In Memory of Alexandria

A very sad day today. Our wonderful kitty, Alexandria (Alex) passed away. It was swift and we don't believe that she suffered. She was almost 15 years old. She's been buried in the backyard with her best friend Buffy who passed away almost 6 years ago. She's been buried under Buffy's tree & has her own little tree now planted there too. Michelle ordered a memorial stone for the two of them today. We will miss you Alex.

Angels for Hope

Angels for Hope is an organization that sends crochet angels, butterflies and smiley faces to people after other people have requested them to be sent. It's all free also. Here are the supplies you would need to make several angels, yarn (Michelle uses baby finger weight), red pony heart beads, gold metalic crochet cotton, ribbon, and these small "wedding rings" that you can buy at craft stores.

And here is a finished angel that is being sent out today. If you are interested in becoming and angel or interested in having an angel sent to someone go to http://www.angelsforhope.org/ and read up on what is required.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you have much to be thankful for.

Our busy weekend

Life around here has been very busy lately. Yesterday, Michelle & Gregg, went to Newport, OR for the OPOA Awards Banquet. Michelle won an award for Public Service.

Here is some of the finery she wore for the event. She had a lot of help getting ready. Her friend Daphne loaned her a wonderful dress and then took her shopping for the accessories. I love the little clutch purse. Her friend Melissa did her hair. Usually, Michelle's hair is down & a mess or in a ponytail & in a mess (it's hard to not have messy looking hair when it's curly). Melissa did a very nice updo.

Here is a view from the road of the waves coming in. There was another storm coming in when this was taken (it's here now) and the water was really rough, but pretty.

When we got down to almost Florence, the sun was trying to make an appearance. It didn't last very long.

We got home just in time for Riley's volleyball game! This is her first year doing volleyball & she is really improving. She even scored several points today!

Ta Da! Here is Michelle all done up for the awards banquet! She doesn't normally look like this, so Gregg felt the occassion ought to be captured for posterity. Maybe one day she'll even post a picture of what she normally looks like...but today is not that day & it doesn't look good for tomorrow.

Mushrooms!

Check out this gorgeous mushroom! We found it down the road from our house.

It makes the perfect seat! Just the right height, lots of room to get comfy.

It's just perfect!

Here's a small field of smaller mushrooms.

These would make great umbrellas.

And here is one in a lovely shade of purple.

Mother Bear Project

With the holidays coming up, Michelle wanted to do some projects to provide for others. She found the Mother Bear Project site several months ago & ordered the pattern, then put it some place safe and couldn't find it again, until recently. She made up the pattern and the bear pictured with me is the result. This bear will be sent to a child somewhere in Africa and will hopefully give that child comfort & the knowledge that people out in the world love that child and care about him/her.

Mother Bear Project sends thousands of bears a year to many parts of Africa. You can order a knit or crochet pattern to make one of these bears if you'd like to help too. The link to Mother Bear Project is www.motherbearproject.org

Even if you don't knit or crochet you can help by making a donation of money, supplies, or volunteer time to help with the sorting and packing for shipping. Please check out the website & help however you can.

More Halloween Pictures

Don't be afraid, it's just Riley dressed as a vampire...you can tell, it's still daylight out.

Doug & Riley's jack-0-lanterns.

The big jack-0-lantern.

And mine & Michelle's little jack-0-lantern.