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human and more than once i felt in my heart that my mother sent her to us and i swear she would communicate with us such a smart pup especially when she would run out of water she d stand between the two of us and point her nose to her water dish and she never had an accident in the house until her last day with us at the end with her eyes she told us how much she loved us and that she understood it was time for her to leave and how sad it was for her she was stronger then both jim and i the both of us were such a mess and we cried for days afterwards i just know my mother met her as she left us posted by artisun at 6 45 pm 7 comments labels sophie sposa sophie s eulogy sunday july 7 2024 an easton update the last pix i posted of lil e was at the end of march on easter sunday when he was 5 months old well here is our cutie patootie at 6 months even though his hair is getting longer in front he is loosing small patches of it here and there my son s hair did the same at that age only it looked much worst kind of resembled a sumo wrestler ha ha easton wakes up with big smiles for his parentals every morning below was shot right before they had to lower his mattress for the first time you can akso see below that his tiny bald patches are filling in as he approaches 7 months we have him on my baby blanket from 1956 my mother saved it and then when she passed i found it among her things in 2013 and of course my two were too old for it so i saved it for my first grand those eyes right at 7 months he has really figured out what his cubby little legs are for not crawling forward yet just backwards a bit and pulling himself up to a standing position but then boom right back down his abs are getting so strong his bubbly personality is really shining thru he s also discovered real food he s still loving a bottle and binky and drooling like crazy trying so badly to cut his first tooth and he rarely cries one of the happiest sweetest little ones i ve ever known am i a bit biased you betcha but that s who he really is an easy baby i m averaging usually 2 nights a week of babysitting both parents work late into the night which works great for me as i m a night owl i love giving him a bath and putting him to sleep it seems i can hold him for hours in my arms as he naps and i never want to put him down and goodness what a snuggly bunny he is when i do put him down for the night it s right next to me on the couch till either mom or dad gets in his best buddies are right there with him first we have miss tatum who thinks easton is her baby and is constantly checking on his well being and giving big licks she loves cleaning his face after every meal and even bigger sloppier licks come from dog daddy kepler a huge brown lab he loves this little guy too and as you can see wants to always be by his side touching him in some way then there is granger the blue healer the meanie who wants nothing to do with the little fella but because he is black and white easton wants to get his attention the most figures at 8 months his looks are really changing he s filled out into his pudgy self and his hair is sprouting out everywhere and getting blonder from the summer sun just like his mommy s does he s becoming so very expressive and animated and there is serious teething going on in fact this week he finally cut this first tooth and it is sharp i read on social media that if you give babies the inner core of a pineapple it s the perfect teething stick as you can see and it numbs his gums at the same time i hate cutting up a pineapple but for this little love bug anything at 8 months he loves the camera and will sit patiently as you snap away and he has become so much fun to play with he wants to stand up constantly and explore surfaces where he doesn t belong so when i babysit i surround him with age appropriate taller toys that he moves from one to the other on his tip toes he pulls himself up so quickly from a kneeling or sitting position so you can t take your eyes off him because there is still a lot of tipping over my daughter dani has been taking him to swim lessons and he loves the pool and thinks his bath is a pool as well he is a powerful kicker and wants to take off he s even been in the colorado river boating and swimming with his parents cousin aunts and uncle and other set of grands he goes early every morning in his jammies with his mom and dad to the cross fit gym and has since his birth he is their honorary gym baby mascot you can see he has recently found the kettle bells and is practicing his balancing act so proud of himself fourth of july was hot here in the low 90 s with high humidity this year he accompanied his parents to several swim parties in his adorable little man outfit for the 4th he also is doing the cutest thing with his hands see below holding them together as he tries very hard to understand what you are telling him easton loves studying our mouth movements and sounds dada is down and now we are working on mama oh and baba and of course he s making a lot of funny noises with his throat lips and tongue raspberry noises are his fav along with tapping his hand over his open mouth he started that this week and about two weeks ago he finally figured out the crawl and man oh man is he a busy little rascal now he is super fast with his favorite destinations being the dog s water dish the wheels on his stroller the doggie door that leads out onto the patio and the diaper pail but his favorite place of all are the toilets a fascinating discovery for him he loves using his hands and seems to already be very mechanical and that handle on the toilet is just irresistible caught ya lololol posted by artisun at 9 46 pm 4 comments labels baby easton danielle and easton grandma deb granger tatum kepler monday july 1 2024 gifted my lovely and dear cousin susan wearing the shawl i gifted her on a recent visit you can see close ups of the shawl if you scroll 2 posts down posted by artisun at 1 55 pm no comments labels cousin susan hand knit handspun yarns my work ranching traditions fiber roots in the valley shawl sunday june 30 2024 prairie boots loved the look of these knitted up in the local knit store via a coco knits pattern i knew i had some bulky malabrigo wool yarn in my stash so at least 3 4 years ago i started on these and wasn t enjoying the pattern it was a bit difficult to follow so after being half done with the first one i put it away and forgot about it this january i ran into it while looking for projects to finish up so i pulled it out spent a lot of time trying to figure out in the pattern where i was and plowed thru the pattern wasn t as bad as i remembered and they sure turned out cute i had my husband cut some leather soles and punch a few holes and i found a couple of buttons to accessorize with and woo hoo they are done they will be a xmas present for a favorite person in my life posted by artisun at 6 37 pm no comments labels coco knits hand knit my work prairie boots pattern saturday june 29 2024 on a 2 day posting roll ha ha even though i m rarely present on my blog anymore i ve been busy cranking out knit projects that i started but never finished i m trying hard not to allow myself to start something new till i finish long forgotten projects which is incredibly hard for me this shawl was started many months ago to learn some new knitting tricks fading contrasting colors pointy scalloped edges plus more lace work then i usually do i can t tell you how many times i messed up the pattern and had to frog back before i could move forward again it was so good for my brain above is a picture of how i block my pieces with tons of sharp pins and a special squishy board after i soak wash the finished piece this locks in all the loose ends as well as stretches out the work to show off the stitch pattern after removing pins it s pretty much holding it s shape this is a kit i found on a new site to me called ranching traditions fiber located in montana the kits comes with a lovely skein of wool yarn you pick the color it s called roots in the valley and the pattern is housed in the sweetest booklet it also comes with a wooden shawl pin that i can t seem to find anymore ugg however i didn t use the yarn because i wanted to use up some of my handspun stash i thought i had enough yardage to finish the shawl but sadly ran out 3 4 of the way thru but i love challenges like this it forces me to think outside the box i had some leftover malabrigo worsted which was about the same diameter so i ripped out a couple of inches and faded it in again more frogging the fading was trickier then i ve done before because the colors contrasted so much and i had to cheat and go back after i finished the piece and weave in some more lines to help it fade more smoothly the beige handspun is wool with some small pieces of silk spun to bring in a touch of color i recently gifted it to a dear long lost cousin that i just reconnected with and am asking for her to send a pix of her wearing it hopefully coming tomorrow in an email and here she is my lovely cousin susan wearing the shawl i think it looks perfect on her and am so very happy i gifted it to her susan is from my father s side of the family and lives with her family outside of salt lake city i haven t seen her or her mother georgie lou since my mother s funeral in 2013 it s been way too long i m so glad she reached out to me and came to visit susan and her twin karen are such lovely gentle souls now it s up to me to pay all of them a visit so utah here i come posted by artisun at 4 20 pm no comments labels cousin susan handspun yarns knitting my work ranching traditions fiber roots in the valley shawl friday june 28 2024 still here and looking back my mom in 1940ish i was recently gifted the most beautiful pix of my dear mother there was no date but i m guessing she was probably in her late 20 s or early 30 s here perhaps around the time she met my father lovely wish i would have been able to post it closer to mother s day posted by artisun at 4 30 pm 2 comments labels rose patricia saturday may 18 2024 we miss you mary happy mother s day to one of my favorites my daughter in law s mother and my dear friend mary it s been two years now since she passed but it still seems like yesterday her image is still so very clear in my mind a very beautiful woman both inside and out with a wonderfully fiery spirit and personality i believe i remember that her son choose what to put on her tombstone and it captures her so perfectly and her daughter chose the images around the words again so very perfect and a great tribute and send off for mary the flowers are from her daughter s and my son s backyard garden some are california natives poppies rockrose and salvia and other delights that are more common like geraniums dutch iris carnations and roses these pictures are from our recent visit with lovely balmy weather mary is located in the most gorgeous and historical california surroundings the santa susana mountains in an area called rocky peak park where they filmed many a western movie back in the day if you enlarge this last picture you can see the fabulous rock formations which are perfect for climbing in fact there is a popular trail there that the kids want to take me climbing thru they say it isn t too hard for this older lady huh my knees get weak just looking at it posted by artisun at 4 37 pm 5 comments labels late spring garden mary rocky peak park santa susana mts sunday april 7 2024 easter and birthday blessings funny i never thought in a million years i d be 68 but this is what it looks like after a lot of hard work in the gym pilates intermittent fasting and only 2 meals a day one of which is a big vegie fruit salad seven pds lost so far and going for at least 25 more i feel like i m never going to make it and it s so hard not to give up plus i love food and i live to eat my ex tells me he on the other hands eats to live and has never has a weight problem ugg everyone tells me i hide it well but only because of big blousy shirts on another note i can only remember 2 other times in my life when easter was on my birthday so this year was double the celebration with my beautiful children and my bestest buddy easton we celebrated with an easter egg hunt while e was busy tummy timing it with his music and lights i love that my kids still want my ex and i to hide eggs for them they continue to be very competitive siblings can t wait for next year when easton can participate too and color easter eggs my ex hosted at his home and my husband drove down to be with his daughter and two grandsons it was a very rainy day but my son insisted we still do a barbeque because it was my birthday the kids did all the cooking and it was delicious sadly my ex took a bad fall the day before easter and was laid up in a sling he suffered a broken cracked humorous and a very swollen leg he tripped on a polished wood floor while visiting a friend in the hospital it s such a shame because he is still recovering from his heart arrest and has been doing really well in his physical therapy balance classes i had so much fun putting together an easter bucket for e all was thrifted from our local mountain thrift shop except a brush and comb set and if you look closely you can see two antique baby rattles from the 50 s 60 s i picked them up for only 75 cents a piece it s so strange to handle plastic that old because it s very brittle and of course all the thrifted items got a bath including the stuffed bunny what was a little more challenging was to draw and watercolor easton s easter card i haven t done representational figures since i stopped teaching 4 years ago so i m really out of practice but it turned out being super fun and my kids thought it was store bought hee hee i love when i can surprise them with something i ve made posted by artisun at 7 27 pm 4 comments labels baby easton easter 2024 my work 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