This piece I have donated for my undergrad univ. for their big fundraiser.

I have been too busy to sit down and write. Lots of good and bad.

Were you looking for something?

I said "you'll catch a cold from the ice inside your soul."

Beach season

Beach season has commenced. It's light out until after 9pm....Super low tide last night. We got to see all kinds of sea creatures!

Gutskin

Back side. Twisting deer sinew together for the back and forth piece, and then artificial sinew for the running stitch. I need to work on the running stitch to make it more even obviously. I am learning.

Front. I am trying to make a small bag.

St. Patrick's Day

I think the kids had a wilder party than we did! An impromptu bath time, running around and jumping on the couch, lollipops and cookies, and a few fights!

Better than Indian Jones - Patrick is the real deal - an archaeologist in rugged Kodiak.

Yorkshire pudding.

Elk roast! Delicioso.

Even the dogs got some elk roast!

This St. Patty's Day was definitely the most eventful I've ever had. Started good, turned to tears, back to fun, to not good, to A-ok. I am tired of the roller coaster ride, but if life were an amusement park, I can't think of another ride I would prefer. Bumper cars are too jostling, merry-go-round makes me dizzy, water rides are eh, the cars you can drive are stuck on a track so you can't choose your own path, games of chance are too chancy, I kind of thought maybe a funnel cake stand so life would be sweet all the time, but too much sweet is a bad thing. For one, how do you appreciate the good times if that's all ya got!?

Abby's birthday card for Kori

She wrote the purple letter A below birthday.

Abby recognizes her name and "reads" books to me. Her memory is amazing. She has been doing a lot of funny things. When she sees a commercial, toy, TV show, etc. she'll tell me if it's for girls or boys - "That's for boys." "Boys don't like pink." "Pony's are for girls." She also asks if something is on sale and says "Oo, I want to buy that!"

Recent movies:

Red

Thirteen

Daddy and Them

Calendar Girls

Being Julia

The Claim

and a few more I don't recall....

Hamming it up!

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Smile daddy.

Hi Shawen, oh, Abby, I thought you were your dad, because you look just like him!

GO ABBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!