Monthly Archives: November 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Karen

DH, the cats and I are getting ready for our annual pilgrimage to southern California. We’re headed to Solvang for Danish breakfast and shopping, square dancing for a couple of days in Oxnard, then a stop at Pismo Beach on … Continue reading →

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Busy beads

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Karen

[Paul made some changes to the computer, so the photos may work again.] I guess I was productive in the last week. I had 3 bead projects as well as my self-portrait for “show and tell” at lunch yesterday. Here … Continue reading →

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Self-portrait

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Karen

[This web site is acting up again, hence the untimeliness of the last two blogs.] It took me a long time to realize how much my quiltmaking was tied to the shop. In over 2 years I had made only … Continue reading →

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Mean Jean’s cabbage rolls

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Karen

It is with a heavy heart that I say that we lost Mean Jean last Thursday night.  It had been seven weeks since the surgery to remove her brain tumor, but the tumor was very aggressive.  Jean had many friends, … Continue reading →

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Rain

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Karen

I finished the second “I Spy” top. It looks a lot like the first one. We’re getting our first big rainstorm of the season. We have muddy paw prints throughout the house from the rain two days ago: across the … Continue reading →

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