tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17941417265759601892024-03-13T21:53:11.117-07:00ShoresLifeJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-90802869773362565982020-08-14T17:42:00.000-07:002020-08-14T17:42:07.194-07:00A new shore for Shoreslife<p> But first, some nostagia...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5hm4E0nhJy8/XzcugsD0VRI/AAAAAAAAAyU/ACqsp1zM8sMFE5_6vGTzUQchvRY8pnggACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5hm4E0nhJy8/XzcugsD0VRI/AAAAAAAAAyU/ACqsp1zM8sMFE5_6vGTzUQchvRY8pnggACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_5821.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GeqLcTiu_VI/XzcufGBcMAI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/eNBZruL57xURFTHfjzunrQX8Pfi-656BACLcBGAsYHQ/s1113/IMG_5512-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1113" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GeqLcTiu_VI/XzcufGBcMAI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/eNBZruL57xURFTHfjzunrQX8Pfi-656BACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_5512-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-603945456138774592011-07-11T10:24:00.000-07:002011-07-11T22:49:20.985-07:00Weaver's Delight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div> You are invited to an open house Saturday, July 11, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., featuring coffee and snacks, for all San Diego area weavers who are interested in free stuff. Yes, free stuff, and it's wonderful stuff too. Primarily, there is Verda Elliott's huge trove of books. There are weaving books, craft books, art books, and just plain inspiration books, I would guess 500 of them! In addition, there are extensive collections of the magazines Complex Weavers Journal, Handwoven, and Threads, as well as some weaving items, some pottery and basketry, and furniture. All free. There are also two sewing machines, a Viking Husqvarna 1+ embroidery/sewing machine, with all accessories, manual, and many associated embroidery design books; and a Singer serger. These we will sell, but the prices will be reasonable.<br />
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We hope to see you Saturday! Please contact Jan Elliott, Barb Elliott, or Deanna Johnson if you need directions to Verda's.<br />
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Now, here are pictures of a few things...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/JunoDad2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" r6="true" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/JunoDad2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And later at Anna Guthrie's for training.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Dad.jpg" width="240" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Getting to know Duncan and Daisy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/JunoDuncan1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" r6="true" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/JunoDuncan1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/JunoandDaisy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/JunoandDaisy.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-70315965648368762522010-12-26T22:47:00.000-08:002010-12-26T22:47:19.135-08:00Christmas 2010It was a very adult Christmas for Duncan and me. We drove around town looking for somewhere to go out to dinner and discovered a fantastic new Thai restaurant, the <a href="http://chedithaibistro.com/">Chedi Thai Bistro</a>, where a shlumpy old school Thai restaurant had formerly been. The dogs got two major off-leash walks, wearing their Christmas red and white jingle bell collars, of course. Today they are tired pups!<br />
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Naturally we were very lazy, hanging around to watch TV and read. We watched the Mythbusters Marathon on the Discovery Channel. The <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/db/animals/bull-china-shop-cause-dish-carnage.html">Bull in the China Shop</a> episode was the best! We also watched the <a href="http://java.europe.yahoo.com/uk/uip/prideandprejudice/site/flashSite.htm">Keira Knightley version of Pride and Prejudice</a>. As a connoiseur of Jane Austen adaptations, I rate that one at least an 8 of 10. I like the cast of this version a lot. Keira is a very fine Elizabeth; Judy Dench is an absolutely terrifying Lady Catherine De Bourgh, the best ever; Donald Sutherland is perfect as the feckless father; Brenda Blethyn is an ideal Mrs. Bennet. Matthew McFayden did grow on me as Mr. Darcy, but for me Mr. Darcy will always be Colin Firth.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-73068247451556096882010-12-16T22:07:00.000-08:002010-12-16T22:07:37.698-08:00Happy Holidays 2010!Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful holiday season, rich in friends and family. For us, 2010 had some very special highlights. In September, Vivian and Billy Sheffield were married. The event took place at a gloriously beautiful site along the Colorado River in Moab, Utah. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The bride and groom certainly knew how to create a really fun time for everyone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Billy & Vivian Sheffield</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Viv and Billy are living in Brighton, Utah, where both work at the Brighton Ski Resort. During summer, Vivian works as a guide for river rafting trips down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viv and Billy working Thanksgiving Day.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Lillian completed her PhD and returned from Malawi to Chapel Hill for her thesis defense and where she is now involved in the clinical rotations of 3rd year medical school. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lillian looking sharp at her PhD thesis defense: HIV Partner Notification in Malawi</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Duncan and I carried on as usual, much travel, summer in Astoria, Oregon, and lots of shenanigans with our border collies Daisy and Juno. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Couldn't beat the view from the back deck of our rental!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>It got to be a joke to see how many different places we could get pictures of Duncan talking on his cellphone. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Family/Christmas-Letter-2010/lighthouse/1129013299_7mDqR-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Family/Christmas-Letter-2010/lighthouse/1129013299_7mDqR-L.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>But we caught Erin a time or two as well!<br />
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Daisy and Juno couldn't care less though. Oregon? It's all good!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nobody loves Oregon more than Juno and Daisy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, they are always in the game.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-10687392484354038122010-07-10T22:17:00.000-07:002010-07-10T22:27:12.485-07:00What do you have to do to escape the beach crowds?Start by driving to Oregon! Go to Fort Stevens State Park. Walk through a bit of woods. Hurry up!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlUgr-6rvI/AAAAAAAAAEs/1ho7ff5z4wY/s1600/100_0635.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlUgr-6rvI/AAAAAAAAAEs/1ho7ff5z4wY/s400/100_0635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492514141094194930" border="0" /></a>Now, climb over some sand dunes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlUYjP4dII/AAAAAAAAAEk/krt-VDeyvqs/s1600/100_0636.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlUYjP4dII/AAAAAAAAAEk/krt-VDeyvqs/s400/100_0636.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492514001310479490" border="0" /></a>Hmm....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlVyb3T8qI/AAAAAAAAAFM/b7pD7hOQLBo/s1600/100_0631.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlVyb3T8qI/AAAAAAAAAFM/b7pD7hOQLBo/s400/100_0631.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492515545516602018" border="0" /></a>Look, no crowds!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlUuXhkBqI/AAAAAAAAAE0/UZpx8WQbrgA/s1600/100_0624.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlUuXhkBqI/AAAAAAAAAE0/UZpx8WQbrgA/s400/100_0624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492514376120534690" border="0" /></a>Hey wait a minute, where did this crowd come from!?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlU1yYWQyI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Yc0uSlE_uNg/s1600/100_0599.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlU1yYWQyI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Yc0uSlE_uNg/s400/100_0599.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492514503588725538" border="0" /></a>I love pelicans!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlU71DDDvI/AAAAAAAAAFE/K_Es0y31KLg/s1600/100_0616.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 93px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TDlU71DDDvI/AAAAAAAAAFE/K_Es0y31KLg/s400/100_0616.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492514607383908082" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-67201421530556616602010-06-17T08:07:00.001-07:002010-06-17T08:17:17.337-07:00New in our driveway...It's not easy to talk Duncan into buying a new car. It's REALLY not easy! And when Lillian left her Subaru Outback with us while she was in Africa, there really wasn't space for a third car, so it was easy to avoid a purchase. But now she's driven her Outback back out to North Carolina, and sharing a car is not a graceful process for us. But unfortunately, we have fundamentally different car philosophies. Duncan has deeply mourned the departure of his former 1992 Previa, which, with 180,000 miles on its odometer, lives with Vivian. I, on the other hand, wanted a new minivan. I came home on Tuesday to discover this wonderful new Sienna in the driveway!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TBo7i0rwB-I/AAAAAAAAAEM/OefPqS61pPg/s1600/IMG_3813.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TBo7i0rwB-I/AAAAAAAAAEM/OefPqS61pPg/s400/IMG_3813.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483760965720737762" border="0" /></a>Juno and Daisy love it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TBo7vSw-IeI/AAAAAAAAAEU/pYOhEOp_Gt0/s1600/IMG_3812.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TBo7vSw-IeI/AAAAAAAAAEU/pYOhEOp_Gt0/s400/IMG_3812.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483761179954127330" border="0" /></a>But wait. Look what was in the street:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TBo78c_WcgI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Vt4pmNWp4D0/s1600/IMG_3817.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/TBo78c_WcgI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Vt4pmNWp4D0/s400/IMG_3817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483761406037094914" border="0" /></a>A 1996 Previa with only 74,000 miles on it! All Previa afficionados will now be drooling with envy! The Previa was one of Toyota's most beloved vehicles. Score!!<br /><br />Hmmm, now we need a new house with a bigger driveway....Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-20934256111713438042010-05-12T10:45:00.000-07:002010-05-19T12:49:04.070-07:00...and new from Tennessee!Mike (the one with the white and curly hair) will tell you that my friend Tom (with not so much!) is a true dog person....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3693/860195913_VfanR-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 401px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3693/860195913_VfanR-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>So when Tom heard that his friend's daughter had helped rescue a litter of puppies along with their mom, all abandoned roadside in Tennessee, somehow it seemed natural that a certain little gal might make her way up to Buffalo...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3647/860186448_2DvUi-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3647/860186448_2DvUi-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Becky's a sweet and small pup, as the rump of Rami, the golden retriever present for scale, demonstrates. She doesn't have an invisible tail, it just wags fast and furious, and just about all the time. She's quiet but enthusiastic!<br /><br />Upon seeing her pictures, Duncan says, "She's a dog's dog!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3686/860194281_qy8hQ-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3686/860194281_qy8hQ-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>She knows how to chew a stick and make those wonderfully entertaining, face-curled-up chewy faces!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3687/860194556_sw4ZP-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3687/860194556_sw4ZP-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>She is an excellent model for our next yoga book, here demonstrating "Downward Facing Dog."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3690/860195335_j8o48-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 450px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3690/860195335_j8o48-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Jessie and Mike have decided they are happy to have her join the family.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3644/872381604_FNLQC-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3644/872381604_FNLQC-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>And Rami thinks she's so sweet, we'll have her for dinner, thank you!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3655/872382153_onrev-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 450px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/Buffalo-May-2010/IMG3655/872382153_onrev-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Welcome home, Becky!Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-4582820504782998122010-01-23T22:48:00.000-08:002010-01-23T23:21:47.291-08:00The sun will come out tomorrow...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000026/771817213_GfDhS-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 430px; height: 317px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000026/771817213_GfDhS-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />After four days of heavy rain, we welcomed it! Daisy and I went to the beach for some sunset frisbee fun. Her game was catching the frisbee. My game was, using a small point-and-shoot camera, trying to capture a shot of her actually catching the frisbee. In low light, the delay between clicking and actual image capture feels like it is close to a full second. One has to have excellent pre-reflexes! The ratio is very low of pictures like this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000068/771818003_vDEak-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 455px; height: 304px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000068/771818003_vDEak-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />...to pictures of a dog with a frisbee in her mouth or a frisbee in the sky above her like this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000057/771817965_mjodY-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 299px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000057/771817965_mjodY-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />But hey, who's this coming onto the beach?? A bride??!! Duncan will be very disappointed he missed a bride sighting. He is a dedicated connoisseur of bride and prom sightings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000035/771817511_iyiDD-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 348px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000035/771817511_iyiDD-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A little Jack Russell terrier nipped at the bride's skirt and would have loved to jump up on her, had the gallant groom not defended her gown. I of course was there with a well-behaved dog, so I could look askance at this in a snooty, my dog is better than your dog kind of way. Juno was not with us, so I could do this safely!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000036/771817609_ovXpj-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 454px; height: 340px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000036/771817609_ovXpj-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000034/771817466_fNZ6J-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 459px; height: 306px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000034/771817466_fNZ6J-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I was finally getting good at it when we ran out of light.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000083/771817089_PuQra-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 462px; height: 262px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Going-to-the-Dogs/Local/Beach-Dogs-Winter-2010/1000083/771817089_PuQra-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-564724972753617142010-01-21T07:30:00.000-08:002010-01-21T11:17:02.129-08:00I want to be an archeologist when I grow up...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004374/762791807_KfGxd-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 173px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004374/762791807_KfGxd-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I was in Connecticut for a day and a half after the Albany tournament. After spending a delightful afternoon with Penny Cattrell, I had a morning to work with. A few weeks earlier, I'd read in a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01arch.html">New York Times article</a> about an exhibit of artifacts from an ancient culture that lived in the Danube Valley starting before 5000 BC at <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/">NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World</a>. It was the kind of story that made me long for life in a big city with all it has to offer. So, here I was in Connecticut, an hour away. After going back and forth with myself a bit I decided, "Don't be a wimp!" So, snowfall or not, I drove into the city and was so glad I did. <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/exhibitions/oldeurope/">The Lost World of Old Europe</a> was a truly memorable exhibit.<br /><br />The exhibit comprised ceramics, copper tools and ornaments, and gold jewelry pieces. They were all striking, but especially the ceramics. The human and animal figurines were full of personality. The pots, sometimes very anthropomorphic, had more pizzazz than any I've seen, ancient or modern.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004340/762790155_ChTdX-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 294px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004340/762790155_ChTdX-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>It's not possible to know a particular piece's intended use, or what the artisan was thinking, but it sure is fun to speculate about this pitcher!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004351/762791082_wkNm5-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 432px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004351/762791082_wkNm5-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>One imagines this bowl might have been used for a wedding ceremony?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004375/762791868_ZcsVq-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 410px; height: 307px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004375/762791868_ZcsVq-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004376/762791884_2cqnk-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 153px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004376/762791884_2cqnk-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This little guy just says FOX! There was speculation that the piece on the lower right represented a bird, but I would bet it was a ram, since these people had sheep and cattle. It seems to me that it is woolly rather than feathery!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004378/762789620_RnAjB-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 141px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004378/762789620_RnAjB-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004344/762790523_dBL3U-S.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004371/762791779_y96Vn-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 209px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004371/762791779_y96Vn-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004364/762791674_vuxGJ-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 230px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004364/762791674_vuxGJ-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This last pot was very womanly!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004344/762790523_dBL3U-S.jpg"> </a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-76976860566253020322010-01-10T09:00:00.000-08:002010-01-21T08:36:10.248-08:00Albany!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004325/762789725_EJM5s-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 377px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004325/762789725_EJM5s-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004330/762789935_MbT6U-S.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 234px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-January-2010/1004330/762789935_MbT6U-S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Albany satisfied my craving for some snow and ice! And Scrabble, as I played 40 games in the wonderful tournament directed by the stalwart Annette Tedesco. When I returned to San Diego the familiar sun seemed so bland! But I remembered how much I liked it later that day when I swam outdoors under that same wonderful sun, breathing fresh air instead of the chlorine fumes of an indoor pool....Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-13181919496988347472009-10-29T22:42:00.000-07:002009-10-29T22:52:06.756-07:00San Francisco!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/Sup-mRdS9II/AAAAAAAAAD4/mn7lxIBKc8M/s1600-h/100_4269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/Sup-mRdS9II/AAAAAAAAAD4/mn7lxIBKc8M/s400/100_4269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398266299343369346" border="0" /></a>I'm here in town for the 2nd annual <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.californiaopen.org/">California Open</a> Scrabble tournament. The field of 132 is awesomely strong -- you have to go down to seed #31 to get a rating below 1700! Elizabeth and I took the ferry to Sausalito for dinner tonight at a fantastic little Italian restaurant called<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.angelinorestaurant.com/"> Angelino</a> where I had a parsnip soup. La zuppa era molto deliciosa! Passing Alcatraz whilst en route to Sausalito --<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/Sup-2EGD_6I/AAAAAAAAAEA/OqhzY-WmrtU/s1600-h/100_4276.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/Sup-2EGD_6I/AAAAAAAAAEA/OqhzY-WmrtU/s400/100_4276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398266570634166178" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-23586859436976800072009-10-28T07:42:00.000-07:002009-10-28T07:46:02.475-07:00How old is this dog?Inventing a birthday for Daisy made me wonder how old she feels. She seems much more dignified that she did a few years ago, if that makes any sense. I hate it that dogs have so much shorter life spans that we do! Keep on keeping on for a long time, Daisy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuhY8HXcYDI/AAAAAAAAADo/5HmmvyqYcFM/s1600-h/IMG_1734.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuhY8HXcYDI/AAAAAAAAADo/5HmmvyqYcFM/s400/IMG_1734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397661943196311602" border="0" /></a>You go, gal!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuhZEkuzzqI/AAAAAAAAADw/bwg0XWllHa4/s1600-h/IMG_1741.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuhZEkuzzqI/AAAAAAAAADw/bwg0XWllHa4/s400/IMG_1741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397662088517897890" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-26456018924373487112009-10-26T12:29:00.001-07:002009-10-26T12:35:48.275-07:00Inventing a Birthday for DaisyToday I registered Daisy to compete in NADAC Agility Trials. So, the question was, what should I say for her birthday?? On January 5th in 2005, Daisy showed up on our doorstep. Dr. Seals guessed her age at 12-18 months. Okay, she was born on the Fourth of July! July 4, 2003, it shall be.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX4-WqDAGI/AAAAAAAAADY/G-MZ7PjA1_8/s1600-h/Daisy_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX4-WqDAGI/AAAAAAAAADY/G-MZ7PjA1_8/s400/Daisy_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396993478590922850" border="0" /></a>And by the way, the best white dog ever was a 3-month-old puppy then...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX57YHq4wI/AAAAAAAAADg/9hqme3dM9F0/s1600-h/Tundra_2_002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX57YHq4wI/AAAAAAAAADg/9hqme3dM9F0/s400/Tundra_2_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396994526955627266" border="0" /></a>You're still pretty cute, Tundra!Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-34922312641107754932009-10-26T12:25:00.001-07:002009-10-26T12:28:26.161-07:00Too much wet!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX34WpqQhI/AAAAAAAAADI/SQP_BghUXXY/s1600-h/100_4247.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 141px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX34WpqQhI/AAAAAAAAADI/SQP_BghUXXY/s400/100_4247.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396992275998458386" border="0" /></a>I'm getting tired of high humidity mornings! The front porch is one massive puddle. Juno, however, thinks that sitting on the seawall in the morning is just a fine place to be.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX4Jxk_lmI/AAAAAAAAADQ/i2c61JNL9Kk/s1600-h/100_4250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuX4Jxk_lmI/AAAAAAAAADQ/i2c61JNL9Kk/s400/100_4250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396992575284418146" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-70712978065002217822009-10-25T12:28:00.001-07:002009-10-25T12:40:21.201-07:00Sunday MorningDaisy, Juno, and I took a walk up at Scripps Institution of Oceanography this morning. SIO is a great place to walk, with lots of nice paths overlooking the ocean.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSoWlXwxaI/AAAAAAAAADA/vT3Xyer8-qg/s1600-h/100_4230.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396623359439062434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSoWlXwxaI/AAAAAAAAADA/vT3Xyer8-qg/s400/100_4230.JPG" border="0" /></a>There haven't been a lot of great waves this fall so far, but this morning was nice.<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396622196059642690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnS3cfm0I/AAAAAAAAACI/t0ZY9zJhkJo/s400/100_4212.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Close up of those three lads out there, plus mucking around with the image.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396622306014272258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnZRDuGwI/AAAAAAAAACQ/m-XqU9tVHzs/s400/100_4223.JPG" border="0" />I love the plants up there!</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396622711889804690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnw5D_PZI/AAAAAAAAACw/eDfC0hC2ZFA/s400/100_4228.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnro_kSTI/AAAAAAAAACo/vgxWXeQahqU/s1600-h/100_4225.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396622621676947762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnro_kSTI/AAAAAAAAACo/vgxWXeQahqU/s400/100_4225.JPG" border="0" /></a> Juno wanted photographic evidence that she doesn't bark at EVERY statue!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnlqWVZbI/AAAAAAAAACg/CljKBd6gfFM/s1600-h/100_4238.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396622518961661362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnlqWVZbI/AAAAAAAAACg/CljKBd6gfFM/s400/100_4238.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dirt, schmirt! If it came from the frisbee, it must be good!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnfXn-4bI/AAAAAAAAACY/dFrKikAvhx0/s1600-h/100_4210.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396622410856194482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQoo4wviiU/SuSnfXn-4bI/AAAAAAAAACY/dFrKikAvhx0/s400/100_4210.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-12744173192269172592009-09-03T22:57:00.000-07:002009-09-04T05:11:11.554-07:00Arriving in UtahI've been looking forward to getting out of San Diego for quite a while now. It was a real feeling of almost homecoming to arrive in Salt Lake City, with four days of R&R ahead of me. Best of all <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.soldierhollowclassic.com/">Soldier Hollow</a> with a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20090325_t1i.html">new camera</a>!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/photos/638841525_Pk8xX-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="http://shoreslife.smugmug.com/photos/638841525_Pk8xX-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/IMG_0002.jpg"><br /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-14709428356823869612009-08-30T12:28:00.000-07:002009-09-01T00:00:15.968-07:00Verda's Memorial<div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Here is the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://s126.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Memorial%20for%20Verda/5f923765.pbw">slide show, part 1</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span>And here is <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://s126.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Memorial%20for%20Verda/ea7af927.pbw">part 2</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span> These pictures are an attempt to represent different aspects of Verda's life.</span><br /> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Putting together the slide show was an interesting challenge. <o:p></o:p> Verda’s hard to find in pictures.<span style=""> </span>She wasn’t often captured by photographic film.<span style=""> </span>There seemed to be years where her presence lay just beyond or behind the lens.<span style=""> </span>Yet...she is present in the pictures.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Often you’ll see something made by her – here’s me going off to a dance, in a dress she made, one-of-a-kind.<span style=""> </span>Or to a senior prom, to my wedding.<span style=""> </span>Thank goodness there were no pictures of the bright green bikini she crocheted for me.<span style=""> </span>And not because the bikini wasn’t incredibly cute and creative!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">You’ll see an experience unfolding that was created by her.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Granddaughters fascinated by sheep shearing.<span style=""> </span>And her love of making observations would show up even there.<span style=""> </span>Of course there were cute pictures of the kids and their sweet expressions.<span style=""> </span>But as well, there were careful <span style=""> </span>“Before” and “After” pictures of the ewe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Coloring easter eggs.<span style=""> </span>She seemed to have just as much fun coloring eggs with little <st1:place st="on">Erin</st1:place> as she had with me well over forty years earlier, and all the kids in between.<span style=""> </span>Always fascinated with the way those colors would overlap or blend on the smooth white curve of the eggshell.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Indeed, Verda had a special affinity for the natural world.<span style=""> </span>She noticed and appreciated colors and forms in nature, especially unusual or non-classical ones.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">When driving us kids around <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Farmington</st1:place></st1:city> to yet another activity, we would pass by a tall, elegant vase-shaped elm tree, bearing a beautifully scripted sign: “The Perfect Tree.” <span style=""> </span>A bit further down the road some wag had tagged up on a huge, gnarly and extremely unsymmetrical old oak tree an unevenly letter sign:<span style=""> </span>“More Interestinger Tree.” <span style=""> </span>This always made her smile, and I knew her heart was with the oak.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Most of all, her art.<span style=""> </span>Her weaving gave her a venue for that eye she’d been developing all her life.<span style=""> </span>And fellowship and adventures galore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Verda appreciated the way organisms grow and develop.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">I have an especially vivid memory of her tadpole collecting expeditions in the spring.<span style=""> </span>Back home in the aquarium, it was fascinating to watch those tadpoles lose their tails, sprout hind legs, and then front legs, and become little frogs.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">She liked to garden, and she’d take the initiative to create a bit more unusual environment.<span style=""> </span>When we moved out to the suburbs, all the yards surrounding our new houses were bare dirt.<span style=""> </span>That part of <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Michigan</st1:place></st1:state> was a glacial moraine, and there were stones and rocks everywhere.<span style=""> </span>Verda didn’t see them as a nuisance, as most did.<span style=""> </span>She encouraged us to search for fossils, and in fact helped me find an almost complete little brachiopod amongst the rubble.<span style=""> </span>Then one day she flagged down a worker driving a back hoe.<span style=""> </span>She had him push all the big rocks into a heap in our backyard.<span style=""> </span>Years later, that rock garden sported tiger lilies and a tree shading trilliums she’d saved from the bulldozer’s blade.<span style=""> </span>Everywhere you’d find interesting and unusual plants in that yard.<span style=""> </span>In addition to the forsythia and pussywillows, we had a huge nutmeg bush.<span style=""> </span>And our rhubarb patch was like the creature from the deep.<span style=""> </span>No one could kill it!<span style=""> </span>She loved to watch things grow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Most of all, her children, and then her grandchildren.<span style=""> </span>She was an incredibly nurturing grandparent, and since now there are other camera-wielding adults on the scene, you’ll see more pictures of her in action.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">These pictures show a woman who was engaged with the world in many ways – family, friends, and craft.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: times new roman;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Pied Beauty</span></span></h2><br /> <p class="author" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> by Gerard Manley Hopkins</span></p><p class="author" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="author" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="author" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Glory be to God for dappled things –</span> <span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">All things counter, original, spare, strange; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style=""> </span>Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style=""> </span>With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Praise him.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-55070491985385809152008-10-01T11:33:00.000-07:002008-10-01T11:45:45.709-07:00No backyard today!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_3080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_3080.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>There'll be no backyard playtime today! The housepainters are making terrific progress, and we should be back to normal soon. Then all my backyard renewal plans can take shape.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Juno is doing great at Anna's, and little Dottie is growing up so fast! Dottie has a very outgoing personality.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/dottietoday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/dottietoday.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Smiley is lame from stepping in a hole, so Big Daddy is filling in as a school sheep. He probably weighs over 200 pounds! It's pretty amazing what a 30-pound dog can do.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/junoandbigdaddy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/junoandbigdaddy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-35348932549340112002008-09-16T21:51:00.000-07:002008-09-27T22:08:07.905-07:00More September StockworkIt's hot, but the foxtails are old and soft, and we're loving <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bordercollie.org/boards/index.php?showtopic=21110">getting out to Valley Center</a>. Anna is raising a <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://www.bordercollie.org/boards/index.php?showtopic=21012">new puppy, Dot</a>, and it's fun to watch her grow. Juno is hot to trot, for sure.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/Juno06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/Juno06.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Juno's learning a lot these days.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/Juno9-25-082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/Juno9-25-082.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A particularly nice side benefit is picking cherry tomatoes from Anna's garden. They are absolutely delicious! They made for a wonderful dinner of salad and bruschetta with goat cheese.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/tomatodinner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/tomatodinner.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>There are sights, like Anna's neighbor's pumpkin patch, that remind us that summer is over.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/Pumpkins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/September%20Sheepdog/Pumpkins.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-73001031233488867452008-09-04T21:32:00.000-07:002008-09-27T21:45:55.497-07:00Off to Utah for Labor Day Weekend...which always includes the Soldier Hollow Classic, the most wonderful sheepdog trial! This is the third year I've gone, and I just love it so much! I guess it's a tradition now. Here are slide shows from each day.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://w126.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Friday/85499cec.pbw">Friday's slide show</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://w126.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Saturday/6cf33745.pbw">Saturday's slide show</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://w126.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Sunday/54acb02f.pbw">Sunday's slide show</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://w126.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Monday/d0963fbc.pbw">Monday -- the double lift final</a><br /><br />Friday I had the special fun of sitting up at the set-out area with Anna, Connie, Charlie and Dan, who were in charge of setting out the groups of five sheep for each dog's run. From up there, the handler's post looked pretty far away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Friday/100_2794.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Friday/100_2794.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The dogs are remarkable. This is Bill Berhow's Pete, who won in 2007.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Saturday/PICT0152.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Soldier%20Hollow%202008%20-%20Saturday/PICT0152.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-13241857236376136922008-08-28T21:38:00.000-07:002008-08-28T21:44:54.584-07:00Back to work<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2748.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2748.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>First thing to do back in California -- go see sheep! The work we'd done on lie-downs and stays and just general responsiveness paid good dividends.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2759.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2759.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Juno had three sessions with the school sheep. The first went great, the second pretty good, and by the third, both she and the sheep were pretty fried and it wasn't as pretty. I'd had a gut feeling that could happen. She and I know each other pretty well after the summer together! She certainly enjoyed her well-earned cool-offs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2750.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2750.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-54430703209883110452008-08-28T21:33:00.000-07:002008-08-28T21:38:33.098-07:00Our last week in OregonPictures from the last few days in Oregon are mixed in <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://s126.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/Last%20Week%20In%20Oregon/a7765229.pbw">this slide show</a>. Our little experiment was so interesting. Astoria was a wonderful place, and you couldn't beat the climate. On the other hand, it was a two hour drive from a second tier airport, PDX, which made it hard for Duncan. I miss the beach there so much!<br /><br />It was fun to stay on a hillside where you could see so much happening, in the river and town.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2739.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2739.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794141726575960189.post-36013852253000047292008-08-14T16:01:00.001-07:002008-08-14T16:12:30.150-07:00The Shipping News<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2643.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/100_2643.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.astoria-usa.com/">Astoria</a> version, that is. We are continually fascinated by the variety of shipping we see coming up and down the Columbia River. Every weekday morning, the community radio station presents a 12-minute show -- <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.shipreport.net/">The Columbia River Ship Report</a> -- describing that day's comings and goings, and answering questions that listeners submit about the ships and their doings. The Ship Report is sponsored by the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.crmm.org/">Columbia River Maritime Museum</a>, which is the riverside building with the arced roofline in the picture above, taken from our window.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/PICT0033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jelliott51/PICT0033.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14754523727737904216noreply@blogger.com0