Thankful Thursday! February 17, 2022

 I am so thankful for all my

siblings- they are all kind and caring

individuals. Here's my sister

Nina who adopts older dogs

needing a good home. She also

encourages all of us to donate to

Harley's Dream! 

Have a wonderful Thankful Thursday!

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Thanks to Sandee....It's Awww Monday! February 26, 2017

 

 

This is Roxie- one of my sister's 3 dogs....

My sister Nina lives all the way across the USA.

In New Hampshire...which means I don't see her

very often and I also can never complain about our snow! 

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Magpie 123-Listen Up Buddy

image provided by Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales

Listen up buddy

Doncha evah mess wid my sistah

Or I'll really smash yer ugly mug

I'll give you one big blistah

and I'll squash you like a bug

Got it?

For more smashing takes on this great photo go here:

http://magpietales.blogspot.com/

It's been a busy busy year and now it's time to.....

...pull up a chair and sit down while

I reminisce about this past year-

the year that has so swiftly flown by....

In February and part of early March

Russell and I joined 13 friends for the

trip of a lifetime. A cruise from Chile down

the coast of South America, around the

Horn and back up the coast to Brazil.

It was an amazing 16 days and we are so

glad we went. We saw sights and went places

that we might have never experienced if not

for this amazing voyage.

Here are the darling Magellan Penguins!

Penguins-think of that!

Here we are going through the Fiords of Chile.

The following day we went around the Horn.

It was remarkably calm-the sea was like glass.

The following day we arrived at the Falklands

and it was 77 degrees. The warmest it had been

for a year. Amazing place and I would have

liked to have stayed longer than just a few hours.

In March our good friends from Abbotsford BC came to visit on their way back from The Grand Canyon. They stayed with Curly and Suzie and we all met for dinner one night. We all know each other from Zihuatanejo....

April found me gardening with Tom and Steve-
as I was ready to be sharing that big 20x20 foot plot!

In early Summer I went camping in the Olympic National Forest with Doug and Peggy for a week. I had never been there before. Such gorgeous scenery. And right in our backyard ! Wow.

I also took a quick one week trip to Colorado to visit my brother Paul, my sister Nina and my good friend Kit. I also got in a good visit with my nephew Evan and his girlfriend Fawn.

Here's an unusual shot at Luscher Farm. Artists at work.....

Russell and I had many a delicious meal with our great neighbors Tom and Steve. Either at our house or theirs.

Here we are being silly in front of a sidewalk mirror....

Russell with sister Barb and Florida sister Susie...Our friends from Scotland, Toni and Andrew came to visit in September. We had a great visit what with traveling to the Redwoods, to the dunes in Florence and allowing them to explore the Columbia Gorge on their own! We were quite sad when they left and felt slightly abandoned for a bit. They are now having an adventure beginning their own "croft" which is Scottish for "small farm". Obviously we'll need to visit soon.

Russell decided early in the summer that he would run for City Council. I took this picture early on with one of his campaign signs that he had up at our favorite gas station. Look at the price compared to the $1.69 it is now !Russell didn't win, but as it turns out it's ok. We have lots of new projects to look forward to!

And so here we are.......Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!
Since I am just getting over my knee surgery
I am being very lazy and allowing this to be
our Christmas Card. We wish all of you the
happiest of holidays and the best New Year to come.
Hugs and Kisses from Kathe and Russell

I haven't been lazy...just damn busy!

Today I dropped by to see Malia and
her family and also to see Malia's
newest painting! Of course, I think her
best pieces are her darling children!
Such as Mazy and Eliana...kids in a box!
Just add water....hahahah
















Eliana in a box.....

















Mazy had the brilliant idea of these photos!

















close up of Malia's painting....





















Malia's gorgeous painting for Andaluz's
new space in downtown Portland

















Russell is pondering his City Council logo
at Etta and Jeff's house.
Etta is doing Russell's artwork and layout
for his signs and brochures. Thanks Etta!










Meanwhile Pierizat opened her
birthday gift from us...
A doll from Puerto Montt Chile!





















A Secret Garden door found
in Lake Oswego's 1st Addition
I love this neighborhood with
all it's eclectic older homes.




















A few weeks ago we went to
Alberta Street Pub to listen
to some good finger picking
music. This guy was from
St Loius Missouri-he was great!





















I am learning how to make panorama photos
This was taken not far from our house.










Grace is here visiting and she
and I went shopping with Mushu
He is such a good dog-really like a cat!
Which means he likes being inside sleeping!





















Barbara, Russell and Susie at Elizabeth Leach's
gallery in the Pearl. Susie flew in from Florida
for 10 days to see all of us.















Grace and her dad in front of our garden.
The garden has a lot of sunflowers
planted by the birds.
Grace is here for a few days before
she leaves for New York.
She and Radu have a nice apartment
in Manhattan.
A good reason to visit New York!