There is nothing I can say to accurately describe how wonderful it is to be surrounded by the people I love best in the whole world ( Read more... )

My room is quite austere right now, I don't have anything up on the walls. Still, I have made progress... ( more pictures )

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I took the afternoon off today. Brenda came into Red Deer and we went for lunch and then came to the house and played with crafts. I am learning a new one call Pergamano. It is very very cool. You start with parchment paper, and you trace a pattern in white, gold or coloured inks. I did mine in gold and white. There are some very neat paints ( Read more... )

I have been remembering a lot of favourite poetry, thanks to a new friend, Maritas. So one comes to mind... The Highwayman. When I first read this, I actually got tears in my eyes. It still gives me goosebumps ( Read more... )

I am not very sophisticated in poetry but I have always, always loved this poem by Robert Frost.

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
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The babies are growing up. I saw their picture a month and compared it to now... they are growing so fast. They are so active it is impossible to put any weight on them.

Here is the first one taken in early August:



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