8-3-2016 PaddleBoat Ride

Susan Butcher's Iditarod Dog Training Camp

as seen from the paddle boat.

Reindeer on shore

as seen from the paddle boat.

Visited a Native American village on shore.

It was salmon season.

WOW...this moose was BIG!!!

8-2-2016 Fairbanks AK~Alaskan Pipeline & Panning for Gold

Our first stop was the Alaskan Pipeline.

Next stop...Gold Dredge #8...

 A flash in the pan!!!

8-1-2016 Fairbanks AK

This is how light it was outdoors at 9:30 p.m.

when we arrived!!!

Wilderness Lodge...

with beautiful gardens out back for the chefs...

7-31-2016 Heading to Alaska!!!

Getting ready for a 7 hour flight to Alaska...

First Class dinner...

Beautiful (and bumpy!) clouds...

7-30-2016 Star Trek BEYOND

Loved it!!!

7-29-2016 Floral Thank You

Received this pretty bouquet of flowers

as a thank you for hosting

our recent family reunion.

7-28-2016 Cornhusker

a birthday gift for a knitting friend...

7-27-2016 Outdoor Fun

After a morning of fun playing at the park,

the GDs came home and wanted to make a swing

for Pikachu so he could swing too,

so Papa took them into his woodworking shop

and together they picked out a board that would work

as a swing. Then Oma contributed some yarn

for the swing ropes

(and to tie Pikachu on).

They had soooooo much fun pushing Pikachu

and said, "Maybe the neighbors will give him a push

when they walk by too!"

Blondie is noticing the orange fungi at her feet...

7-26-2016 Fungi

Weird fungi growing in our mulch...

the orange ones must emit an odor

because the bugs sure like them!

7-25-2016 Another Pikachu

Made another POKEMON Pikachu...

(used a different pattern than the one

posted on 7-19-2016)

this one is for the GDs to play with at my house.

7-24-2016 Sermon Notes

Happy Birthday, Mom.

Miss you.

7-23-2016 New Computer

DH spent the day

purchasing and setting up

our new computer today.

The old was was fried by a lightning strike

during the storms this past Wednesday.

DH, you are my hero!!!

Thanks so much!

7-22-2016 Bulbasaur 001.1 ~ 001.2 ~ 001.3

Trying to make the original 3 Pokemon monsters...

This one is eventually going to be Bulbasaur.

This first one (001.1) is done according to a pattern

but it is the wrong color (light sky blue),

sits/stands wrong,

and has the wrong color eyes

(they should be red).

The second one (version 001.2)

is still under construction (the bright aqua)

and I plan to place the legs differently

and give it red eyes.

The third one (version 001.3)

is still just a skein of yarn... 

but I think the LOVE yarn should be perfect!

Third time's a charm...right?!?!?!?

Wish me luck!

(Here are the original 3 Pokemon:

Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charmander...)

7-21-2016 Hot Hot Hot

Check out the temps in my neck of the woods...

(Quad Cities)

thanks to yesterday's storms.

7-20-2016 Storm Damage

Our neighbors lost a beautiful old growth tree 

during yesterday's storms.

We lost our computer from a lightning strike

and are watching to see if any of our other appliances

start acting up.

7-19-2016 Pikachu Pokemon

I finished this Pokemon Pikachu today...

(every stitch with love)

it is headed to a home in Chicago.

And another swatch for my lace knitting class...

(Japanese Feather and Fan)

unblocked, right off the needles...

being wet-blocked...

dry after blocking...

7-18-2016 Stress Relief

7-17-2016 Petting Zoo

Grandkids

petting rabbits...

chasing chickens...

feeding goats...

7-16-2016 Georgia Peaches

A BIG boxful

gifted to us from my Bro and Sis-In-Law.

Thank you soooooo much!

Had fun playing games!