the woodstove, but it happened to fall and dries quickly.</div>
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A gorgeous, sunny, freezing day; we couldn't resist a walk in the woods. </div>
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February was full of traveling; Greg to Mexico for a friend's wedding, a visit to Great Grandma's house for Sienna and then we went to Alabama to see Alex, Anny and the kids. How lucky we are to be close enough to visit this often and we will cherish these times when he's stationed elsewhere. For now, we make the most of it and I can't wait for our next visit! </div>
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A float trip we took a month or so ago. We saw beaver tracks in the mud but all was silent as we floated along. Even Sienna slept on the bow.~</div>
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<br />Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-15761625044837209222013-11-21T07:12:00.000-09:002013-11-21T07:12:04.172-09:00technology.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>"Instead of teaching people to take better photos, why not teach the camera?"</em><br />
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This ad on the back of a magazine stopped me in my tracks, and I had to re-read it. Maybe it's me and the fact that I'm out of the loop; I've seen very few ads on television and in magazines recently, but I was surprised at the role that technology has slipped its way into. <br />
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The iPhone ad blatantly and unapologetically admits the very thing I suspected had been gradually happening. And that is supposed to make you <em>want </em>the thing? They're not even trying to mince words anymore. Secret's out.<br />
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In the weeks before seeing this ad, I had been turning over in my brain things like Google searches and the internet, Facebook, and even digital cameras and especially photo editing programs. What do all these things have in common? They basically make us look like we know what we are talking about or doing with minimal work from us, when in fact our understanding is pretty slim. <br />
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That's exactly what the draw is, I think. We can do a simple word search, scan an article or two, and impress our friends with trivial (or not so) knowledge on any random subject. With Facebook, participants are (usually constantly) plugged into the latest news and gossip on friends' marriages, children, births, illnesses, etc, without actually having to stay in touch, or put time into a relationship. It's like the fast food of the social world! With Photo Shop really any standard photo can be tweaked to have magical color, softened edges and a fairy-tale-like lighting. How far we have come from the person in the dark room, pouring chemicals, watching temperatures, tinkering with the light table; and before that having an intimate knowledge of the camera and the light and image it captures, knowing without an instant LCD screen what turning one of those knobs will do.<br />
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Technology has given us the gift of illusion; illusion of understanding, friends and skill to name a few. <br />
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But what's wrong with all this? What's wrong with the average person being able to take/edit great photos? What's wrong with knowing more about your friends than you ever would have without Facebook? What's so bad about all of us being able to feel smarter, like information is accessible to all?? Isn't that why these things were designed? Don't we want to progress out of the technological dark ages? More knowledge for all!<br />
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When I was younger and still in school, frustrated by studying and lower-than-hoped-for grades, I sometimes wished for a magic spell that would let me know everything-answers to tests, quizzes and questions-instantly. Then I would wonder if that would even be as wonderful as I thought. You wouldn't technically be smart. You'd just know the answers. What's the difference? The reason we respect smart and skilled people is because they were willing to do something that others weren't. They put in the time and the hard work to gain an understanding that others didn't have. An expert is set apart because no one else has hit the books like they have. In a lot of cases a love or curiosity for a subject precedes the study of something, making the whole process happen in a natural way, and for, if you will, a "pure" reason. Subjects were digested more wholly instead of picking out the best parts. (We are eating the marshmallows out of the Lucky Charms and leaving the boring cereal and everyone knows you just don't do that!) I can't help but feel that not only does this technology advance our world to a further position, but also steals something from those who once had an edge because their desire to know was big enough to drive them to LEARN.<br />
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Moments are experienced through the screen of an iPhone. Events exist to be recorded and posted on Facebook. Facebook exists for bragging rights. People are afraid to be alone. No one looks up anymore unless they have to. Things are only interesting if they are instantly gratuitous. These are my more cynical thoughts. They make me want to crush an iPhone under the heel of my shoe and go in the woods and smell some dirt. Just to remind me that the real world's still out there...somewhere. Somewhere you can't get cell reception.<br />
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I am by no means detached from the world, or apart from technology, but I can't help but be irked every time someone wants to 'show me the radar' on their iPhone in speculation about the weather. Does the average person have any idea how to look at the clouds for a clue to the winds above, or the pressure system building? Do I? The daughter of a pilot and a child of technology, I feel I am right on the cusp. The skill will either be lost with me, or if I choose, passed on to my daughter.<br />
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Soon, we won't even need to know how to spell, write in cursive (or at all), adjust camera settings for a proper exposure, read a map, know where we are, know how to calculate how much further we can drive on the gas remaining in our tank, look up a word in the dictionary, or remember anything because it will all be photographed and videotaped for us and instantly announced on Facebook. How wonderful. With all this spare time, we can languidly lounge about not learning anything because we don't have to, discussing our depression and sense of emptiness that moved in to replace our desire to <span style="font-size: large;">try</span> and <span style="font-size: large;">strive</span> eerily soon after our imaginations and minds were replaced by computers.. <br />
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Here I sit on the internet, writing a blog post with the wood stove heating the house and my cloth diapers on the line. Spellcheck will edit my post for me, whether I want it to or not. I still don't have a GPS and wish I didn't have a cell phone. <em>Why are you so paranoid? Who would fight convenience for no clear reason? Why would you do things the hard way? What fool would be willfully ignorant?</em> These are things I ask myself. I especially hear "willfully ignorant" in my head a lot lately. All I do know, is that it seems like the smarter and more equipped we become, the more it seems we have blinders on to life. I don't think it's knowledge I'm opposed to. It's the <em>thinking</em> I know. Appearing to be adept, and ringing hollow when put to the test.<br />
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Even after a large part of our summer was spent in Alaska, we were still able to come home and enjoy the last of the fruits of summer. Our tomatoes were still barely hanging on, and I was able to put up some tomatoes, and enjoy a few Italian meals with fresh tomato sauce.</div>
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A neighbor gave us these beautiful figs and they were sun dried. Having limited experience with figs, I wasn't even sure I liked them, but these were so sweet and chewy after a couple days in the sun. The vibrant color of this particular variety, and the ease with which bags full came off the tree convinced me that I like figs after all.</div>
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Back to square one in the high tunnel where the old tomato plants were cleaned up. We have tidied up in there and have winter greens and lettuces planted in four rows. Another has snow peas in it. Just four more to go before we have the whole tunnel planted. What a great feeling that will be!</div>
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The sight of these bright green rows beginning to poke up as we round the corner into the holiday season makes me have to admit that I have totally cheated winter again this year; go right from a growing season in one climate to another season somewhere else! For someone trying to learn the intracicies of plants everywhere, this is an ideal situation.</div>
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We recently got ourselves out for a hike in the woods again, baby and all. Just across the border in South Carolina is a 400 foot waterfall called Ravens' Cliff Falls. The flowers were out; Dwarf Iris and a ton of Toad Trillium along with Solomon's Seal, a type of orchid I didn't recognize, and lots more. We saw a beautiful bright red bird we learned later was a Scarlet Tanager.</div>
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There was a very exciting river crossing that I didn't get pictures of because I was more concerned with Sienna making it across safely, but once we did that all was easy. We did a 9-mile loop that included a great view of the falls, then a drop to the river, and back up the other side to cross a little draw bridge that goes over the top of the falls.</div>
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Sienna slept a lot of the way in the Ergo, and only got antsy the last mile so we took her out and carried her. It was great to be outside together again!~</div>
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A temperature inversion recently created heavy frost above the farm, while below was the contrast of budding flowers and fresh rain puddles.</div>
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This budding blossom is also growing!</div>
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A pretty patch of bluets in bloom on the creekbank.</div>
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Our mellow babe.</div>
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My first crayfish sighting. Just before this I'd seen a <em>bright</em> blue one. When I ran to get my camera the blue one was gone, and this little brown one was waddling by...</div>
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Disappearing into its burrow.</div>
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<em>hmm....who's that cutie?</em></div>
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Found this little lovely in my hair the other morning.</div>
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Have a happy weekend, everyone!!!~</div>
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Well, we are not lacking for things to do around here, that's for sure. I looked around the house the other day and had to laugh at my lofty dreams of making it, ordering it, doing it all. Some things never change. I'm sure my mom would agree with that. Once I hit the 3-month mark after having Sienna, I finally felt back to my old self. Back to having energy, being able to work hard without falling into bed exhausted at night, and most importantly, being able to sustain working for more than a day or two in a row! Learning how to do all the old tasks with a baby in tow may have been part of the adjusting as well....maybe.</div>
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So now I'm back to my old self, and that includes trying to start more projects than I'll ever be able to finish, or at the very least, buying all the supplies to start said projects without actually ever starting them. But doesn't it make you feel good to buy the supplies, and stare at them for awhile, dreaming of what they'll become?? ...and then after about a month or so they become the bane of your existence and yet another thing hovering over your shoulder to accomplish. Funny how that works. I thought there'd probably be someone out there who could relate. </div>
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Too bad I didn't get this burst of energy and crafty gusto a bit earlier--like in the slow winter season when there wasn't weeks of work and planting to be done! Ah well, recovery and resettling is important.</div>
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A new gun! The .22 needs a sight put on it. 'Till then, both the peas and the chickens are at risk (from groundhogs and skunks-opposums-racoons respectively.) The varmints live to see another day. At least until we get further down the to-do list.~</div>
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I've been so frustrated with blogger this last month! There were numerous mornings I'd have pictures to share, and a sleeping baby in the morning giving me some free time. I'd sit down with my coffee (decaf-still!) and waste at least half an hour, if not more waiting on ONE picture to download. The picture never would get there, and I'd turn off the computer, disgusted with both my choppy internet service, wasted morning and another week without a blog post.</div>
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This evening I finally got smart and utilized Picasa. Talk about a time saver. Anyway, let's get on with it--we're back online and we've been busy!</div>
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The first really warm day this spring. It was probably in the high 70's this day. Hopefully we've still got lots of cool weather left, though since we just planted cool weather plants.</div>
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Yes, I have resorted to talking about the weather on our blog! Not for lack of anything better to say(although lately the scope <em>has</em> narrowed a bit), but because the weather really does seem crazy. It seems like every season I've spent here, someone has told me, "This really isn't normal for this time of year." But no one had to tell me that this winter. </div>
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It started out very mild, and around December finally hit some cold days. Despite the cold sticking around (nights in the teens every now and then, and most certainly freezing many nights in a row), my Daphne bush began to bud. I kept waiting for the inevitable, painful freeze and ruin of my new favorite plant, but the buds hung on through more freezing in January and are actually blooming now, complete with their lovely tropical scent! </div>
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We also had the craziest storm ever a couple weeks ago during which there was torrential rain, howling wind, freezing temperatures, tornado warnings, thunder and lightning. There was literally a current flowing through the yard on which things from outside were actually floating by us!</div>
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Needless to say, our little gal has been getting bundled up extra lately for walks through the field to Pap and DiDi's house, and errands around town. Tonight is her first band practice <em>outside</em> the womb, and I'm excited to see how she responds to songs she's heard so much muffled from the inside.</div>
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In other exciting (for me) news, we were loaned a centrifuge! I usually wash diapers about every other day by hand, and by far the most tedious part is wringing them all out. In fact, I was starting to sport the beginnings of some good calouses (blisters!) from doing it so much. While introducing Sienna to another past client and describing my washing process, her husband dissappeared into the garage, and emerged with the answer to my tedium. Turns out they used to wash by hand back in the old days in Germany, and still had this wonderful tool.</div>
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I still am keeping my eyes peeled for a hand-crank wringer, though. The starting and warming up of the generator, and getting the centrifuge out is in itself a tedium, but worth the time. Why don't I just get a washing machine, you ask? Good question. I may still do that, but for now, I feel like I'm in a living, condensed version of "The History of Modern Technology." We truly started from scratch here in more ways than one and are discovering the joys of modern conveniences in a way that is impossible when you start with them already at your fingertips. Also, it makes you fully realize why things were created, as necessity truly is the mother of invention. Or, in this case, desire for ease and more free time on your red, blistered hands. :)</div>
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As for this little cutie, she is getting chubbier and more aware with each passing day. We are placing her within a hand-swat away from things that are easy to grab, although I think she's still trying to figure out if those hands are hers. It's the sweetest thing to watch her grabbing at her own fingers and staring down at them, trying to figure it all out. I bet all those synapses firing up in that brain look like a fireworks show! Oh, sweet little Love..don't grow up too fast!~</div>
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Greg was caring for some of Camp's horses being pastured at a different farm for the winter. I went with him one morning to walk around the hills and maybe get my labor going. It was nice to just get out of the yurt and be in the fleeting sunshine for a bit. I had several contractions while there-strong enough to make me pause and take a breath. But....no sign of baby in the horse pasture.</div>
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Christmas came (now 5 days post-due date), and we took more walks and went about business as usual; Christmas breakfast, stockings, presents with Bill and Dianne, and my mom. Christmas dinner was also had, and at this point contractions were stronger still, and I was no longer much fun for company. We left dinner a bit early all excited and sure it was to be a Christmas baby.</div>
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But...no sign of baby at Christmas, either.</div>
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By the afternoon of the 26th, I was starting to get a little worn out from 2 days of un-productive conractions, and a little worried, too! What if I had no energy for labor once the time came?? I called the midwife and told her what was going on. She told me to go take an Epsom salts bath. The magnesium in the salts relaxes your muscles, and she thought that would give me a few hours relief from the contractions to rest up. </div>
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I took the bath, had a good nap, ate a big meal and went on a walk, as instructed. After a few pelvic tilts to hopefully help line the baby's head up better, the contractions got stronger yet again! Yikes, were they ever.. And <em>this</em> time they were getting closer together. </div>
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We excitedly called the midwife, and she said to keep her posted. We called back in 30 minutes(about 9 p.m. or so), after timing a few more contractions, and she said she'd call the intern, and head over in a while.</div>
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The next few hours were a blur of pain, heavy breathing, lots of water being heated by Greg for the birthing pool, and moments of calm to the sounds of Greg's new CD I'd gotten him for Christmas, Mandolin Orange's "Quiet Little Room." I will forever think of the birth of our baby when I hear those songs now, and I am so glad. It's such soothing, beautiful music. </div>
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The midwife showed up around midnight, monitored the baby to make sure all was well, and basically said, 'Good work, keep it up.'</div>
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So, I kept it up. Just me and Mandolin Orange and the candles. The midwives, and mom and Greg rested up for the Big Moment. When time is measured by pain every 3 minutes, it can pass in a warped way. Somehow, it seemed to slip by quickly. Those minutes of rest between contractions seemed pitifully short. And of course the contractions seemed unbearably long.</div>
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4a.m. rolled around and the baby's heartbeat was checked again. At this point, I finally got in the kiddie pool, which was still somehow a nice 100 degrees. The water and heat was a comfort, but as far as killing the pain, I think not.</div>
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More time passed, more contractions were had. I was starting to worry again. I hadn't been checked at all (the midwives wanted to let me have my space, and would only check me if I asked), had no idea how much longer this was going to last, and more importantly how much more I could take. This must have been the "self doubt" signpost I'd heard about. But of course in the moment I could barely remember that meant you were getting close to the end. </div>
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I started to psych myself out thinking, "This could realistically go on for hours longer!" and "I could very possibly have hundreds more contractions before this baby comes out!" Not productive thoughts, but I felt I was facing reality.</div>
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Finally, though, the baby did come out of course, and it was a glorious moment. 8:11 a.m. to be precise, a perfect little dark-headed, wide-eyed babe born in the water in front of the woodstove with her Grandma and Dad standing by. What an epic relief, what a joy, what a flood of emotions and disbelief! I think I said, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe it!" more than I said, "I love you." And I laughed when we finally looked and saw it was a girl, because all along I'd said it was a boy. </div>
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Life has changed. Our lives now spin around an axis named Sienna Rose.</div>
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Her first bath. She loved it! I think she thought she was at the spa.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Still waiting on our child to arrive. 3 days after the due date, and not much sign of 'em. Still, a beautiful (cold) morning here in North Carolina. Plans for church, brunch and a hike in the woods. We'll see if that gets them excited about meeting the world! :) ~</span></div>
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I can't believe it's been a month, but it has. It feels like November has been spent simply being pregnant, but looking over the last few weeks, I remember the other highlights:</div>
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-Greg finished the outhouse I started so many months ago! I started building with logs in the saddle style, but after my return from Alaska to 100 degree weather here, picking up the chainsaw and chiseling away at logs while pregnant seemed to be the last thing I wanted to do. Thank goodness for Greg to finish my projects. :)</div>
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-A brief foray into skinning animals came to a rather abrupt halt for me when the great idea I had (salvaging roadkill to sell the furs; probably not even legal), turned out to be a bit harder than I thought due to misjudging how long a certain fox had actually been on the side of the road. I just have to laugh about that one, but I will spare you the details... </div>
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-We had a very nice, if brief Thanksgiving with Greg's family in Winston-Salem, the town where Greg attended high school, and where his grandparents and uncle and aunt still live. It was so nice to see everyone and share a meal. Knowing this was the last time we would see almost all of them until we became parents was a wierd realization!</div>
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-We had our first peek at our baby this week at the midwife's house. She wanted to see the baby on the ultrasound machine to be sure it was the size it should be. I was measuring about 6 cm behind on my growth at 37 weeks, and she was a bit concerned (although how concerned she didn't let on until after the sonogram). We met with a doctor friend of hers who read the ultrasound and found out that evrything is just fine. :) We'll have a little baby, but nothing out of the ordinary. Thank the Lord...</div>
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On that note, our house is slowly being taken over by stuff I am not used to seeing! Wipes and creams and pads...little gifts for someone we're still waiting to meet! The strangest are the things for the homebirth...cord clamps, and iodine, and plastic sheets...blood tests, powders, and the teeniest clothes just waiting for that big day (or night!). It all helps me get used to the idea that soon enough we will be parents, never again to be just the two of us. That is something that the child in me is still getting used to. I guess for me, normal is a crazy rollercoaster of emotions that I never expected, being at the same time so excited, and yet feeling completely unprepared. </div>
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The closer it gets, the more surreal it seems until I just want the day to be here so we can find out what our new reality holds. I'm going to blame it all on the hormones, I guess, and simply carry on. My luxurious days of taking 3-hour naps, and still feeling exhausted enough to fall asleep at 9p.m. are surely numbered, and I wonder how on earth one does this when they already have a toddler to care for. I guess in a few years we will find out. Maybe the next post I write will be about our little one...crazy to think!~</div>
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After giving our previous, asthetically pleasing stove more tries than it deserved in every way we could think of, we finally decided it wasn't cutting the mustard. We upgraded with another find from Craigslist, and were luckily able to sell the old woodstove within 12 hours at a small profit. The new behemouth in the living room may not be as pretty, but has instantly won my affections, as it works like a good stove should. Night number one got down to 29 degrees, and the yurt stayed in the mid-60's with minimal midnight stokings. We also reheated our cornbread and chili on the top, while still able to keep water humidifying the room. I just love practicality! </div>
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I called them "tarts" and Greg called them "bearclaws," but I don't think they are really either. Leftover pie crust stuffed with blueberries and cranberries (from Alaska last fall!) and a little sugar and flour. Next time I would cook down the berries and sugar a little before stuffing the crust to minimize the delicious berry juice leaking out too much!</div>
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Had to include a photo of my Halloween costume this year. I was inspired by my growing belly, and chose a mother earth theme. After almost giving up on this idea, and Halloween altogether (things seem to cost a lot more energy these days!), I was excited to find everything I needed for under $20 at Goodwill. It was a sign. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a picture of Greg and I together, as he picked his Viking costume up at camp on the way out to the Halloween party. We had a fun night, and I was glad to rinse off the glittter and paint when it was over.~</div>
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There's something about fall chores. They are the best kind. Spring chores are really fun, because you've been looking forward to them all winter, but there's something about fall chores that's really <em>satisfying. </em>Knowing you've got things buttoned up and stored away for the winter gives you a cozy feeling inside.</div>
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This fall, that feeling is multiplied with each thing checked off our to-do list, as we're still getting the yurt finished up, and preparing for our little yurtling. Of course, that also means our fall to-do list is about 10 times as long as it was last year. But we are getting there.</div>
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A before and after of my project last weekend; washing pollen, sap and yes, sadly even some mold off both sides of our window shades, and rolling them up nice and neat. Some were pretty hastily put up in the impending heat of summer and never got re-rolled...</div>
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Greg got into the greywater system last weekend. The frame he's started here will hold the gravel pile to the right in the bottom half, into which our perforated pipe will run, and dirt and a raised bed in the top half. Greywater from the sinks and shower will run through the gravel, and some will be used up by the flowers in the top. It's essentially a french drain combined with a raised bed, inspired by Anna Edey's "Solviva" book. (Highly recommended!)</div>
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So nice to see firewood stacked and drying... the chickens helped a bunch.</div>
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IT WORKED!! I reluctantly started yet another batch of bread the other day, and thought of a couple more things to tweak. I suspect the main problem was I was not kneading long enough, but there were several other things I did differently, like carefully measuring the salt, instead of tossing in a few pinches (for some reason I never measure salt-I feel like I know what a teaspoon looks like in the palm of my hand), and adding all the flour at once, instead of gradually. I set the timer and kneaded to beat the band until the second it went off. Lastly, I sent it into the oven with a quick prayer. "<em>God, this bread is tasty and nutritious, even if it isn't pretty. Thank you for it, and the means to make it. I give it to you, and if you want it to rise, it will rise."</em> It ROSE.</div>
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Amazing what a little coat of paint can do to spruce things up. The chocolate brown color looks sharp against the teal yurt; a lot sharper than moldy, natural wood did. $2 at Sherwin Williams back in the mis-tint room!</div>
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The greywater system is done. I have dumped my last 5-gallon bucket of greywater from the yurt!!! Just need to plant the flowers back in the top.</div>
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And, one of our favorite things checked off the to-do list. The wood stove is doing a wonderful job turning this house into even more of a home. ~</div>
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Greg entered the Hickory Nut Gap race, which was last weekend. The race had a 10K, and a 50K relay. He was unable to find a partner for the relay, so the 10K it was. There were about 80 people in the race on saturday morning.</div>
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I expected the racers to start coming in anytime after 40 minutes. After a few skinny cross-country runner-looking fellows ran in first, here came Greg in 6th place overall! I was very proud of him, and I barely got this picture as he came streaming in to the finish.</div>
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So, my mom makes wonderful bread. We never ate store-bought bread growing up, and I remember these huge, fluffy loaves coming out of the oven by the half-dozen, just waiting to be sliced and slathered with butter. Truly great, nutritious, hearty bread.</div>
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After setting out on my own as a wife, one thing I always knew I would do was take that recipe with me, and provide my family with that same great, homemade bread. Unfortunately, making those big, fluffy loaves has turned out to be A LOT harder than I originally anticipated.</div>
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Every time I've tried this recipe (probably over 30 times in the last few years), I put in the same ingredients, in the same order, at the same temperature as my mom. The dough smells the same, proofs the same, usually feels the same, and even starts to rise the same. And then, after it's risen, I turn on the oven to bake it, and-bummer! The bread falls yet again! I have heard of cakes falling, but why is my bread falling??? I thought maybe it was a difference in altitude, but it's not that great of a difference. Then, I thought maybe it's the humidity here, but I've made it in other people's air-conditioned, de-humidified homes and it still falls. The only thing that's different is I don't grind my own flour and add it while still warm, but my mom didn't always do that....at least the bread still tastes good, but I am sure tired of mini-sandwiches and really missing those light, fluffy slices! When my mom comes for her visit in December, she is going to make me a batch of bread under my very scrutinizing eye, and prove to me that it can be successfully done in North Carolina, too!</div>
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Nothing too special, but a long-awaited project finally completed! Compost bins made from old pallets lined with chicken wire...and just in time for all the leaves to be gathered. I look forward to a well-fed and fruitful garden next year.</div>
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Beautiful turnips coming up. These were always a staple in every garden I grew, even back in Junior High. I love eating them raw, and that's about the only way I like them. In my opinion, turnips are one of those mysterious vegetables (like cauliflower) that transform into something less than desirable after being cooked.</div>
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So, I saved my favorite news for last. One of our hens went broody recently, and wouldn't let us take her eggs. After some coaxing, she let me replace her eggs with (hopefully) fertilized ones from a friend who's got roosters. We find out Wednesday or Thursday if she gets to be a mom! I've hatched eggs before in an incubator, but never gotten to see a chicken raise her own (well, sort of) young firsthand. I am so excited to watch her mothering instincts be put to use, and am glad she finally decided to start laying on the eggs before it got too cold! </div>
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I was waiting for one of them to do it all summer, and I finally got my wish. She's laying on 6 eggs, but if at least one hatches, I'll be happy. She got a little distracted the other day, and ran off. I kept ducking in the coop to make sure the eggs were still warm, nervously reminding her to come back. I finally had to remind her with a herding stick, and she squawked when she saw the eggs and climbed back on. I hope they didn't cool off too much, but we'll find out soon.~ </div>
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Greg perfecting the mountain unicycle.</div>
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We threw some free pumpkin seeds in hills in the middle of the summer, and planted a row of sunflower seeds from last year next to them. Despite no time to weed, there are some small pumpkins growing, and the sunflowers brighten the field.</div>
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I think I understand why pumpkins are planted in a patch now. Though there were plenty of bees in the field, it seemed, and tons of blossoms, having them all in one, long row seems to make it harder for them to become pollinated either by wind or the bugs. The amount of blossoms to the amount of fruit produced was a huge gap. </div>
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I had good intentions of getting a picture of one of Greg's summer projects before the tomatoes all wilted and died, but at least you can see all 150' of what we <em>had </em>before the blight hit. The tomatoes were all basically headed to the compost pile here, as Bill and Dianne had no room for any more up at the house, and from Ace hardware, as they were headed out to the dumpster. Essentially free tomatoes that ended up in local restaurants, grocery stores, and at the local market. It was a good experiment in growing, harvesting, packaging and marketing large quantities of produce in town, and brought in a little extra revenue for the summer. </div>
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Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-23635272516244402012012-10-06T12:48:00.000-08:002012-10-06T12:48:38.744-08:00Start with Today.<br />
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I thought the days of hauling our dirty dishes to the creek were over. I was wrong. But this is only temporary, and a step forward, really, since the water is unhooked so we can soon have <em>hot</em> water. Man, getting one convenience at a time here in the yurt really makes you appreciate <em>every single one.</em> Running water was awesome, and now, it's going to be hot! I can see why they are called conveniences. They sure are convenient, but not necessary. I am grateful for the time we had here in the beginning after just moving in to remind me that dishes and bathing in the creek were a chance to reconnect with nature, and live with and <em>in </em>it, rather than constantly trying to shelter yourself from it. Stepping outside to go to the bathroom every single time started off a pain, especially in the pouring rain,but now I think nothing of it, and every trip becomes a mini nature walk, or at least a chance to check in with the weather and starry night sky. </div>
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Living here has reminded me a lot of my parent's hunting cabin back in Alaska. An annual fall trip there to stay for the month of hunting season was always looked forward to by my brother and I, because it was a break from the norm; a chance to live a little differently, a little closer, a little more appreciatively. We relished simple things there that didn't seem as special at home. Sitting around the oil stove warming our feet, sipping hot mugs of Tang, or cocoa, playing cards, campfires...I am happy that the home Greg and I are building together is turning into a place with that kind of magic.</div>
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And really, washing dishes in the creek isn't so bad. Now that the cooler fall temperatures have arrived, and the beautiful slanted light hits the golden leaves just so, it is a downright pleasure.</div>
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So, starting with <em>just</em> today to avoid becoming overwhelmed with a year of catching up(how embarassing!), I am back on the blog train, and hope to keep it that way. Welcome back to our lives :) There's so much to talk about!</div>
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<br />Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-2150926761407571882012-10-06T03:45:00.000-08:002012-10-06T03:45:03.835-08:00This Blog!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Becca has been working very hard the last few days to get us up a new post. She has alot of wonderful pictures of the fall here, plus many more between the last post and now! It will be exciting to share them, and fun for us for people to see what it is like here. This weekend, the big event will be hooking up the hot water and making the way for the woodstove pipe to go up....it's not too late for those things yet! However, I am still cutting it kind of close; temperatures will be dipping into the thirty's next week. Well, off to start the day....'til next time which should be soon!Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-30619903657024671132011-07-04T06:19:00.007-08:002011-07-04T07:30:13.192-08:00Catching UpAs of late, we've been full-on into the various projects and activities of summer. Helping Bill with a barn extension for more hay for the horses has been on our recent to-do list. I am learning a lot from Greg and Bill about building, and it's nice to see it coming together. Currently, we've got all the rafters up on the frame, attached with hurricane brackets, and blocked. Next, we will put up 1 x 4's and get ready to get the tin on the roof. Apart from the pesky sweat bees that INSIST on repeatedly biting me on the tender skin right behind my knees <em>every time, </em>I am thoroughly enjoying myself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7RZ-EVCLwAag1FXE-AXBepJh9JtMumoZ-0wo8aQZ41fc5Y6UZl8v0w1TtvpAYeFlYEkIY4q1W1eTLRS6jBh16KdqzbFfhMM1qBZJrYHoohMU91QLqE0J4Fffcnvakqx9FVxgSr2PLpI/s1600/P6190006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625509987850103218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7RZ-EVCLwAag1FXE-AXBepJh9JtMumoZ-0wo8aQZ41fc5Y6UZl8v0w1TtvpAYeFlYEkIY4q1W1eTLRS6jBh16KdqzbFfhMM1qBZJrYHoohMU91QLqE0J4Fffcnvakqx9FVxgSr2PLpI/s400/P6190006.JPG" /></a> Sonny, ever curious as to the goings-on in his pasture.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDKKLGlZ7-kLCfmAa2PVqKDOs6bZDBCkqjLS2MbKasAo1ekgc8EpeM3qIhH4Z8lRHD9sdjLTeFEqvCsYhK_Yrn1Lshl5_O4i_M2Ipo41ZM0AwbWfl1lOU6rM2wQUynz608ZHier3iYaY/s1600/P6190010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625509985861459666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDKKLGlZ7-kLCfmAa2PVqKDOs6bZDBCkqjLS2MbKasAo1ekgc8EpeM3qIhH4Z8lRHD9sdjLTeFEqvCsYhK_Yrn1Lshl5_O4i_M2Ipo41ZM0AwbWfl1lOU6rM2wQUynz608ZHier3iYaY/s400/P6190010.JPG" /></a> Still smiling (and hugging) after Day One. I must be doing okay:)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOrOZBVGBH_LdBlZE9LEMVGNykGoQCSjZsAALF2jSWvDkQmlNxN5i4E1OXSaaFrQNwlaDayVx4unTxUHoVlaKQAJSgTY7hzJRKA2FkW8GUzpPiNe-RDk-qH973wFzI7UtqzqZTJhXcBk/s1600/P6190011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625509462196429682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOrOZBVGBH_LdBlZE9LEMVGNykGoQCSjZsAALF2jSWvDkQmlNxN5i4E1OXSaaFrQNwlaDayVx4unTxUHoVlaKQAJSgTY7hzJRKA2FkW8GUzpPiNe-RDk-qH973wFzI7UtqzqZTJhXcBk/s400/P6190011.JPG" /></a> The Boys<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyOwOLMBSzevt9YFlKN0TJ10kC6TGH2r_Vxa8ApRlSd15dvfB-NkirZ6OOQueksE-_TJHudFWujnmi5xO24pPN7oDiWgbu1qfGuTrcWh7jzA2j6fBCpLPMdjsLflpxTV6H4evMJIO3eo/s1600/P6190012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625509449517913186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyOwOLMBSzevt9YFlKN0TJ10kC6TGH2r_Vxa8ApRlSd15dvfB-NkirZ6OOQueksE-_TJHudFWujnmi5xO24pPN7oDiWgbu1qfGuTrcWh7jzA2j6fBCpLPMdjsLflpxTV6H4evMJIO3eo/s400/P6190012.JPG" /></a> Some FREAKY growths we found on a leaf outside the house...a brief google image search yielded no answers..any guesses???<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2cwo5K5JtekUE15T3eD9HRDgWyxDI7dIfCTaTpmDkrvs3vEX_lGu_nuoaaYetfpVYQsJ2zn_slDg4g5HYO51ey9O79ncnrvopj7ns80joR9q0pZoZl25D09BqHN2Ift1Ky6WVjb80Ms/s1600/P6300022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625509446063466482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2cwo5K5JtekUE15T3eD9HRDgWyxDI7dIfCTaTpmDkrvs3vEX_lGu_nuoaaYetfpVYQsJ2zn_slDg4g5HYO51ey9O79ncnrvopj7ns80joR9q0pZoZl25D09BqHN2Ift1Ky6WVjb80Ms/s400/P6300022.JPG" /></a> I LOVE my job! (Caring for a house currently not lived-in, and I either have to cut all these after they've died and wilted, or BEFORE so at least we get to enjoy them, and in the process encourage more flowering; win-win!) Daisies, phlox, echinacea, all kinds of lillies, hostas, and other flowers I haven't yet learned.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMspPigvMndppR1gKdoFzWJpVgJ6qhf23_5_euK_p_h2fvND5tXb3F1sXhEwwD4MUrE8Ic70J5-fRemS-igOw9K0wRCCfjRYhEnbfg2yeeLZtamSymTFkKW-ECz0zDOBsLOngJv7McWc/s1600/P6300030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625509444419612914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMspPigvMndppR1gKdoFzWJpVgJ6qhf23_5_euK_p_h2fvND5tXb3F1sXhEwwD4MUrE8Ic70J5-fRemS-igOw9K0wRCCfjRYhEnbfg2yeeLZtamSymTFkKW-ECz0zDOBsLOngJv7McWc/s400/P6300030.JPG" /></a> Rafters up!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxk8yqCExUCYxRYmCe28EuyrWpnfyen5UHJR8VNTTOLwM4vNBJZH5Gf1796vUyTmCcJIOxQr-wzhpcu2m88DW8pgTDGwqDs1dwKBSE5euMOECvbvBRry5U2WLatJuyGz6xTtHstiGMJks/s1600/P6300031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508638302930354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxk8yqCExUCYxRYmCe28EuyrWpnfyen5UHJR8VNTTOLwM4vNBJZH5Gf1796vUyTmCcJIOxQr-wzhpcu2m88DW8pgTDGwqDs1dwKBSE5euMOECvbvBRry5U2WLatJuyGz6xTtHstiGMJks/s400/P6300031.JPG" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Greg and I enjoyed our 4th of July weekend with some friends at a campground called Loafer's Glory. This is an annual trip for them, and it was fun to go along, and see what it was all about. We got a beautiful campsite right next to the Toe River and were absolutely SPOILED with a banquet at every meal thanks mostly to Anne and Leslie; a caterer, and cook extraordinare. Smoked sausages, burgers, roasted pork loin stuffed with goat cheese, peach cobbler, omelets, roasted vegetables galore...'wow' is all I can say.</div><br /><div>Greg and I had a lovely Saturday afternoon on the cataraft with some other friends, while the rest stayed behind to tube all day. The most relaxing and fun weekend I've had in a while!<br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcqZp279gobR3qr2plHWBruIzi5vUZa6TiQ_k4wTwaRnVRj82xdzDytnAdhm4VpDpdwP2itjhTu2MahEDpjV9oLX68OZ46tlxCehozSgJVl4evEHBEgfx_jHNt13gL-dPCZA291yWJvI/s1600/P7020036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508633416956290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcqZp279gobR3qr2plHWBruIzi5vUZa6TiQ_k4wTwaRnVRj82xdzDytnAdhm4VpDpdwP2itjhTu2MahEDpjV9oLX68OZ46tlxCehozSgJVl4evEHBEgfx_jHNt13gL-dPCZA291yWJvI/s400/P7020036.JPG" /></a><br />People say this is where the indians used to tan their deer hides.</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cZCwPb7Hw7xnGrLguTeRVGobbMDAV7cnxp28dj3wh1bSGVxYCtM5j3yjbAWPydnb7fogS96qG2pomzrP5_MyTIYhk6xgXwSSSP2pCY9S-nhZC7gwvXf1Yl2YDVtQrKkYglRxoJ-TGMg/s1600/P7020037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508622551646066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cZCwPb7Hw7xnGrLguTeRVGobbMDAV7cnxp28dj3wh1bSGVxYCtM5j3yjbAWPydnb7fogS96qG2pomzrP5_MyTIYhk6xgXwSSSP2pCY9S-nhZC7gwvXf1Yl2YDVtQrKkYglRxoJ-TGMg/s400/P7020037.JPG" /></a><br />New friend, Dean, and Jesse, Greg's old Nolichuckie guiding buddy who we just happened to run into at the campground!!! I just love chance meetings!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCm3LLO48QqtOhLG4RBAznBN49Ghaz2FjdqqiVWOcaIh-zMTG-c_6DjgrV7IkfBjYiQCsXPbgfRhNwUajAP279747kAH1JXO9QCWzZM3jGpbkSOoBqoimYncQbd-esq4NUJPXhkDz_Hc/s1600/P7020039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508618763896146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCm3LLO48QqtOhLG4RBAznBN49Ghaz2FjdqqiVWOcaIh-zMTG-c_6DjgrV7IkfBjYiQCsXPbgfRhNwUajAP279747kAH1JXO9QCWzZM3jGpbkSOoBqoimYncQbd-esq4NUJPXhkDz_Hc/s400/P7020039.JPG" /></a> Let me tell you, I felt like a QUEEN up there just enjoying the view!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmIPhuTTxWBwpF3J0F0R1ca2tr3ec_9Ww3COXNjwZ2qzLeOl8M4aqe7bEz2V4-kUSc4wTbT56zcrttab0yTahGuuG9ri4UVUWBZzgGgK1s8vybJbOIG4X2U0cFMauXIUYOvz7ta5p4AQ/s1600/P7020043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625507409326868178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmIPhuTTxWBwpF3J0F0R1ca2tr3ec_9Ww3COXNjwZ2qzLeOl8M4aqe7bEz2V4-kUSc4wTbT56zcrttab0yTahGuuG9ri4UVUWBZzgGgK1s8vybJbOIG4X2U0cFMauXIUYOvz7ta5p4AQ/s400/P7020043.JPG" /></a> Dean running the first big rapid<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU_QdY_tC-Yt52GWlLrQN2H40yd-3MaXKUDrzIECkJ5YR0lVY6Hw_SZjVOb4yOaiUpjXMWWjRqVsN-QPYjUNsyke5SKBCJubwCvkzKRfsaVWfoVxcDKX1kWdTO_A8v1j_BCZarghTRWs/s1600/P7020044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625507404295363602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU_QdY_tC-Yt52GWlLrQN2H40yd-3MaXKUDrzIECkJ5YR0lVY6Hw_SZjVOb4yOaiUpjXMWWjRqVsN-QPYjUNsyke5SKBCJubwCvkzKRfsaVWfoVxcDKX1kWdTO_A8v1j_BCZarghTRWs/s400/P7020044.JPG" /></a> I love this picture; Greg and I craning our necks to see what we're about to get ourselves into. It's nerve-racking not being able to steer! I just had to hold on and hope my seat didn't pop off!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGr6AMdQRuhcvU_SmHkkm1tpKlL_vB21NhsARP7DyCQQ7L9AabIMUN_-beFVccPWdEHVPJZ-pt8K07tG9CE7PzdWmarW9rqY-q0jDIxBhiphwITCyR_bT7Vu-VthGUx0mekdAwy5ukvA/s1600/P7020045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625507393698072018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGr6AMdQRuhcvU_SmHkkm1tpKlL_vB21NhsARP7DyCQQ7L9AabIMUN_-beFVccPWdEHVPJZ-pt8K07tG9CE7PzdWmarW9rqY-q0jDIxBhiphwITCyR_bT7Vu-VthGUx0mekdAwy5ukvA/s400/P7020045.JPG" /></a><br />Hmm..we look a little sideways, but Greg actually ran it perfectly! No swimming for me:) Not yet, anyway..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcx0Tsvs62SuhYP6RIK_KML9UGHkgPN57QW9cy0aar64hfuIhu3PtrBsARqdrOSCqcUmHMPQUURUl_7MX-zqD1DLfCGAFTKaz34hks2FdgZEXY3Xm6mOOvp_TdHmfiVL_gK2rh6q6LZQ/s1600/P7020046.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625507387253441970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcx0Tsvs62SuhYP6RIK_KML9UGHkgPN57QW9cy0aar64hfuIhu3PtrBsARqdrOSCqcUmHMPQUURUl_7MX-zqD1DLfCGAFTKaz34hks2FdgZEXY3Xm6mOOvp_TdHmfiVL_gK2rh6q6LZQ/s400/P7020046.JPG" /></a> Little Sweetie, Eli; this little guy tubed the river--TWICE!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbr-znuRzVUqBsT1VLxMuuXpfKVCiMH5tYQuS460DsT5L8KI6nJQ2-EV1mTR52mF27nB_CDc1JnGwNolSLvinFWBw4lLkPwgj8ioTWaJZz4irm3M_WanVmBIxZbj1Da_9dvEwIAoVQFPI/s1600/P7020048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625504454904428146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbr-znuRzVUqBsT1VLxMuuXpfKVCiMH5tYQuS460DsT5L8KI6nJQ2-EV1mTR52mF27nB_CDc1JnGwNolSLvinFWBw4lLkPwgj8ioTWaJZz4irm3M_WanVmBIxZbj1Da_9dvEwIAoVQFPI/s320/P7020048.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7o4gq7UCSIXD2u8ndiFaLCf01wF5cjrEzq4OYYELsjPESk1zAxAqEXF3FgZmC2uOY2o2t_hNAqvcA8riRbq2lf0uNyn_KCd6ZOyTvmI5q309PXC9HcQZkg6x67JPI_uMzX8hgx6W7SXg/s1600/P7030051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625504447151727618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7o4gq7UCSIXD2u8ndiFaLCf01wF5cjrEzq4OYYELsjPESk1zAxAqEXF3FgZmC2uOY2o2t_hNAqvcA8riRbq2lf0uNyn_KCd6ZOyTvmI5q309PXC9HcQZkg6x67JPI_uMzX8hgx6W7SXg/s320/P7030051.JPG" /></a><br />Our beautiful view of the Toe River from our campsite. At least 2 hours on Sunday morning were spent just sitting quietly in the river, and on rocks soaking up the last of our sunny, fun weekend together..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaToCbFtJfYUyzlHEdGC0Og4b60Dla9CJADY4v9WbnNjThAlxlSROrV-6fPeQ2gwzSXbPJxljLEXbGW_ib35R8qO2G7dtX2dycdf6maKYbnsLmkr3a8BCQcZX4NH3t0T3l41UyKi3ocew/s1600/P7030056.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625504439565972018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaToCbFtJfYUyzlHEdGC0Og4b60Dla9CJADY4v9WbnNjThAlxlSROrV-6fPeQ2gwzSXbPJxljLEXbGW_ib35R8qO2G7dtX2dycdf6maKYbnsLmkr3a8BCQcZX4NH3t0T3l41UyKi3ocew/s320/P7030056.JPG" /></a><br />Is that Greg, LOAFING???? </div><br /><div>"<em>This is the rarest form of the species Gregarious Parrishosious. You can catch him doing this only on some holidays, when forced, or maybe after a big meal, but it is short-lived and you will have to act fast to capture it."</em> This was just before he got antsy and had to get up and go fish:)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlVjjP5-4cSNk9riHEDvGBfqlNNiZVQZB7tFGlm79ljsRjgq1hMEURDbCwgRdS-Dq1oaGxaDoJmk_my7KiE4mUt9AL4KxcuQxPBBnRncCvg1YjClUjONSIUnp5whVOyUy1YgLcSyxviU/s1600/P7030058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625504429097543938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlVjjP5-4cSNk9riHEDvGBfqlNNiZVQZB7tFGlm79ljsRjgq1hMEURDbCwgRdS-Dq1oaGxaDoJmk_my7KiE4mUt9AL4KxcuQxPBBnRncCvg1YjClUjONSIUnp5whVOyUy1YgLcSyxviU/s320/P7030058.JPG" /></a><br /><br />THANK YOU, LOAFER'S GLORY. :D (Sorry it's sideways :( )<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-68756845819286216232011-06-17T08:09:00.011-08:002011-06-18T06:41:46.363-08:00Back Home for a Visit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUFVL92rXyXVXZjV_9UfEz0S0BkElcTjmx9vK1XBs1M2uureVKfiz32q79MGMd7WXmUjpppNQ5HGqoQaKyG4rGkxWXUuLX_cvEKnyvXwIAd9NlboY739lt17_jDoLYzd4zuByUJ5Z6c8/s1600/IMG_8427.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619563667580302802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUFVL92rXyXVXZjV_9UfEz0S0BkElcTjmx9vK1XBs1M2uureVKfiz32q79MGMd7WXmUjpppNQ5HGqoQaKyG4rGkxWXUuLX_cvEKnyvXwIAd9NlboY739lt17_jDoLYzd4zuByUJ5Z6c8/s400/IMG_8427.JPG" /></a><br />I was a very lucky girl, indeed to get to return home after (what felt like) a very long absence. I hadn't been back since the wedding, and that was just too darn long!! Thanks to a very understanding husband, I took off without him and got to catch up with the family and hometown for almost two weeks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja14x4lLtTLVeg-ZtsZxY0Lfn613-lYr4PoDcFSVYucdpWdZwO-lEEgH1pcJy_YX2annaIvckC1T1eTgKCV3adj6ReI6wbc9VzsQ3pXrk-IQ5dXvdMZ5Rq3UTsccFnd7C5E2qzi6kSIWQ/s1600/IMG_8339.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619563656171316770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja14x4lLtTLVeg-ZtsZxY0Lfn613-lYr4PoDcFSVYucdpWdZwO-lEEgH1pcJy_YX2annaIvckC1T1eTgKCV3adj6ReI6wbc9VzsQ3pXrk-IQ5dXvdMZ5Rq3UTsccFnd7C5E2qzi6kSIWQ/s400/IMG_8339.JPG" /></a> { Momma moose with two calves on the way to Copper Center; I am home!}<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkptjFD5WQdDyt09KsSZI-D2Yxxv3bIx-bJXlixlVGpddzT3GrMJVuMwbAOP5VtVsW0hhfxMdazgS1hjrys0xxj5Sta-TBLILrNMGuIuHLJojASTuC4F_CANivkJ1KZ6oFQ-96Tjqz6C8/s1600/IMG_8342.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619563654597570130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkptjFD5WQdDyt09KsSZI-D2Yxxv3bIx-bJXlixlVGpddzT3GrMJVuMwbAOP5VtVsW0hhfxMdazgS1hjrys0xxj5Sta-TBLILrNMGuIuHLJojASTuC4F_CANivkJ1KZ6oFQ-96Tjqz6C8/s400/IMG_8342.JPG" /></a><br />{Mom and I went to the girls' Track & Field Day my first morning home; NOTHING'S changed at that school! Even the old dusty taxidermy is still on top of the lockers :) }<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAPFHVKkM7z7a1uddenp5ExFCd0indJDngkhT-5-WzKQS6D2sQGY8r8ZbnNUWHyqIWjm1O0C8zvNxfzPJlqg2f01mRGM3b-Yr1ss-cnQi61YkmUZrwYJCxZOM7LT2VsEnfXGy8raqoWM/s1600/IMG_8347.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619562264879754706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAPFHVKkM7z7a1uddenp5ExFCd0indJDngkhT-5-WzKQS6D2sQGY8r8ZbnNUWHyqIWjm1O0C8zvNxfzPJlqg2f01mRGM3b-Yr1ss-cnQi61YkmUZrwYJCxZOM7LT2VsEnfXGy8raqoWM/s320/IMG_8347.JPG" /></a><br />{Seth was enjoying the runner's snacks, especially the golfish, immensely}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwo09UuZW2c_7vNgUgUXaTqx7GKsuJ8c90aXNqPCtWInypyb7nB3HSEBmAy27f9KZsPV8gnk5-D1TZdOjjMqwEU-vUxW-ug7rxt0RVNQGe0s4FjAb_QnBz3zUb8FleetOHD-np6YH1Nfs/s1600/IMG_8349.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619562230637331442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwo09UuZW2c_7vNgUgUXaTqx7GKsuJ8c90aXNqPCtWInypyb7nB3HSEBmAy27f9KZsPV8gnk5-D1TZdOjjMqwEU-vUxW-ug7rxt0RVNQGe0s4FjAb_QnBz3zUb8FleetOHD-np6YH1Nfs/s320/IMG_8349.JPG" /></a> {<em>Did I run out????}</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_c59fvvycomxl6MdE9r4Uj6EUKeGI5B5iXpml6QGwDI-0mfS-j6gi9oQs_etLdOWdPGDcjP6-QpIdITrcWnFC6688GGFGiFTsVAuq5fmutvJzBX6IYEcNJCuQ9y1qj2R941Z2UxublM/s1600/IMG_8362.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619562225656592882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_c59fvvycomxl6MdE9r4Uj6EUKeGI5B5iXpml6QGwDI-0mfS-j6gi9oQs_etLdOWdPGDcjP6-QpIdITrcWnFC6688GGFGiFTsVAuq5fmutvJzBX6IYEcNJCuQ9y1qj2R941Z2UxublM/s320/IMG_8362.JPG" /></a> { Coach Mom :) }<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrcz9C-uAuGi_GOWKrMwK-14uk8du_ULqCBfQ7bKRsf2XoykhVxNngR7miptYrmGJDqNjQdMxC8GD7L-cWz52GocIJXN9J5ipI3AR_HtSTYj1UpKRzomVp5y-CB19ou3PcFcf0kxCYyk/s1600/IMG_8367.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619227859302070050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrcz9C-uAuGi_GOWKrMwK-14uk8du_ULqCBfQ7bKRsf2XoykhVxNngR7miptYrmGJDqNjQdMxC8GD7L-cWz52GocIJXN9J5ipI3AR_HtSTYj1UpKRzomVp5y-CB19ou3PcFcf0kxCYyk/s320/IMG_8367.JPG" /></a><br />{Seth saw a boy climbing the goalpost and was struggling to get a leg up on his own; he was delighted when we helped him!}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKR8HSxnvc2vyPUTb8HkD-771zmbOnIcq34KwfnEQ793HN45hm2HrqVFMIuDGgkjZ3XF_-f9zMMGxAow97aDGNgoI4KnzjDHtG_X7Zem5eQ7uykpWRHE_sdn0j8YgsN7dkwuJn0R1SDlI/s1600/IMG_8378.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619227517516755362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKR8HSxnvc2vyPUTb8HkD-771zmbOnIcq34KwfnEQ793HN45hm2HrqVFMIuDGgkjZ3XF_-f9zMMGxAow97aDGNgoI4KnzjDHtG_X7Zem5eQ7uykpWRHE_sdn0j8YgsN7dkwuJn0R1SDlI/s320/IMG_8378.JPG" /></a> { Moriah jettin' past}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-vkm-gih38hUzWT3rP_bRBhMTwwIVOq8IzfLcIpEtmvTuh0sK7BSZJ4MZRr4QaBkUnAuelVTwyxHEryjjQsXW-NC4RMEfibhG2NfteXu9h6pB2dwY_NOzylN84Iea1Ns9PTcrpC9rIU/s1600/IMG_8381.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619227003842130370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-vkm-gih38hUzWT3rP_bRBhMTwwIVOq8IzfLcIpEtmvTuh0sK7BSZJ4MZRr4QaBkUnAuelVTwyxHEryjjQsXW-NC4RMEfibhG2NfteXu9h6pB2dwY_NOzylN84Iea1Ns9PTcrpC9rIU/s320/IMG_8381.JPG" /></a> { Grace in the relay}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfHwFaMRJ33jOIGXWOBi6HnKvjeaCTRDCUN_WSTAtEleMRWNyPwmV4lvEZ1NFJowoU43BstKhSq8cxQJk51fig3ugNHUZZ3A0E_rkDgE-erKkWKJzXwQBR-0R35aR9Q87XLBXui1PDeg/s1600/IMG_8387.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619226485355947714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfHwFaMRJ33jOIGXWOBi6HnKvjeaCTRDCUN_WSTAtEleMRWNyPwmV4lvEZ1NFJowoU43BstKhSq8cxQJk51fig3ugNHUZZ3A0E_rkDgE-erKkWKJzXwQBR-0R35aR9Q87XLBXui1PDeg/s320/IMG_8387.JPG" /></a> {Gloria trying to outrun those boys!}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdd2KhXjZl5pocmMBVw43DbZhTSOdqxMGf97LPq98BTC39DadvK-MGdkySHurd8vTbVlMZrpEL_WU0renkkevChpZjt1cpF2EyT9pKVSSmQ6hryCzvXLFmBrw5nmq3KO6p2d6JcZ4S-Y/s1600/IMG_8406.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619222862450611634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdd2KhXjZl5pocmMBVw43DbZhTSOdqxMGf97LPq98BTC39DadvK-MGdkySHurd8vTbVlMZrpEL_WU0renkkevChpZjt1cpF2EyT9pKVSSmQ6hryCzvXLFmBrw5nmq3KO6p2d6JcZ4S-Y/s320/IMG_8406.JPG" /></a> {A nice evening drive with Anny and the boys in the Ranger; stopping to look at the river's progress in breaking up}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUxL-QvI4jD-trAUHBSu_VSICdSrk2DJrI_aUd3CyenGsYKMWXmDms1SxsNwV2kGgIoa460UOy8k29Sz11vH_7Q360Omz73n5QUfimgw7tlT8tY2gL1C2Xs1U2IAZVmNAoxjtNbeWf80/s1600/IMG_8403.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619222858573172610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUxL-QvI4jD-trAUHBSu_VSICdSrk2DJrI_aUd3CyenGsYKMWXmDms1SxsNwV2kGgIoa460UOy8k29Sz11vH_7Q360Omz73n5QUfimgw7tlT8tY2gL1C2Xs1U2IAZVmNAoxjtNbeWf80/s320/IMG_8403.JPG" /></a><br /><br />{Yep. Still frozen.}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN0kxQwXkjz5KRr0OuEbPaNUNPdoVZayXJIzomz1Dg7yh5F9JrkflnRwePdrkbvf08fdRCHcwNPAea5yfm5vCxUa9MA7agTvpQ-lUqDxz1Ph5VX3Yn1c1APvnseMLi4jlNP-6My5E-So/s1600/IMG_8431.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619222853373531778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN0kxQwXkjz5KRr0OuEbPaNUNPdoVZayXJIzomz1Dg7yh5F9JrkflnRwePdrkbvf08fdRCHcwNPAea5yfm5vCxUa9MA7agTvpQ-lUqDxz1Ph5VX3Yn1c1APvnseMLi4jlNP-6My5E-So/s320/IMG_8431.JPG" /></a> {Grandma Fran with Buddha and Simon}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSvHjYav83Os6BZIMUM5dMqDep2zVOCCIHQWV1ITbGnx29O5U1S4ymNvxFr9ErXlxsjK3LlcCzsQWKEKRynuEuq_W09X0rDWREeP3PrME8HtcFPK5q5XEY0xFTJjq23AIxRTUBc-_R0s/s1600/IMG_8434.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619222846410884242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSvHjYav83Os6BZIMUM5dMqDep2zVOCCIHQWV1ITbGnx29O5U1S4ymNvxFr9ErXlxsjK3LlcCzsQWKEKRynuEuq_W09X0rDWREeP3PrME8HtcFPK5q5XEY0xFTJjq23AIxRTUBc-_R0s/s320/IMG_8434.JPG" /></a> {Papa's reluctant, new aquaintance; not so reluctant with a nice piece of moose}<br /><br /></div><br /><div>The trip home was wonderful and good for the soul. I loved catching up with my siblings, and especially my nieces and nephews. We were able to take a few little adventures together, and got to bury time capsules one day in the woods. Visiting other family, cousins and my aunt and uncle , was also some much-needed catching up. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Moose jerky was made and brought home. It's always good to have an edible souvenier from home:) It was exciting to think about all the work that was about to get underway (and some was already underway at Heidi's!) after I left, but I kept wishing I could stay and help so as not to miss out. Many changes have already happened since I left, so thank goodness for pictures! (And not just with building, but babies being born!!! :D Ever finally got to meet her little brother...) </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Waiting for the river to go out was somewhat maddening, with it's later-than-usual exit, and water having to be pumped out of basements on a daily basis. The water table sunk to below basement level right before I left, and finally, the river went out a few days later.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Thank God for a safe trip, loving family to visit, and a wonderful husband to come home to. I can't wait to see everyone, and Gakona again.~</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-41061070007061362042011-04-23T05:06:00.008-08:002011-04-23T09:04:01.393-08:00Garden TourThe growing season is long and varied here. Summer will soon be upon us, but spring has a few phases left to show off, still. The daffodils and violets out front have been replaced by spunky, new white blooms, and I can see more new perrenials poking their little heads out. Can't wait to find out what they are! Presenting a short tour of the "garden"; I use that term loosely, as only a few photos are really of the spring garden.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">A load of newly hatched little spiders suddenly swarmed the sweet peas.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGSbGjuuoxZRZZsee66uGd1uGGIrxnOtOxXwt1MdbTMxkH4je3-kcHDzWj7S77jFObKd4xro8EsXSTKFrENXDu-V_O8OWjua6zrNBinkfOe_Y07u11vd_DIc4xGi-g47XtpIeOa_DbbU/s1600/IMG_8177.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598818773353537586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGSbGjuuoxZRZZsee66uGd1uGGIrxnOtOxXwt1MdbTMxkH4je3-kcHDzWj7S77jFObKd4xro8EsXSTKFrENXDu-V_O8OWjua6zrNBinkfOe_Y07u11vd_DIc4xGi-g47XtpIeOa_DbbU/s320/IMG_8177.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Pretty, new mystery blooms</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2zv47EWDz0qGboZxu8Y4iTQvjEYuqaK7umpbO-5uWsRyFKQi4wMq_zSJAUzn89ypaGaSeMYu4UBobNpbzQwFCHuHc3QFqdJJM9fUdhevoe6M7Jdklh3IkUl1DVE_3stoPPvPwD4P9zs/s1600/IMG_8184.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598818436063089474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2zv47EWDz0qGboZxu8Y4iTQvjEYuqaK7umpbO-5uWsRyFKQi4wMq_zSJAUzn89ypaGaSeMYu4UBobNpbzQwFCHuHc3QFqdJJM9fUdhevoe6M7Jdklh3IkUl1DVE_3stoPPvPwD4P9zs/s320/IMG_8184.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Hello, Chickens!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEAska4jGhyphenhyphenJMWtjWBTwxyXg4tpDfOmyONmox_Yfe3oCgazq2PS_m1QneLpfvAuQCLxDPYk0seGItFaVfrSeI-nL_Mpg87M4EKpa90_KtGLthFn3Ca5zQJ_3dhyV9S1DRTktlHVETLJs/s1600/IMG_8188.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598805912476532594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEAska4jGhyphenhyphenJMWtjWBTwxyXg4tpDfOmyONmox_Yfe3oCgazq2PS_m1QneLpfvAuQCLxDPYk0seGItFaVfrSeI-nL_Mpg87M4EKpa90_KtGLthFn3Ca5zQJ_3dhyV9S1DRTktlHVETLJs/s400/IMG_8188.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Healthy eggs come from Happy Chickens:)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBqeP4w8WHYqzluELPLdj0HjF79-FXnqMddrlPoQ3ssE-x_y8ztcrG8om1gC4BvBQkox28Mr3qVcm_glUKGBraQYNV7JIckoFG9LQWJ3N7oCnk7l65FD6rUuaZgkxtS42VEgZIlHwfxY/s1600/IMG_8192.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598805355975442946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBqeP4w8WHYqzluELPLdj0HjF79-FXnqMddrlPoQ3ssE-x_y8ztcrG8om1gC4BvBQkox28Mr3qVcm_glUKGBraQYNV7JIckoFG9LQWJ3N7oCnk7l65FD6rUuaZgkxtS42VEgZIlHwfxY/s320/IMG_8192.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Spring garden left to right; </div><br /><div>Spinach, Garlic, Kale, Arugula and leaf lettuce, broccoli and cauliflower</div><br /><div><br />*I tried "lasagna gardening," (layering compost and cardboard to minimize weeds) but didn't let it sit long enough before planting. It does still help, though.<br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKlsxutOagTHtg08gD3SsoF0fx_RJ5VpGpPD9q8_cLCuHIkmzkRKkdHcq3ua8TBQEkfxNt9fNJpPCyRULvrqFUKrRTgU6fP8GmOe1n11T7lsMdPVJ7CpCvSRZgBIjTXZIgSBEP1NBrDU/s1600/IMG_8195.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598771678773159410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKlsxutOagTHtg08gD3SsoF0fx_RJ5VpGpPD9q8_cLCuHIkmzkRKkdHcq3ua8TBQEkfxNt9fNJpPCyRULvrqFUKrRTgU6fP8GmOe1n11T7lsMdPVJ7CpCvSRZgBIjTXZIgSBEP1NBrDU/s320/IMG_8195.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Kale, Wonder Food<br />*a farmer friend juices it and takes a shot every morning; loaded with vitamins!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLFvyBtFLsud9JCHcs8lOZIrPK2dPOOzZV_nMBlXRxsFlBGlMWGMYLBbWqC06kNiuX475gLIcjgwV48TZc3ml8KpcKcTztTCivpiqtnezbVnrnSzE0yC45fJ8KwSph3_IEX6qWMevCJg/s1600/IMG_8202.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598771672781476818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLFvyBtFLsud9JCHcs8lOZIrPK2dPOOzZV_nMBlXRxsFlBGlMWGMYLBbWqC06kNiuX475gLIcjgwV48TZc3ml8KpcKcTztTCivpiqtnezbVnrnSzE0yC45fJ8KwSph3_IEX6qWMevCJg/s320/IMG_8202.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Baby Berries!!! :D<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vxKDCfXmXU6o5xe1xmk9a6mjynRNYOft62mXvv_WkpDGQA2W-rXtdOW1xjba31hrlKuoW7Zkw-Kd7JUOXellHYYZCzEfH53HSSa7rDH2Af5cgWkQkoV7CqnEbbrrcF3zXW7uE-RSONY/s1600/IMG_8203.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598771673738178930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vxKDCfXmXU6o5xe1xmk9a6mjynRNYOft62mXvv_WkpDGQA2W-rXtdOW1xjba31hrlKuoW7Zkw-Kd7JUOXellHYYZCzEfH53HSSa7rDH2Af5cgWkQkoV7CqnEbbrrcF3zXW7uE-RSONY/s320/IMG_8203.JPG" /></a><br />Iris from Greg...sooooo close to blooming-can't wait!<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-7jVxx1qoDSllOGA6CRmdn5g94cpzQWJiGPunFvGrSAMZEtzdB5yWGPxCRMxAsFwmJcVEG2FCTHCFU6LVXyeYBNX9GyBlqc0jofPh5BLTe_2KWiYO5F8saaclpWTScSTAsvCzSjQF_U/s1600/IMG_8216.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598766386331713346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-7jVxx1qoDSllOGA6CRmdn5g94cpzQWJiGPunFvGrSAMZEtzdB5yWGPxCRMxAsFwmJcVEG2FCTHCFU6LVXyeYBNX9GyBlqc0jofPh5BLTe_2KWiYO5F8saaclpWTScSTAsvCzSjQF_U/s400/IMG_8216.JPG" /></a><br />~Sharing the view~<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mqwfKrzdSMVs1JHSxsutiyRI2QpM-iVRacM31yxbxEVK-23-JOKTjShMmXnZyAy3nWMT8qrpCL2FVGpoyVH3d02cpCtI5_7xr9lSB0Quf6ji4IuyZOp3ooZW2OuPdSmCbcyP95cfhCA/s1600/IMG_8217.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598766386017587186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mqwfKrzdSMVs1JHSxsutiyRI2QpM-iVRacM31yxbxEVK-23-JOKTjShMmXnZyAy3nWMT8qrpCL2FVGpoyVH3d02cpCtI5_7xr9lSB0Quf6ji4IuyZOp3ooZW2OuPdSmCbcyP95cfhCA/s400/IMG_8217.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Greg breaking ground on the summer garden while chickens help.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxb18I8AxZEUb3HO7QEga0c7mQlP6npi17DbGLcgs27qZyFbzrrMI3nv0RbFuthIVV7LqUlazPDt8fjZRgoW7f-xgoZmNRU7F_1ZEDOGAo4qOfV9bKY8iNjM-CwiuzXXBXbllCx-vo_0/s1600/IMG_8218.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598766378709999682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxb18I8AxZEUb3HO7QEga0c7mQlP6npi17DbGLcgs27qZyFbzrrMI3nv0RbFuthIVV7LqUlazPDt8fjZRgoW7f-xgoZmNRU7F_1ZEDOGAo4qOfV9bKY8iNjM-CwiuzXXBXbllCx-vo_0/s400/IMG_8218.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Beautiful Soil!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhoGi3i_w2rJGdP7DpZVYo3kc_dPyNPMlrMwmhY06GXmoekVBdq7ajJTMPNLzo6XkxJpZCGB7V-P51NUYrWuakOFvuWJ8XFd2qr6ZjgBI3KCp7q8IjceA1LKcIdlxh_IIVzqs_iN8lJc/s1600/IMG_8223.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598766375991195314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhoGi3i_w2rJGdP7DpZVYo3kc_dPyNPMlrMwmhY06GXmoekVBdq7ajJTMPNLzo6XkxJpZCGB7V-P51NUYrWuakOFvuWJ8XFd2qr6ZjgBI3KCp7q8IjceA1LKcIdlxh_IIVzqs_iN8lJc/s400/IMG_8223.JPG" /></a><br />Finally got the potatoes in here after these pictures! A row of Yukon Gold, and one of Adirondack (beauuutiful royal purple potaotes with white streaks. They look tie-dyed!)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>~<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-73553437776868677702011-04-21T17:26:00.003-08:002011-04-21T18:07:34.154-08:00Greg's 32nd<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Greg turned 32 on Monday! We celebrated on Sunday with the family at Lake James with Greg's mom, dad and younger sister, Jesse Ruth.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">We had a nice picnic in the shade, and spent the rest of the day paddling on the lake and visiting on the dock in the sunshine.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong><em>Happy Birthday to my Husband!!</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQqLU74nDtJKnG6QjseACxuv2qLtfMQ-AVwbkOOshTtF7sV1XEXpkOpfrsSYuPMmtaSbiNXtUwwl3jYkBidaopkZ1H3gWopCXKDrkX9k8wwAB5JiakN1p56gSdJqdvb_3hWQNRDJShwM/s1600/IMG_8126.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598221979525485602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQqLU74nDtJKnG6QjseACxuv2qLtfMQ-AVwbkOOshTtF7sV1XEXpkOpfrsSYuPMmtaSbiNXtUwwl3jYkBidaopkZ1H3gWopCXKDrkX9k8wwAB5JiakN1p56gSdJqdvb_3hWQNRDJShwM/s400/IMG_8126.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVCOkW55NZ17L9bra2TQ44mIeop0V9P5mo7DdeomyvjTAD9eAuwLG-fcSCzpyqiCczFTK0X8edSt-TNiHTnm5gQSUuZLueFkjxfs7c3CVvLMV30CAVneE4UK3cUe0Lnf8Hk7d6kGq3hc/s1600/IMG_8134.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598221396970034690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVCOkW55NZ17L9bra2TQ44mIeop0V9P5mo7DdeomyvjTAD9eAuwLG-fcSCzpyqiCczFTK0X8edSt-TNiHTnm5gQSUuZLueFkjxfs7c3CVvLMV30CAVneE4UK3cUe0Lnf8Hk7d6kGq3hc/s400/IMG_8134.JPG" /></a> A very curious duck<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1St3z_5MaEivDsZB7ZUF-Fm6xLd9cFrfctAeYGyDqzHo0HoyoarhrCiVnj7csIAq4qaKfDGkCWtCX_QUFEh7pRi82KMOILvCgy-rMc17e8Haj5gZK5fFj6t2aa_BOYN7zhnQan2OHjg/s1600/IMG_8142.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598221003386848002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1St3z_5MaEivDsZB7ZUF-Fm6xLd9cFrfctAeYGyDqzHo0HoyoarhrCiVnj7csIAq4qaKfDGkCWtCX_QUFEh7pRi82KMOILvCgy-rMc17e8Haj5gZK5fFj6t2aa_BOYN7zhnQan2OHjg/s320/IMG_8142.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPB1FE-ybVCzvtHaKIKEvrxLDCtp426OEtGBqyuxgHEUvCX0qzXE_FumfMbzPswBrYxW06jis-rwXOVcxvBI3wYyqYvcwYimp9TzcHG_AFz1SukfanfY9IPaENUYfYkEFpWe3meB0rc04/s1600/IMG_8160.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598220995903967538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPB1FE-ybVCzvtHaKIKEvrxLDCtp426OEtGBqyuxgHEUvCX0qzXE_FumfMbzPswBrYxW06jis-rwXOVcxvBI3wYyqYvcwYimp9TzcHG_AFz1SukfanfY9IPaENUYfYkEFpWe3meB0rc04/s320/IMG_8160.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>~Back Home~</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>He is happy, but that might be a fake smile:)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mddGM2eBjS2pidvCA_0uOgrsw0FBPzj1FyN5xksnFhvf2CwCCHetaFkogIag5r2RdtIh_zew0H9FZLKez7T0DR4Hj9J5IW92-YHd-gWJKxme5UiBzEu5MX5gMsu4KsaeHfVBDjhP224/s1600/IMG_8166.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598220989847982450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mddGM2eBjS2pidvCA_0uOgrsw0FBPzj1FyN5xksnFhvf2CwCCHetaFkogIag5r2RdtIh_zew0H9FZLKez7T0DR4Hj9J5IW92-YHd-gWJKxme5UiBzEu5MX5gMsu4KsaeHfVBDjhP224/s320/IMG_8166.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cjJKdU8oN8W52uF7Cn1wmbZRbON7P9qzcnemKRjCBaYs7wNx9hQXmLld6WKpAfY1Fz3ywR1WkZhOODaJU6TFTcAh9W0SNOjl_xhEfXAZpUfatpYYwa2HhmDfOvtbQFnYs4TOaa0wWSs/s1600/IMG_8170.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598220987438561010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cjJKdU8oN8W52uF7Cn1wmbZRbON7P9qzcnemKRjCBaYs7wNx9hQXmLld6WKpAfY1Fz3ywR1WkZhOODaJU6TFTcAh9W0SNOjl_xhEfXAZpUfatpYYwa2HhmDfOvtbQFnYs4TOaa0wWSs/s320/IMG_8170.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-23478514317401682632011-04-18T08:05:00.003-08:002011-04-18T08:17:47.391-08:00Spring Trees in the YardColor Show.. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596956878103196466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ezb886kZwcOeVY9WrfBJZ37y5LCshe4zVsg5FvyJdVfM6BKUXLpE_cdHhtzsK5hW-xtz8JXlOJRyhHkWKSv5gyyQ_OkKDe5aWjpjgGjI5t3hUUhmwIjDd_XMRkqoguR4m5SaSuLIL60/s320/IMG_8098.JPG" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596956885797735362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrS5EZLWIBG8OZwmXwEx4ZfnPADG7411KshFnSCSeSgpW4cDFpkXnZfBKolwwRUrfeHEUmmsogiBI9qF25SUAe_8O1ueJ_cHVNLaLSxnc1bOSmvbL4LsWYQL5sfIge37nfDRrau8FfXA/s320/IMG_8103.JPG" /> ~ Beautiful Spring Trees ~ <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>~Our friend J.J. enticing the Ladies to the coop~</div></div></div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596956891779591922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZGPGRS0GnDXtAYaOwisStk3MLIlBdYupD9b04Lc9Gqj7PoqWqvAKfqdb23QJ_g9BshCOw5TgO3ZUjnmoHw-qJ26KhIiaT6COGkYEPsnADGI6rdQLaEwbrqUFUCZcwCYtU8fvHohk3ZA/s320/IMG_8111.JPG" />Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-82292167192358265042011-04-08T07:39:00.006-08:002011-04-08T08:12:17.854-08:00Sunset Beach<div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Greg had a broken fountain at work in February that could only be repaired in a shop near the coast. Lucky us! A spontaneous trip to Sunset Beach, complete with a visit to Greg's family who just happened to be staying at the grandparent's timeshare for JesseRuth's 17th birthday. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Greg brought his kayak and braved the coooold waves, we flew his kite, rode the beachcruisers...a beautiful trip.</span> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593241832331551170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUanau2JIdtrd1xd1z1CX4k2DnST6NNm_Mk6i3G3Y8TBhsPpD3F6mG4PDKrscXgSr098O33n3JqFNFf24JKvdTZwSh0mj4WwzcvqDiIVJ2UAKuhLFYH_LoRP-qg9vBDC8e3Z25ZUEtJYA/s320/IMG_7709.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593241828287262754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1o-jLoe_pe3Hag_qym9XelpBgigzA-UmqjTH5t-6lwTXayBh9CZLU4qr1yddkJagR7vdBWkQBP48YepcXTXu0Q7C0EKuagBKTw2WtjQxE7c6L3FEXWWEK-kgqIjcqVCz-cVLQet8YBw/s320/IMG_7605.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593241102714092082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafbrPc-nhqMpcw6v_wMLeG5ZS7LoKCYH10m-GUmqyD6aOQEMlqKQL0bKf0k3tvFoP_O0IOEjd1rwIK54351zsJrHTlJr-k7NL5mumqyBWXPjUls2VDgU78dyZAUl73Wf4tK7RJE15EUU/s320/IMG_7689.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593241094129592530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRqYHIg6GsSrX2aT808M0eV-LlkXdLRy7-edn4vObx5kquzk1yI4t_sixOSyJSNbtnIC1G3M-TSvKA-J6k-l7ztrLKOOPshSTBKnI3j8hrC8xhznGWQ7etIdNpbtggSXl4DeFc4Zf_QE/s320/IMG_7690.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593241098149826098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_vHTBbabu3pnrPeEAj9WNipkxyKorVddNHazLkchcHSeU8cOC7BoGc26nT8WeNXUoEsU3YLPd_hV1y7ml9lSgsYuImrqrBWIe1qczvfHs56nNa8OL0fJFwyj-DGodbP3_PjoVX_a1Qc/s320/IMG_7694.JPG" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593241092180557810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-re0y71H6gQehtRZtuqKU-O7Hlv76NYTEOX2g7xCU2EchNYT8N_MKVavsXWmNihSslG9urW15goraiSt-RxYiaeCHtdlxVhFxtbouNQR2BCXDBmWt5kxJWuLKAZDnpHD4heeLpa8Qouo/s320/IMG_7707.JPG" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593239744281306146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYQ4xvflW4VssSgJBiQPRUO_Fyig-YVpYfhF8i_vuaE5XznCNYyf6jd9Hlm7nKFWA3MUsPAzfkqCUZ-GSnJECr7krAfygBsE4JsdzuRViDe_d8pAB8LkNRgbpvE9grdb0suwNn1rhE1U/s320/IMG_7711.JPG" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593239738058000466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzzoygXe0YWbPLiS4nMdFg2YkcpGMTD9szIXb9Gwpwe8abBDFMDMdEFByq5D57uNCokTRr8b_7qvculoHH80RLaDhvcMcSJqd2ZSUX_01lrKtE6VwEaiZhJ0fYHr8BezcTL1UFJwx8uE/s320/IMG_7712.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593239734370301538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgwkYTFseDl_Lkv3KC9X96aaZ2WCMdDgr3Kb-aMOu-zHCH-h8xsj3mBtguMdKGjMT6NkXqVCl3phbuIBE_Rrs1umrB9hX8lKbvGht1RsJnQ2LPh4sZ1QryjfVSFMqZLACsW9u9eEiQwU/s320/IMG_7736.JPG" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560145337933704832.post-84448534836158256822011-04-08T06:52:00.004-08:002011-04-08T07:38:46.342-08:00<div>A fun trip Greg and I took to Table Rock about a month or so ago. A cold night camping, (guess who forgot their sleeping bag for the first time in 26 years?? Good thing I was with my hubby:) a 12-mile hike that turned into 14 when we lost each other briefly (note to self: don't step off the trail and take pictures while waiting for hiking partner to relieve himself; he will probably pass you and not notice!) All in all a great trip with a few mishaps that turned out alright. Pictures tell the best story...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593231649329456882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ_hAKeIYOGQEWaGiAIQYxOsZqRyWY9CG7OE1-rGPcCjMeoRfgeun5W6Ya4dqGVrnme1H0N-0jjccTkD_0Zso1DP8vAMAi6l_MOeEtLq6_o__ZhyphenhyphenXh-QOONtBnNgzEiLNGhmNcIeQwEU/s320/IMG_7545.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593236200251202066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3g0XTmvi65crCmJHpd7MuCBPedzvxVLzOajNvOB55wiJ_hNYcNtO3UmPEiSX6V17SOHoIVXq1o3C1fNnL3gKCgYuNKl7AyeYzGwgYg3C3NMjJpkLnI__xBXxdQm7l-XLtKYqAc-NkMcc/s320/IMG_7543.JPG" /> Morning Coffee <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0WvbLZ520dsfjLHgMtjkR8uh7hKZ5_biT54aU4NzsJaJ8ORi6cVlbz_jJGd27Iq17t8yvBFT8fcLjL1xuyL_p_ucVU288p1mKd0GBbqcQ6hbkdXZBNJotLXFD2ogXAs-nNvRqOPO2oM/s1600/IMG_7546.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593231646418792658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0WvbLZ520dsfjLHgMtjkR8uh7hKZ5_biT54aU4NzsJaJ8ORi6cVlbz_jJGd27Iq17t8yvBFT8fcLjL1xuyL_p_ucVU288p1mKd0GBbqcQ6hbkdXZBNJotLXFD2ogXAs-nNvRqOPO2oM/s320/IMG_7546.JPG" /></a> <br /><div>View of Table Rock from our camp <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdI-Oq_ABrF-7pvPMoiJvkVdOZvQl_rS1asBozTQmM6PlYhojpUL_A0v1Z1juXUUre_ICUWoXGjCiCtuWdL-bq4xVrsVzNlBjiJRZCRL29C_do9z1hCAnDpH0P9q65oNqJV-_ZS8SZIY/s1600/IMG_7555.JPG"></a><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593231639840355746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOtNufChAKPVZzRMjGnojOX9WZqruCrFAq_Cv9ORooS0PrAHVVzxzqliKy4a-hiC0mwBUHAC-n_sOg7vFi84bE4hYty0S2wKaDph1h8f6DQXLFOGsIxWdvi-r_qHVSa1KRN4nUNd6wmk/s320/IMG_7574.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbecb60RP9zqfxQZvD0gxiHgQG9OLtIOhib1AlwKl8y19WtSgZJCG_l4VfCXQ_IlMpdfBYruPqe98lE4imW8MgZubz3YceMaqwzO_vLOVIoE_bOa8pnFQVC5dy5haOWKZGywY80kGSBq4/s1600/IMG_7555.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593229453273321746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbecb60RP9zqfxQZvD0gxiHgQG9OLtIOhib1AlwKl8y19WtSgZJCG_l4VfCXQ_IlMpdfBYruPqe98lE4imW8MgZubz3YceMaqwzO_vLOVIoE_bOa8pnFQVC5dy5haOWKZGywY80kGSBq4/s320/IMG_7555.JPG" /></a> He's in there somewhere! <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQrMWWqfNUUJwIsFO6ITlhVYKT7vbuFolP76B41StC4IoBY45mnzG-ExIf3zQ20IXX4u7WxMWT1TJ01qU0f7gNeuN3kHkg2HHxwt43qiTu0rfiUiXsvWsSc1KO0-uPWfEWKCVUj6DJPM/s1600/IMG_7566.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593229446574946898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQrMWWqfNUUJwIsFO6ITlhVYKT7vbuFolP76B41StC4IoBY45mnzG-ExIf3zQ20IXX4u7WxMWT1TJ01qU0f7gNeuN3kHkg2HHxwt43qiTu0rfiUiXsvWsSc1KO0-uPWfEWKCVUj6DJPM/s320/IMG_7566.JPG" /></a> <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Greg and Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676319002105961744noreply@blogger.com0