This, too, is from a stack of watercolor experiments. I have a box of Fabriano paper - they would make good postcards, but they are not quite heavy enough. I need to figure out a permanent adhesive and laminate them to each other. This looks like I might have been appropriating ideas from Mary Engelbreit.
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Goat cuddling report.
The 11 year old granddaughter was not enchanted. She was a good sport but was glad it's over. The 9 year old boy loved it so much he wanted to go back - and take his grandparents. I'd be up for it, if they did not have so many other activities scheduled.
This was the right year to retire from managing two kids on my own. My daughter has been doing a great job. Although she periodically shouts in her sleep - and this time it scared the living daylights out of her son. He didn't understand that she was asleep. Her daughter slept through all the commotion.
I might find myself a part-time job and save up so that next year I can send all of them to some kind of Outward Bound adventure. Or one of those idyllic OG resorts in northern Minnesota or Wisconsin where you can fish and paddle around in canoes and hope the ticks don't get you. Not to mention all the other insects.
I have my nephews every summer, all summer. They are 10 and 12(the 16 year old has a summer job). We are taking a week or so to drive the coast of Lake Superior, from the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin to Soo Locks and then down to Mackinac Island and then down the coast of Lake Michigan back home. I'll let you know how it goes!
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