tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12827326978021974322024-03-05T19:04:47.535-08:00Along Palomino Lanelife on the Oregon frontier Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-30108309625620180952022-08-31T20:24:00.000-07:002022-08-31T20:24:56.890-07:00Steens Mountains July 23<p> Birthday trip to top with Julie and John </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtQ7G5uIL3K-11RCILfP6lsvmODoy7m4IMubZEbwG2ygkaEnqZUrKdpDwLGFzTmmh9EudcDbiodIe1z9GT102lqNMnJKs2WSPd1VDIfz-Hk31OKr7AJuaqHyDrrURluGNE7VT7PnhaO2aXKbtsnKxgVeFSI4snjBP3cMsrOtzTdr-5Ej4fnjr-d4N/s4032/7A61C741-C9BC-4054-A908-15A82050FC44.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtQ7G5uIL3K-11RCILfP6lsvmODoy7m4IMubZEbwG2ygkaEnqZUrKdpDwLGFzTmmh9EudcDbiodIe1z9GT102lqNMnJKs2WSPd1VDIfz-Hk31OKr7AJuaqHyDrrURluGNE7VT7PnhaO2aXKbtsnKxgVeFSI4snjBP3cMsrOtzTdr-5Ej4fnjr-d4N/s320/7A61C741-C9BC-4054-A908-15A82050FC44.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxXBptr52QxBw8TTI3KS5acESRz2cm0jW_bmvLC-Knyc5pz3YhPSxKFHVulSgvjMmq9zKX3cQ4jbe69GFLYwYstjEf22Wu9a0mWwJ48YSLMT4pu5KX6sEFkxVdkMq0hzpBXxszItSpol2HVCxj__yhCtlUlycNCBG0UA9sfK6c6EP3SFvY1StUTql/s4032/3F62B8A8-F937-422F-AFC2-3FDB02724546.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxXBptr52QxBw8TTI3KS5acESRz2cm0jW_bmvLC-Knyc5pz3YhPSxKFHVulSgvjMmq9zKX3cQ4jbe69GFLYwYstjEf22Wu9a0mWwJ48YSLMT4pu5KX6sEFkxVdkMq0hzpBXxszItSpol2HVCxj__yhCtlUlycNCBG0UA9sfK6c6EP3SFvY1StUTql/s320/3F62B8A8-F937-422F-AFC2-3FDB02724546.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb6fo4AZO_glLEMMJoKEFqM7D5D6pwRk3XnyfMGYmdpmzchN7mzNLEgyuVS3Nyg77LZOPzYEkY4YYeWobiyN_qW7J2CrU1IG3K_I1dHGA5i4HR8cMv-rRrS0__oIQWySIbXYblXoztdFxmOal_xrAoK8WcK9wQbX4m0KKEo9xh3nDUdDeSCIec3Z0/s4032/1BB548E9-0D42-4D31-81A6-8D6613CF3E22.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb6fo4AZO_glLEMMJoKEFqM7D5D6pwRk3XnyfMGYmdpmzchN7mzNLEgyuVS3Nyg77LZOPzYEkY4YYeWobiyN_qW7J2CrU1IG3K_I1dHGA5i4HR8cMv-rRrS0__oIQWySIbXYblXoztdFxmOal_xrAoK8WcK9wQbX4m0KKEo9xh3nDUdDeSCIec3Z0/s320/1BB548E9-0D42-4D31-81A6-8D6613CF3E22.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-34663492824934176052022-08-31T15:14:00.000-07:002022-08-31T15:14:02.446-07:00Summer 2022 Update<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_SLPQlW3a_sTqi5mCnclvhzmXNbONtTZnEr1Q8csdtXPKRARQIRsFBUaK9kp3axyLNQHvjFcO026iSxY2kSQT8-VtPyqZUfMtFaeI7LnVbDbT0JsS2mwshQcK3t0KfHiZfOTIOAERAZhRsS-479HAgvoKUtkYbtZfyFnrg8IlCSf-RAvgFCFlOuz/s3088/IMG-0314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_SLPQlW3a_sTqi5mCnclvhzmXNbONtTZnEr1Q8csdtXPKRARQIRsFBUaK9kp3axyLNQHvjFcO026iSxY2kSQT8-VtPyqZUfMtFaeI7LnVbDbT0JsS2mwshQcK3t0KfHiZfOTIOAERAZhRsS-479HAgvoKUtkYbtZfyFnrg8IlCSf-RAvgFCFlOuz/s320/IMG-0314.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I have had problems trying to pull photos from my computer so I haven't been posting to this blog. I think this photo of me and my magpie baby friend will post. She fell out of the magpie nest and I found her on the ground one Sunday morning this summer. I fed her and she rejoined the family in about ten days. They flew off together as magpies families will. Maybe I'll see her next year. It was a delightful interlude with nature.<p></p><p>I'm working on novel No. 12, another historical fiction which requires a lot of research. It is set in San Francisco and Sacramento CA in 1868. The history will probably cover the women's suffrage movement, indigenous peoples of California, and the making of the transcontinental railroad, among other events. I'm drawing the characters from my first two Wings books. </p><p>The weather this year has been awful. A cold spring with the same forecast everyday - cloudy, cold, windy. The summer has been highs in the 90s, sun, heat advisories. At least we haven't had too much smoke. Our garden has suffered. John harvested onions and garlic. Tomatoes are pitiful. I harvested beets, although I planted tons of seeds. We are getting ready for winter now.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-91718192744075568172022-08-31T15:03:00.000-07:002022-08-31T15:03:10.698-07:00Relatives and Friends<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_oxpevLU7NFuyM78TTiypDvikt0vJ_pGGUvML8rxh8aXXJJbIf6BpCf6Sx6jTvlxwNtR7GoHKUbGfoiQi0kEFsoW3nvK6tByp-cVM7XCnc0DVNkmsU92b43VLQL-wSwbflHtkJi2Yrw/s2048/8DD8F991-C834-4E8B-A2D5-FAFAFC02F455_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_oxpevLU7NFuyM78TTiypDvikt0vJ_pGGUvML8rxh8aXXJJbIf6BpCf6Sx6jTvlxwNtR7GoHKUbGfoiQi0kEFsoW3nvK6tByp-cVM7XCnc0DVNkmsU92b43VLQL-wSwbflHtkJi2Yrw/s320/8DD8F991-C834-4E8B-A2D5-FAFAFC02F455_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div>Cousins Kendra and Twila.<br /><br />Their mother always includes a photo with their Christmas card<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB30C4mr6h8jYBSagyA69Ampii8C9DSfMVkrtZug2L-PQB61nDtfLGv_u-vXtXi_mtXIHNYAA5_IybRANAVNwmba9B8gaithi1tybpMYBQmAJ74nmtqHpsOS8q1sM0Qmu2XfPe5tggMho/s2048/487D340C-3B57-4359-B90A-381F0F72AD8D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB30C4mr6h8jYBSagyA69Ampii8C9DSfMVkrtZug2L-PQB61nDtfLGv_u-vXtXi_mtXIHNYAA5_IybRANAVNwmba9B8gaithi1tybpMYBQmAJ74nmtqHpsOS8q1sM0Qmu2XfPe5tggMho/s320/487D340C-3B57-4359-B90A-381F0F72AD8D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Niece Lynda, brother-in-law Dennis, sister Pat,<br />nephew Scott and niece Kimberly<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi92qSJumlZj8rcQqHtgNywoiWyluVp1j2uZMeowuB_9QvHCK7lFR4Us9KCH-7ZGRi2oooranh6C6v1iDBckMXrF40_2YlfyoczS2S4S1JRwlbM2maZChWSIv9oLBev3uqjU_t3Wjq-7g/s2048/5974B351-15CE-4620-8037-20061E2B6D81_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi92qSJumlZj8rcQqHtgNywoiWyluVp1j2uZMeowuB_9QvHCK7lFR4Us9KCH-7ZGRi2oooranh6C6v1iDBckMXrF40_2YlfyoczS2S4S1JRwlbM2maZChWSIv9oLBev3uqjU_t3Wjq-7g/s320/5974B351-15CE-4620-8037-20061E2B6D81_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Nephew Scoot and Niece Jen and<br />their family. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI7x6eu3TWMni843DeBNKo098T3OSJsZP24m7Qb7mlAun9hs_e8sWpoCyuHQVztUrucdEizvHcAi8Gz-ZlKJhZW5Nd0tE2D4wutSmqy6OhFIRRJyk4g04bWXGAf5bHOoXdycg9obWF9U/s2048/F90FC488-7862-46F0-8C6A-4383F2DAFEEB_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI7x6eu3TWMni843DeBNKo098T3OSJsZP24m7Qb7mlAun9hs_e8sWpoCyuHQVztUrucdEizvHcAi8Gz-ZlKJhZW5Nd0tE2D4wutSmqy6OhFIRRJyk4g04bWXGAf5bHOoXdycg9obWF9U/s320/F90FC488-7862-46F0-8C6A-4383F2DAFEEB_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Niece Kimberly, Scott, and Lynda<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGXUshWT45xeGZgY9vSSkmRCE6FPGYNocqfaMWLroMW0umn_-NmVlhgv5aNNtV4F5AcaCcQVEmnT_aIVRWcO-E5yRw5wdu2MYjgBmRQSnsWWMANKTAZstplCDNmqaZrtey_BjLRAZO30/s1472/2FAC7B8D-AE24-4884-B2A0-FE1CC091BCFC.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1104" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGXUshWT45xeGZgY9vSSkmRCE6FPGYNocqfaMWLroMW0umn_-NmVlhgv5aNNtV4F5AcaCcQVEmnT_aIVRWcO-E5yRw5wdu2MYjgBmRQSnsWWMANKTAZstplCDNmqaZrtey_BjLRAZO30/s320/2FAC7B8D-AE24-4884-B2A0-FE1CC091BCFC.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niece Lynda who lives in Phila <br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>It has taken me forever to assemble this collection of photos of the relatives and friends, some from the 2020/21 Holidays. I've had problems with upload photos from my photo file to blogspot. What a pain. But here are some of the photographs I collected from the holidays. <div><br /></div><div>We're still in the pandemic. There was an attempted insurrection on January 6 and a polar vortex in February that had friends in Texas without power for several days. Someone is trying to tell us something. Maybe we should listen. <br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeRKZbr8Kp-bcmlDIhYQuFCnH5cOW_eZFhktdPpYuy3v8ZQiMX56kyvFyejssv-5l5IQMwqZndcTN0ljJ6ahdff8gvI7tArmS8Bnqm567xqNA8uKHVh88MyXgpAqjn8cBFiJz0bklsmc/s2048/246DE1E0-BD9F-40E4-A8CF-D01ABA415711.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeRKZbr8Kp-bcmlDIhYQuFCnH5cOW_eZFhktdPpYuy3v8ZQiMX56kyvFyejssv-5l5IQMwqZndcTN0ljJ6ahdff8gvI7tArmS8Bnqm567xqNA8uKHVh88MyXgpAqjn8cBFiJz0bklsmc/s320/246DE1E0-BD9F-40E4-A8CF-D01ABA415711.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Christmas decorations</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL-_ON00GodJdsvycpg5uPhzFsB5suG1boFvMXcmuoJMq_loklKpnvulX0r-ZSbyy2ZcylgSQxqYAhleaHEdArhPHrOeds3qqT4tz79UFYxft8504sVJGGFai2IqoFpdGv58CX1BSqoU/s2048/3562FE6F-E06E-4E18-BF2B-FAB9E7B89332.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL-_ON00GodJdsvycpg5uPhzFsB5suG1boFvMXcmuoJMq_loklKpnvulX0r-ZSbyy2ZcylgSQxqYAhleaHEdArhPHrOeds3qqT4tz79UFYxft8504sVJGGFai2IqoFpdGv58CX1BSqoU/s320/3562FE6F-E06E-4E18-BF2B-FAB9E7B89332.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John with Fairchild in her <br />blankie<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-XHWQzp58SI7zhM7ktlbvTaIzo5Rt3uG6Z3bZ1-1qkj5A2hBnb6t0n8ijXpBiX9LMOkFzPaC4-TMiHj4Y7pbuxFHMfrz8dr6LNNgDkSiRRSu1l1Q-bmLWihlRMCAeLkSS-85tCPnf8E/s1024/A642919D-2684-4751-8779-C5CC19BD8A62.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-XHWQzp58SI7zhM7ktlbvTaIzo5Rt3uG6Z3bZ1-1qkj5A2hBnb6t0n8ijXpBiX9LMOkFzPaC4-TMiHj4Y7pbuxFHMfrz8dr6LNNgDkSiRRSu1l1Q-bmLWihlRMCAeLkSS-85tCPnf8E/s320/A642919D-2684-4751-8779-C5CC19BD8A62.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our dear friends Marlis and Ralph Hodges in <br />Cat Spring Texas<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MwQzLNeg3Vls9VeDU2WR7R5EflrzBwRB0Kxhmx0fDtqfkLSEPm9v4fqhXKcGfUhdbc4zNOYUZ9OjWabqakXmqMfSMhY5Mtzo1iGFArd1FIe_KIuw4wAaxWMqA2LRmOSbPrauA-yZ274/s2048/D48472AF-5A8A-4E2F-91A9-E0B275876093.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MwQzLNeg3Vls9VeDU2WR7R5EflrzBwRB0Kxhmx0fDtqfkLSEPm9v4fqhXKcGfUhdbc4zNOYUZ9OjWabqakXmqMfSMhY5Mtzo1iGFArd1FIe_KIuw4wAaxWMqA2LRmOSbPrauA-yZ274/s320/D48472AF-5A8A-4E2F-91A9-E0B275876093.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nephew Bob and Niece Kimberly<br />at their house in York PA</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOG-szVPDK_b2QE-QGk8Ki7VaGDAvw5OHcNG86R6-au7cGTs33xGBQqKxVg4pBdg6fjAtcSAxep3wVh2Lqkv4NDOLsprxEnHYvDtVekR-KlXbFlRgqmkW7d0GNm_r6gkn2oXNQPzPUvs/s2048/D83D1B98-6362-4C4C-876E-BA985AF9630F.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOG-szVPDK_b2QE-QGk8Ki7VaGDAvw5OHcNG86R6-au7cGTs33xGBQqKxVg4pBdg6fjAtcSAxep3wVh2Lqkv4NDOLsprxEnHYvDtVekR-KlXbFlRgqmkW7d0GNm_r6gkn2oXNQPzPUvs/w400-h300/D83D1B98-6362-4C4C-876E-BA985AF9630F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midnight the cat<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJa1olQ1lHZzqLFIDVcZ3pBP-A5sc39AbYBdNktSLZyItEJUlojTlCVrOAkvFnak4NaEDBogAlEy_6eoIHwbHs3tXTmobtslK8xYN6IM4aZkB0qqcqyCoWnvnxes3TrTrLG0V6oUOD1Qc/s1280/D314596C-C8BE-43B3-A227-1E0A642B8F81.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJa1olQ1lHZzqLFIDVcZ3pBP-A5sc39AbYBdNktSLZyItEJUlojTlCVrOAkvFnak4NaEDBogAlEy_6eoIHwbHs3tXTmobtslK8xYN6IM4aZkB0qqcqyCoWnvnxes3TrTrLG0V6oUOD1Qc/s320/D314596C-C8BE-43B3-A227-1E0A642B8F81.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iris Stahl and my sister, Kay, <br />the one with the big mouth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NX1qP2pVOM_ikkPaieWI0h7xoB2MNnN1sqe8-KkYL-suquagsBrb5tLwhQgNG60upNjvGxPtGuAG59uETmLhvjr3qwh7nCxRdOCKLyg3gwOkM-A8oviQgS_ww6eWqBmShtEF-bZ7OlE/s1008/39636986-57E2-4AEB-9FB4-F12943DC54BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NX1qP2pVOM_ikkPaieWI0h7xoB2MNnN1sqe8-KkYL-suquagsBrb5tLwhQgNG60upNjvGxPtGuAG59uETmLhvjr3qwh7nCxRdOCKLyg3gwOkM-A8oviQgS_ww6eWqBmShtEF-bZ7OlE/s320/39636986-57E2-4AEB-9FB4-F12943DC54BC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>David, niece Lynda's husband, with their collection of cats.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXzPv2KHBmYBycpjLX76ExD5K-Fh7BHROQWMlJ0oOZKDYr9ilsOet2CKsxGvhA0uK8duhTszrPuPcm3G5VMn-tQMELijPhxKGcOu_udwkGj-S4JmAo3kSodGiIcdohpKWW4UQ3-GrW80/s960/D7BD5746-B310-40EA-818B-B3532E012B21.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXzPv2KHBmYBycpjLX76ExD5K-Fh7BHROQWMlJ0oOZKDYr9ilsOet2CKsxGvhA0uK8duhTszrPuPcm3G5VMn-tQMELijPhxKGcOu_udwkGj-S4JmAo3kSodGiIcdohpKWW4UQ3-GrW80/s320/D7BD5746-B310-40EA-818B-B3532E012B21.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cousins Eleanor and Larry, who live in York PA.<br /> He retired the end of 2020. Happy Retirement!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcoYjVuNIVLwZsko3PKGsWHk37UKgeuFCHldoUhjeC1Zmpvqp11GaUxoU4oUb3BNlzb6FziN6-8jYjV_grS-DXdycoaxgKHFT9XnpDTRzfQD-9Ei1Rnh4yZE9XyD0LBP7MLEZDJgiyGdg/s800/785A3688-7C1F-41B2-AD38-F1CBB692BC34.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcoYjVuNIVLwZsko3PKGsWHk37UKgeuFCHldoUhjeC1Zmpvqp11GaUxoU4oUb3BNlzb6FziN6-8jYjV_grS-DXdycoaxgKHFT9XnpDTRzfQD-9Ei1Rnh4yZE9XyD0LBP7MLEZDJgiyGdg/s320/785A3688-7C1F-41B2-AD38-F1CBB692BC34.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nephew Eric, Eric Jr, Mandy, and Kylie<br />at their home in PA<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWxv-pZq_Z1pV_FpDnrMGvDcvuYBQkM5ZeLuCxXnx04GrMHloSLgsYcLcHf1lEOJEF8h_-Nt7UDpTxd-QbNLP6VbKVNt_9cX_tp4W-Aes8eRGYw93JeRNNUxf8pngPS07_DdmhlSlXZY/s1600/188ABB81-4FB5-4264-8324-3E95AFD883CF.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWxv-pZq_Z1pV_FpDnrMGvDcvuYBQkM5ZeLuCxXnx04GrMHloSLgsYcLcHf1lEOJEF8h_-Nt7UDpTxd-QbNLP6VbKVNt_9cX_tp4W-Aes8eRGYw93JeRNNUxf8pngPS07_DdmhlSlXZY/s320/188ABB81-4FB5-4264-8324-3E95AFD883CF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niece Holly's dogs. See below for her family</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQvhV5lulenER5aEYWnkHYEsTkIpFEsPNGfQHO959_dB2_7iEqcmTULtTVb0aKEhiVq_cpZ3o9-02chVOuy_yqX8aGbRaTgxLBykjssNIcm7R3gpQ0KPHgQpu2cgk0ZAVfLuFHnZRsfA/s2048/09BC03FD-D76B-402C-9F8A-B29AEF536A08.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQvhV5lulenER5aEYWnkHYEsTkIpFEsPNGfQHO959_dB2_7iEqcmTULtTVb0aKEhiVq_cpZ3o9-02chVOuy_yqX8aGbRaTgxLBykjssNIcm7R3gpQ0KPHgQpu2cgk0ZAVfLuFHnZRsfA/s320/09BC03FD-D76B-402C-9F8A-B29AEF536A08.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view looking east from the Lazy J<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTrNZwVNv8t90EFiqjmI_lYpKHGA9eZpm4EI0aPOd1PtMG4KntLipeAQQDx3kc8zvxmne1lzWmo0KE32XWHzEu7YzG-PpTijr_2_tfRtSeZgAfkIcZsUIH8bBorb2MfqrniO1KkWnPyw/s1600/98E78209-B8AF-4359-B819-EBF6C6439CA4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTrNZwVNv8t90EFiqjmI_lYpKHGA9eZpm4EI0aPOd1PtMG4KntLipeAQQDx3kc8zvxmne1lzWmo0KE32XWHzEu7YzG-PpTijr_2_tfRtSeZgAfkIcZsUIH8bBorb2MfqrniO1KkWnPyw/w400-h300/98E78209-B8AF-4359-B819-EBF6C6439CA4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">God daughter, Kimberly, attorney in Texas<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaPEbxqCrMEA37IhrAZ9Wl7eAQN_Z5ee5gLfYPJEw9zGUdEL2avPMPPJKqrAPvpNZC1jToeCKwA9xDoy1QUEnXF7QYwnX1OmuNZSQT_cQ08yO7_BWHUuBEOvCViNXGSug_Wl-skWMy_k/s2048/3B3255E7-F831-4314-A312-E8C5D9A46EFF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaPEbxqCrMEA37IhrAZ9Wl7eAQN_Z5ee5gLfYPJEw9zGUdEL2avPMPPJKqrAPvpNZC1jToeCKwA9xDoy1QUEnXF7QYwnX1OmuNZSQT_cQ08yO7_BWHUuBEOvCViNXGSug_Wl-skWMy_k/w400-h300/3B3255E7-F831-4314-A312-E8C5D9A46EFF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Niece Annette and Steve with their children, Ian, Liah, Dublin and Ui.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTi7BXKU4DHgnLhYvqB0EeyAJWJcbCSZe_Usk0d-oegPrweXlK2LdXhoIPadMFJotQ1y_0i9YTeffO3DjKLFnDHonwO94Goy21Dfyo3WvQq4i1CHjKeBCniuMcckcb-ffoTQ3oczAMZFI/s2048/IMG-0111.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTi7BXKU4DHgnLhYvqB0EeyAJWJcbCSZe_Usk0d-oegPrweXlK2LdXhoIPadMFJotQ1y_0i9YTeffO3DjKLFnDHonwO94Goy21Dfyo3WvQq4i1CHjKeBCniuMcckcb-ffoTQ3oczAMZFI/s320/IMG-0111.JPG" /></a></div>Fairchild</div>Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-7208189130385566922020-12-31T13:50:00.000-08:002020-12-31T13:50:47.061-08:00Summer/Fall Garden<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimx6M_k4dsfVGUafxTQkHX15iql1Y2sR_ei7bZFUvpU8fASd5SHP-_Xjpm9QWLV9TsrIPzE462Nq2BpuTS0UGkVXR18XkwIf9DSPgEpl4OLrhmvKGYqkfKGKaCZrbzqLCU8grnX8nW9vg/s2048/IMG_0635.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div>This is just some of the veggies we raised this summer. Also turnips, dragon carrots, lots of beets - white and red, sorrel, mustard, arugula. Fresh and nutritious.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpGgtJmmd2-EPgkhOirdVAJ8v0wp5CYN9Ggytx0tjniCZtg76Bac46aALu2Tt9GcjJtcEleQRLP9XyjE-UVHGw2GrjvRCyeYjE49QX_pcCqo6Onj9lA33jTiloLPwA0k_8oTbRT6-4kU/s2048/IMG_0636.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpGgtJmmd2-EPgkhOirdVAJ8v0wp5CYN9Ggytx0tjniCZtg76Bac46aALu2Tt9GcjJtcEleQRLP9XyjE-UVHGw2GrjvRCyeYjE49QX_pcCqo6Onj9lA33jTiloLPwA0k_8oTbRT6-4kU/s320/IMG_0636.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrots from library seeds</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWWmb82eb38OrvnuaduD4xoqd2ew0uMBaTALcmekcc2Z0XNxBlgK0um27pnSHEmfZlXIG0uN4rbhKGHc_RI7u_u-JkCqguMpzyOz2VLLXoV-__t2O8rtJnnRQKOAuLy5Ag6V9dngfyC4/s2048/IMG_0637.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWWmb82eb38OrvnuaduD4xoqd2ew0uMBaTALcmekcc2Z0XNxBlgK0um27pnSHEmfZlXIG0uN4rbhKGHc_RI7u_u-JkCqguMpzyOz2VLLXoV-__t2O8rtJnnRQKOAuLy5Ag6V9dngfyC4/s320/IMG_0637.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greens in pots: tats, kale, spinach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Daca85qWAfqknYNP2apAAbp9XM-4b6sHb9CErBMbU9NtRaWjpJwbpkR9PaA8VFlNX6nZIb6W43iqP5JUGwpjtTK3oJiYK9I_GHbsi3gprwO9uK04Vtdp5lEbmvTCgLIOPDJQ7o39eCQ/s2048/IMG_0644.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Daca85qWAfqknYNP2apAAbp9XM-4b6sHb9CErBMbU9NtRaWjpJwbpkR9PaA8VFlNX6nZIb6W43iqP5JUGwpjtTK3oJiYK9I_GHbsi3gprwO9uK04Vtdp5lEbmvTCgLIOPDJQ7o39eCQ/s320/IMG_0644.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">newly planted elm trees in our new elms grove</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDAMJ-vkOFdEc9Xs-7VVhHE30-okwJRrU07iwi_hDODNas4eh9S3ap2FLgE5dtsPbro89ECJrUvJ6kMxsbsoAGN1T9gD5dknIterWnzBY2thogpUTqwOHv4PKzZcK4KOPBXAFCbQg7cE/s2048/IMG_0646.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDAMJ-vkOFdEc9Xs-7VVhHE30-okwJRrU07iwi_hDODNas4eh9S3ap2FLgE5dtsPbro89ECJrUvJ6kMxsbsoAGN1T9gD5dknIterWnzBY2thogpUTqwOHv4PKzZcK4KOPBXAFCbQg7cE/s320/IMG_0646.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amaranth in pot in sun porch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5h7DiqtCIKiE1ZlgwPluZMtpm1krrxOi5zTlRLqYzm2X1ZaFhY0YTQ6WQ9bjHtLNigEUcv286mU0s9YnqajvBleuvo4QNN1S20FSC98d-0npr2v330xE2O_y4WqfOJtJV6KieWE5BS-A/s2048/IMG_0647.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5h7DiqtCIKiE1ZlgwPluZMtpm1krrxOi5zTlRLqYzm2X1ZaFhY0YTQ6WQ9bjHtLNigEUcv286mU0s9YnqajvBleuvo4QNN1S20FSC98d-0npr2v330xE2O_y4WqfOJtJV6KieWE5BS-A/s320/IMG_0647.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amaranth again</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxauIJxMh6111tGZ2xyI3lP8susEazHogrv881qgiGE2HJ3vRDtPtciGL773MgYr5JrPu2bKELWppyzTUAhuDWH4PLVipD-CH_amNLx9WSHowJfYtjcoz5bOvzUW3XNRx2PCHAVb0UVA/s2048/IMG_0658.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxauIJxMh6111tGZ2xyI3lP8susEazHogrv881qgiGE2HJ3vRDtPtciGL773MgYr5JrPu2bKELWppyzTUAhuDWH4PLVipD-CH_amNLx9WSHowJfYtjcoz5bOvzUW3XNRx2PCHAVb0UVA/s320/IMG_0658.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My experiment with greens in pots indoors<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMoleDwiISAuxbvj4BUQ66YdyqTlvodQpcgiPsM0HOvqBWLQFD7eTsiFW0CU4Spa-HZoRQxG4kawG4k_avhAvNrRiQ941o7kJm9AVpZ8DqAWuv2rjaRrYVNDUBv0QAFl5WJbASHbzFV3o/s2048/IMG_0659.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMoleDwiISAuxbvj4BUQ66YdyqTlvodQpcgiPsM0HOvqBWLQFD7eTsiFW0CU4Spa-HZoRQxG4kawG4k_avhAvNrRiQ941o7kJm9AVpZ8DqAWuv2rjaRrYVNDUBv0QAFl5WJbASHbzFV3o/s320/IMG_0659.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">amaranth again</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu48SfoXEVYpzrhsWLzSyK9Ql5wD0nRfWsOHCxqVLMfDEzcEEwk1KIbUEHFxvEel3HX49WmBhBoBI1dmFIzUKBYL_wBqDbA78_32e0C4rciJJSkqyS2scnwQ55lMf1R9QTwWyAb7gfLM0/s2048/IMG_0660.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu48SfoXEVYpzrhsWLzSyK9Ql5wD0nRfWsOHCxqVLMfDEzcEEwk1KIbUEHFxvEel3HX49WmBhBoBI1dmFIzUKBYL_wBqDbA78_32e0C4rciJJSkqyS2scnwQ55lMf1R9QTwWyAb7gfLM0/s320/IMG_0660.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more amaranth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpEryreRutUGqbldbmbsw7pjvB8TyN-M56rxl-VNT0S0GH3jCICTFgqf6IH0AVAFD1qVPB9QnyqLSfajvqp9oAqChzMmldAiyw8huxQwshMCkF5NaJi-DCstA5eUE6CxuQCBtu_bGRLg/s2048/IMG_0662.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpEryreRutUGqbldbmbsw7pjvB8TyN-M56rxl-VNT0S0GH3jCICTFgqf6IH0AVAFD1qVPB9QnyqLSfajvqp9oAqChzMmldAiyw8huxQwshMCkF5NaJi-DCstA5eUE6CxuQCBtu_bGRLg/s320/IMG_0662.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more amaranth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpDHv3X1wdb_MqrKgtW7gFDlSQOXd4cwYdjVlMKaprn6rYm0rQEPXIuJSTriYA_5r_wwfQUemqD-vt3NxrV2APFc57edtZGAA0RQ28zFHrmnJZB8oL256iSryWY-XOL16DNWc1-s2I9E/s2048/IMG_0682.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpDHv3X1wdb_MqrKgtW7gFDlSQOXd4cwYdjVlMKaprn6rYm0rQEPXIuJSTriYA_5r_wwfQUemqD-vt3NxrV2APFc57edtZGAA0RQ28zFHrmnJZB8oL256iSryWY-XOL16DNWc1-s2I9E/s320/IMG_0682.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">greens in pots</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjd-GFotDqIpPGwSuF36TxT9iV7CADSsQ1VIIPbcF83Hl9eGG_Ob4qtNE4bO4R3RFVGa3W4mvAt8lwruK4mMKhNf7gFWpLOCKQIlCKLvIPLifvYuQ3wPWhmZkVkZXiFwaNH7MAZSwyhtI/s2048/IMG_0683.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjd-GFotDqIpPGwSuF36TxT9iV7CADSsQ1VIIPbcF83Hl9eGG_Ob4qtNE4bO4R3RFVGa3W4mvAt8lwruK4mMKhNf7gFWpLOCKQIlCKLvIPLifvYuQ3wPWhmZkVkZXiFwaNH7MAZSwyhtI/s320/IMG_0683.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">greens: tats, kale, mizen, spinach, raddichio</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-19835951361328271432020-05-01T17:29:00.002-07:002020-05-01T17:29:13.006-07:00Life in a Pandemic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We've been sheltering in place during this terrible pandemic. We are fortunate that we are retired and don't really have to go anywhere. We stocked up early but already had quite a store because John, being a Red Cross volunteer, believes in being ready for a disaster. We were thinking earthquake not virus. Speaking of earthquakes on March 31st we felt the effects of a 6.5 earthquake centered in Stanley Idaho about 300 miles east of here. The house moved, curtains swayed, and it set off the grandfather clock. That was the excitement for that week. All the while the pandemic was becoming really serious.<br />
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So I've been taking drawing lessons on YouTube during this time. One of my efforts is here. I'm thinking to draw the cover of my work in progress, Wings of the Dawn, set on the Oregon trail in 1853. It would involve a covered wagon. The heroine is going to California to escape her past in New Orleans. So every morning I'm traveling the Oregon trail in 1853. It requires a lot of research which is interesting. My biggest takeaway from the research was that the over landers were crazy to pull up stakes and move 2,000 miles west. <br />
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Above I'm setting in the first garden seeds which have finally sprouted. I've planted beets, two kinds of peas, kale, carrots, spinach, and turnips in different raised tubs.<br />
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To the left are some of the greens I grew inside for my baby greens garden. (See previous post) They are quite yummy and turned out well. I grew radishes, kale, sorrel, spinach, tatsoi and cauliflower, which needs to go into the garden but we are still having freezes. <br />
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Here is a Russian Olive tree with a magpie nest over our pond. A larger photo is below. The nests are an amazing collection of woven sticks that withstand strong winter winds and storms. Magpies renovate old magpie nests. This one hadn't been used in a while. But a noisy threesome moved in this spring. They are now setting on eggs, hopefully. We both love magpies. They are very noisy and funny and smart. <br />
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Here's the big blue spring moon last month looking east from our place.<br />
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This is one of the lilies John bought me for Easter. I also have a drawing of this. My drawing instructor says to practice, practice, and practice on things from real life.<br />
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Fairchild enjoys a tough afternoon of sunbathing.<br />
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First radish from the greens garden. We got about a dozen. I sautéed the greens with olive oil and garlic. Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-27897754581836835542020-03-28T14:43:00.000-07:002020-03-28T14:43:21.830-07:00Snow Geese on Sewer Ponds, Hines, Oregon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My friend, Terry Keim, sent me this photo today. She lives in Hines and walks on a nature trail that goes by the town sewer ponds. What looks like snow on the ground are actually snow geese on the sewer pond. They like the warm water and I've heard you can trace migrating geese from city to city on their sewer ponds. Terry is active on Facebook and posts her photos, poems and observations on a regular basis. Thank you, Terry.Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-33075666072351613372020-03-28T14:33:00.000-07:002020-03-28T14:33:58.378-07:00Baby Greens Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week when it was sunny I snapped a photo of our baby greens garden. I started cool weather plants on our sun porch which is not heated but gets warm durning the day. My idea is to grow "baby" greens which seem to be all the rage now. I can snip them off before they get big and have salads for us. I also sprout mung beans in a jar which are great in salads. I'm growing seeds from that the library gave out for readers to grow. I got tatsoi, radicchio, sorrel, radishes, bunching onions, cauliflower, and kale. The idea is to let some go to seed and give back to library. I also planted spinach and three different kinds of tomatoes from seeds we saved. I also planted a row of spinach in one of our raised beds and the snow will be good for them. I'll plant more spinach outside this week. I've already transplanted some of the greens into bigger pots.<br />
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Greens are a little bigger. Photo below shows a robin outside the window look for a bite to eat. <br />
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I've transplanted quite a few more and they are growing well. I planted more spinach, lettuce and peas in the raised beds outside. We had a few radish greens already. But the plants need to get a little bigger.<br />
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Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-47228712304702310462020-03-15T13:48:00.001-07:002020-03-15T13:48:20.358-07:00My World TodayIt's Sunday March 15, 2020 and we've awakened to snow the last two mornings. This morning it snowed most of the morning. John went to mass against my recommend to stay home and self-distance. In just two weeks our world has turned around. Now the corona virus dominates the news and has changed everything. We bought in food. I don't go to town anymore than necessary. John went to water meetings this week, did the mail, bank, post office and library routine and shopped for groceries. I'm having a great deal of trouble putting weight on my right leg and so it is hard to get around. I use my new, spiffy roller walker pictured below.<br />
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Here's my world: books to read beside my reading chair, walker by the chair. On the table is my beading stuff. I'm making a necklace that Aunt Nancy made for me that broke into prayer beads. It's white outside because it's snowing. We don't use the telescope now because it's a wee bit cold to be out at night. Stars are gorgeous though on clear nights. Space station has been going over in the mornings about 6 AM.<br />
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Looking out of the window east into the snow. The plants sit on my beading table. This past week I saw my first robin. The magpies are enhancing a nest in the Russian olive tree by the pond. The king birds are back and of course the sparrows and starlings never left. Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-27538922756694685682020-03-15T13:32:00.000-07:002020-03-15T13:32:48.630-07:00Hot SpringsIt seems long ago now but the first week in March John and I went to the Crane Hot Springs abut 45 minutes south of us. The weather was sunny and up near 70 so we went on a Monday and Friday after our aborted trip to the CCL conference in Vancouver, Washington. It felt good to bounce around in the pond and move my legs. The water was comfortably hot, the breeze a little brisk. It's a big pond where the water entering is boiling hot and by shooting it up and circulating it cools down. We took noodles to help us float around.<br />
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My hat says "Make Earth Cool Again". I got it at the Citizens Climate Lobby Conference. I'm very cool and modern.😊Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-64395453239608816072020-02-26T11:44:00.000-08:002020-02-26T11:44:20.275-08:00Winter 2020 Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I've published ten novels over the last ten years that include mystery, utopian sci-fi, and one romance. I've written poems, made a guest appearance at a high school poetry class, and created two workshops. One was <i>Finish the Book</i> and the other was <i>Publish the Book.</i> I produced a workshop on screenwriting and helped produce and fundraise for an actor-screenwriter workshop. I've attended Willamette Writers conferences, where I discovered self-publishing. I've attended a writer conference at Yachats on the Oregon coast in 2009 produced by Jane Kirkpatrick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I started in Washington DC Romance Writers back in the early 90s. It was through romance writer workshops that I learned character development, voice, and plot. I belong to the local Harney Basin Writers group which is a great group for feedback on one’s work in progress. Past a point one has to just write. I no longer attend the weekly writer meetings. I'd rather write. I no longer go to workshops. I'd rather write. I no longer produce and fundraise for writer events. I'd rather write. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now at the grand ole age of seventy-two, I'd rather pursue my art. I am in the process of backing away from community and civic volunteer involvement, opening up space for drawing, beading, writing, and music. From head center to feeling center. From certainty to exploration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I love making interesting necklaces with beads. I love beads and the feel of them. I first learned beading from my friend, Marlis Hodges, who I met in the Houston Gurdjieff work. I used to work with seed beads. I used to make earrings and bracelets. I used to bead clothes, fabrics, and pillows. Now mostly I make necklaces with semi-precious stones like turquoise, rose quartz, agate, carnelian, tree agate, garnet, jasper, onyx, amethyst. I used to decorate necklaces with silver, Bali silver, copper, and some gold beads. But now I don’t buy semi-precious. I am using what I have accumulated over the years. I bought out my Aunt Nancy years ago when she got out of the beading business. I work now in less expensive beads like shiny, faceted glass beads and base metal spacers. I enjoy finding old necklaces, taking them apart, and using them for new creations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I love writing. I have four different projects started. One is a mystery set in Bend Oregon, working title, <i>The Three Sisters.</i> I'm working on my memoir, <i>The Ditch Witch Blues</i>, which is a fun project. It won't be for general circulation. I'll include photos. Then I'm struggling with <i>Wings of the Wind,</i> a novel set in 1853 when an octoroon woman goes West on the Oregon trail. It has led me to study black history, especially William Loren Katz’s black histories for young readers that have lots of photos. I now read black fiction authors like Ta-nehesi Coates and Toni Morrison. I read Ibrim Kendi’s book <i>How to be an Anti-Racist.</i> Toni Morrison is a huge influence and inspiration. I read <i>Sulah</i>. She helps me understand how black women think, feel, and view their world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Another project is the fifth book in the Deovolante sci-fi series. I got stuck on space time after about 50,000 words. It wasn't making sense so I'm reading Carlo Rovelli, my favorite Italian physicist. He wrote <i>The Order of Time, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, </i>and<i> Reality Is Not What It Seems</i>. I found his email on his website and emailed him to say how much I enjoy his books. He answered and said, “Thank you, Marjorie!! Carlo”. I was thrilled! He gets me to thinking about reality, space and time, which informs my science fiction writing. He says, “Space is granular. Time doesn’t exist. Things are nowhere.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I am playing the piano again. John got interested in centers through a Cynthia Bourgeault post on Richard Rohr’s daily meditations. She points out that arts and music are the first thing cut from school curriculum. They come from the feeling center. It made me realize that I need to play the piano again. I am starting with the Gurdjieff/ De Hartman music. Working at the art gallery, I listen to All Classical Portland. I need more feeling center food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have stopped reading headlines because they are too depressing. Mass psychosis. On the way into town, which is half an hour drive, I listen to Portland jazz radio KMHD instead of OPB news. Tosca is playing now on All Classical as I sit at the art gallery. I see how it touches me. Bourgeault also talks about how white society is stuck in its head or the thinking center to the detriment of other cultures, who are more moving and feeling center. Black soul music comes to mind. White society has a lot to be remorseful for, and they aren’t. I am. I only recently came to understand white privilege. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I like to draw and have for years in sketch books and on drawing paper. I like colored pencils best then crayons then No. 2 pencils. I hope my friend Terry Keim, who is a fabulous artist and drawer, will help me improve my craft. I draw fences, trucks, trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I want to devote some of each day to beading, writing, music and drawing, to my art, to creativity. This is my wish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">In my inner work, I see that I cannot do. That I am asleep. I see my certainty. I ask the question “What is pulling the strings?” I wish for intentionality. Seeing my automaticity, I am freed to seek intentionality through self-remembering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Two brother owls</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">sit high in the</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Russian Olive tree</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">watching</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">the bipeds below</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">wondering</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">what they are watching</span></h2>
Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-48756385076285296952019-03-26T10:10:00.000-07:002019-03-26T10:10:23.415-07:00IXL Ranch<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<br />Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-50204163463898876772019-03-25T10:07:00.000-07:002019-03-25T10:07:50.874-07:00A Day at Brazos Bend State Park<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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<br />Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-70523311019984238212019-03-12T09:56:00.000-07:002019-03-12T09:56:45.378-07:00Reunion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Saturday John and I visited our Nigerian friends in Houston -- the Dikes. I met Obie, the mother, at Exxon in the 1980s and she was pregnant at the time. She gave birth to Kimberly, who is my god child. I lost track of them and we re-united again. Obie has two sisters, Angela and Linda, who are married and have families. Kimberly is now 31, a lawyer, very pretty and very smart. Necca, Nambdi and Charlene are her brother and sisters. (I'll get photos of them pretty soon.) Their father, Charles, is a doctor and lives in Minnesota right now. Necca has a daughter, Zoe. It was wonderful to see them. They are a funny, loud, kind, generous, and good looking family. I won't lose track of them again. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kimberly Dike, my god daughter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A photo of the children with me a long time ago. Kim sent me this. </td></tr>
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<br />Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-68972525412850291882019-03-12T09:29:00.000-07:002019-03-12T09:29:07.178-07:00Dinosaurs!Marlis, John and I spent a day viewing the Morian Paleontology exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. We learned a lot! This is a very nice collection and well displayed. We didn't have enough time to see it all. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday, March 4 - more gray skies, high 39, wind chill at 26 degrees. Where is the dang sun? And what about Spring!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting with Texas friends, Marlis and Pat. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mardi Gras fundraiser and we are ready to party!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty decorations at the Mardi Gras party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John gets wild and crazy in the 2nd line dance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brenham Texas, nice town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great restaurant in Brenham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool building art in Brenham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side trip to PA for my aunt's funeral. Waiting to take off in the cold early morning from Harrisburg. Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant sits eerily in the distance. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Texas friends -- Jeanne at her "tea" house in Fredericksburg. She's 90 years old and still going strong.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeanne with John on a windy day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relaxing in the evening with a good book</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Texas anywhere there is an American flag flying, the Texas flag is right beside it. I don't even know what the Oregon flag looks like!</td></tr>
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<br />Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-55105155074823337412019-01-26T14:06:00.000-08:002019-01-26T14:06:32.772-08:00More Photos from Cat Spring<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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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset at the IXL Ranch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlis & Ralph at H Mart, Asian market</td></tr>
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I mentioned the fabulous Asian Market - H Mart - that we went to last week. Here's one aisle. Marlis gave me cooking lessons for Miso soup. We got miso at H Mart and baby bok hoy, dashi (a soup base), daikon radish, shitake mushrooms, organic tofu. Wonderful, healthy soup and easy to make with many variations. One drawback - most everything in writing is in Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese. But the store personnel are helpful and we found the sesame paste. <br />
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One thing that strikes me about living here for a while is the amazing amount of resources available as opposed to the poor, rural community where we live in Oregon. I was in an Asian super market recently that was bigger than a super Walmart and had nothing but Asian food. It was like a trip around Asia in one big place. Houston has a lot of top ranked medical institutions like Herman, Memorial, Methodist, Baylor, and Children's hospitals that we pass on the way into the city. Of course, the fossil fuel industry is what fuels most of the growth in the state not the least of which is the nation's fourth largest city - Houston.<br />
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I got a chance to visit St. Christopher's Episcopal church in West Houston, which has a beautiful healing chapel with a stature of the mother and child which looks more like Christ and child. See below.<br />
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Of course, the sunsets and sunrises are spectacular which the sun decides to visit us. After mass on Sunday John and I went to a local favorite restaurant called Tony's in Sealy. John got pie and Blue Bell ice cream for breakfast. Hey! We're on vacation! Hope all is well with you.<br />
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<br />Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-4700757059919411132019-01-07T10:34:00.000-08:002019-01-07T10:34:01.199-08:00Happy New Year from Texas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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John and I wish you a very Happy New Year. We celebrated with the IXL ranch family and their friends and boarders on New Year's Eve. Steak and Lobster and the rest was pot luck. Really good food. I ate lots of desserts. Nice people, all wrapped up in horses and dogs. Most of them have known the family for years.<br />
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It's been raining a lot here and today's no exception. Road flooding has been an issue but that doesn't keep us at home. We explore the surrounding towns. We excel at being lazy and just sitting on the deck in the sun. Have seen some of our friends which is always great. Found some great Mexican restaurants. And there is always the Long Horn Saloon in Brenham Texas. We'll get around to some day trips one of these days. Have a wonderful, healthy and happy new year. <br />
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Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-2375090659950921152018-12-26T14:12:00.000-08:002018-12-26T14:12:41.690-08:00on being an artist from Eckart Tolle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-85639845192978801252018-12-23T12:50:00.001-08:002018-12-23T12:50:29.796-08:00Merry Christmas <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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John and I are on the road with the cats, who are behaving very well. We've arrived in Cat Spring and the notable feature of the tiny town is the rail road that goes straight through it with an at grade intersection. We can hear the rumble and whistle of the train from our deck on the horse ranch. Comes through around 7 AM and 5 PM. We are recovering from the five day trip and have explored Bellville, Brenham, and Sealy all of which have a library and a post office. And lots of Mexican restaurants. I'd forgotten how good Mexican food is in these parts. And then there is barbecue. Yum.<br />
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We have beaucoup horses for neighbors. This ranch boards a lot of horses. All kinds plus runs a few cow-calf pairs. Couple of big bulls. For John's benefit we have hit two catholic churches. I like the one in Sealy because it has comfortable seat cushions. It's the little things in life.<br />
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We've visited with our friends Marlis and Ralph and they have beautiful Christmas decorations. See photo. John and I sat on the deck this afternoon and enjoyed the intense sun and cool air. They've had a lot of rain here. Dust of Harney County to mud of Cat Spring. We are not complaining. We're surrounded by lots of pasture, paddocks, fences, and horses. We're about a mile from the hard road.<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">The fourth book in the Deovolante Space Opera series is on sale on Kindle for 99 cents until December 19. This is the last of the special Christmas offers for my Deovolante Space Opera series. Look for <i>Earth Rising</i>by searching on Marjorie Thelen in Amazon.com. In this book our erstwhile group of Earth physicists and Deovolante aliens team up to try to help planet Earth rise to a higher vibration but run into opposition from no other than Earth and her inhabitants. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Following on the Kindle Promotions for my Deovolante Space Opera science fiction series, the next two books are <i>Hoodoo Canyon</i>which goes on sale for 99 cents on Monday December 10 and <i>Earth Rising </i>which goes on sale Monday, December 17. Any of these books can be read as stand alone novels. <i>Hoodoo </i>and <i>Earth Rising </i>are particularly fun because they feature Eloise Bright, renowned theoretical physicist, who meets a professed alien and she has to decide if she really believes her eyes. They are entertaining and filled with the usual memorable characters. Give them a try!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last week I announced I have now published a historical romance, <i>Wings of the Wind</i>, set in Galveston Texas in 1850. Mercedes Lawless meets Captain Jean Lafitte when he walks into her emporium and says he is now the owner. That doesn't sit well with Mercedes. She launches her own investigation of who bet her store, which takes her to New Orleans and back aboard the <i>Wings of the Wind</i>. The story is light, fun, and a picture of life in 1850. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lorna Cagle, author of <i>Jenny </i>and <i>Louisiana Picket</i>, read an advance copy and here is what she says, "An exquisite story of intrigue that exposes the underbelly of New Orleans society in the 1850’s, as a courageous woman seals her fate aboard the <i>Wings of the Wind</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Wings of the Wind</i>: A prosperous shopkeeper, a pirate captain, a clipper ship, and uncle who isn't what he seems. A historical romance set in Galveston, Texas, 1850. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marjorie Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02928343196049911497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282732697802197432.post-64293375203439068052018-12-03T09:37:00.000-08:002018-12-03T09:37:08.008-08:00The Next Universe Over is Now on Sale!<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">Starting Monday, December 3, the second book in the Deovolante Space Opera will be on sale for three days at 99 Cents in Kindle Store for three days, then $1.99 for four days. Look for it under Kindle Countdown Deals. In this spoofy tale from the Deovolante Galaxy Space Opera a reformed pirate, a holy person, and crew end up in the Next Universe Over by mistake.</span></div>
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Teaser: My first romance will be on sale on Kindle this week. Stay tuned.</div>
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