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The Doctor in his TARDIS. (8/4/17)
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Picking cherry plums in the front yard. (8/6/17)
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Ripe and bounteous, bright red jewels. (8/6/17)
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What's this? A fairy bell. (8/6/17)
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Showing off the set and puppets for her claymation film "Doughnuts on Bakers St."(8/11/17)
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Birthday dinner at Red Robin with Aunt Molly and Uncle Devin. (8/12/17)
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Playing with the family who lives in the Victorian doll house. (8/14/17)
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Water colors on a sunny afternoon. (8/14/17)
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Politics keep happening even
when we're tired. Fortunately, we had a tiny Captain America with
us to raise our spirits. (8/14/17)
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Tiny Captain America got really shy when he met a larger Captain America. (8/14/17)
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The
legal observers sent a representative over to tell us that they'd
decided Wesley had the best outfit. He helped raise everyone's
spirits. (8/14/17)
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We walked to the Washington Park spray play and brought along Wesley's best buddy Quinn. (8/17/17)
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But against all expectation, Quinn had no interest in playing in the water. (8/17/17)
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Mr. Buttery Pancakes
with her fly-swatter and pajamas, singing "Just another day in the
life, except there's a dragon trying to burn the place down."
(8/18/17)
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Two very serious birds at the Cascades Raptor Center. I can hardly tell them apart. (8/18/17)
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A crowded birthday celebration. (8/18/17)
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Picking one candle of each kind -- Wesley gets to pick his favorite letter. (8/18/17)
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Bonding over a love of trains. (8/18/17)
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Hiking at Mt. Pisgah with cousins. (8/19/17)
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Busy picking berries. (8/19/17)
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Busy splashing rocks. (8/19/17)
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Wild and crazy kids. (8/19/17)
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The Oregon Air & Space Museum creeped the kids out -- it seemed like a good location for an episode of Doctor Who. (8/19/17)
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Wesley liked the planes but not the mannequins; Elaine spent the entire time recounting episodes of Doctor Who. (8/19/17)
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We got up at crazy-dark-early and drove through dead streets, unexpectedly no traffic, to Corvallis. (8/21/17)
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We arrived far too early, so we went out for breakfast. (8/21/17)
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Eclipse glasses! (8/21/17)
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Staring at the sun. (8/21/17)
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Crafts to pass the time while celestial bodies align. (8/21/17)
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Cookies decorated to match the eclipse. (8/21/17)
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The air turned
cold. The sun stopped burning our skin. Suddenly, it went
dark. During totality, Elaine turned a cartwheel. We were
all ecstatic at its beauty. (8/21/17)
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Still stunning, even after totality. (8/21/17)
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Annie kept very busy
during the eclipse, convincing the little kids to chase her while she
ran away very, very fast. (8/21/17)
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Visiting the tiny, sparkling fishies at Mama's favorite coffee shop, where she has written many stories. (8/22/17)
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Eclipse day ended with the news that I'd sold six stories -- I celebrated with six new Playmobil figures. (8/22/17)
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Playing with Mama's Playmobil. (8/22/17)
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Marimba at the Spencer Creek Grange on a Saturday morning. (8/26/17)
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During the marimba performance, SOMEONE kept peeking over my shoulder and then HIDING. (8/26/17)
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Splashing in the surf. (8/27/17)
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Tracks in the sand and running off through the dunes. (8/27/17)
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The beach is a happy place -- you can tell; it's smiling. (8/27/17)
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Burying herself in the sand to get warm. (8/27/17)
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Cold but beautiful. (8/27/17)
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We didn't quite stay for sunset. (8/27/17)
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Exterminate! (8/30/17)
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