Clarine

I did it!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Carole, thanks for the much needed help and guidance. I could not have done it without you. I appreciate your kind and patient instructions. I could have done the shadows around the letters, but I got this far and before disaster happens, I will stop here. Grandpa Great lived a good long life. He was one of 13 kids, with a few still here. Sadly, we lost him a four months after this photo. Had he lived just 2 more months, we would have celebrated his 102 birthday. It is pretty special for Emmy to have this wonderful photo of her and her Grandpa Great.

#6 oops, sorry, again troubles with getting the mask to do what it was supposed to do, but my time is up, so this is my project for the day. Grandpa Great was honored for being the oldest member in the American Legion in our city. He proudly rode in the town parade.

#5 Again, several attempts to make a pretty, and perfect project. I again, will be okay with this completed assignment as is. So glad we are not being graded. 🙂 Today's layout is of my kids with their grandpa and my daughter's baby. My son (the one standing next to Grandpa) has his grandpa's name, and his son also carries on with the name tradition. And the baby is also named after his Grandpa Great.

Fun to watch. I especially enjoyed watching the kid in yellow on the right side of the frame (in the first dance). He sure was keeping up with the beat of the music. Too Cute!!!

Grandpa Great was a very hard worker. He often put in long work days as a Field Supervisor at Green Giant. On his rare free days, he enjoyed fishing at his cabin, playing golf and restoring antique engines. He loved playing cards with his wife and the card club gang. And of course most of all, he enjoyed the company of his 4 kids and their spouses, 6 grandkids and 7 great grands.

#3 Sticking with the Grandpa Great theme, this is the next photo to present. I did the kaleidoscope for the background with a part of my daughter's wedding dress. I darkened it as much as I could be still not really that bold. But, it was a fun exercise to see another part of Corel Paintshop Pro. 🙂

#2 Our special Military Man.

I will dedicate this assignment to my father-in-law. We miss him everyday. He has taught us all many great lessons, was always so kind to everyone, thoughtful, generous and loving. He was a GREAT man and a GREAT father. We called him GRANDPA GREAT.

Here is a Japanese Beetle. You can see what they do to the leaves of the raspberry plants. I've heard/read that they love flowers too, but they only pester my raspberry plants. I have found a few in my blueberry bushes too, but, thankfully so far only a handful of beetles on them.

That is a pretty beetle. Kinda looks like a Japanese Beetles that I find in my raspberry bushes. They are destructive so gotta keep them under control. My husband found this moth when he went by it while mowing the lawn. I got a few pics of it snapped and then a bird came and snatched it away. Now that would have been a great photo.

That is a very beautiful moth. Thanks for sharing it with us. We have the hummingbird moths around here and it too is pretty colorful.

I also watch the KP factor on 2 different sites. I live straight west of Minneapolis so there are opportunities to view the Northern Lights. Last May, and then again in Oct, I was out to capture the lights. In May, my husband and I went out to see them, our first, and when I looked up into the sky all I saw was light wispy clouds. No color at all. I was disappointed there was no color. But I took a picture with a dslr camera/nice lens and wow, was I ever surprised to see the color pop up on the LCD screen on the back of the camera. I was hooked! In Oct when the lights were to be KP 5 again, I was out to find them. Neither time did I see the lights dancing tho. The lights were forecasted for our area the past few nights. I stayed up till about midnight (4 nights in a row), going out every 20 minutes to check. I didn't see anything tho, which was a little disappointing. Perhaps if I would have gone out at 3:00 am I would have been seeing the same lights Carole was looking at. I will keep trying.

I don't make waffles much anymore, but if grands ask for them we have fun making home made. They love measuring, dumping and stirring. And then of course eating them. If I end up with a few extras, I freeze them for snack on another day. I usually heat them a bit and then add peanut butter and my homemade blueberry jam. (I have a nice blueberry garden.) I printed your recipe Carole. I am interested in your crepes recipe if you care to share. Thanks much, Clarine

Beautiful!!! And so appreciated by those families. Thank you for doing such loving work.

She is perfect. Totally a living doll. 🙂

Many many years ago my mother-in-law made little white gowns for the preemies in a local hospital. Some got to wear their white owns home. Many others were sent to Heaven in their little white Angel gowns. I always wanted to follow in my Mom-in-law's footsteps and help her sew the gowns but no time back then with 3 kids and 3 parttime jobs. Now, she is in Heaven too. Maybe one day I will check into it. I love the octopus idea. They are just too cute. Bless all those volunteers!!!

Your little Sonya is a dolly.

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This the reason for my subject choice. In a few months we will celebrate our daughters arrival day. It's so fun to see her with her little "mini me" daughter. Little Emmy already has many of her mom's mannerisms.

I am having a heck of a time finishing the project with the templates assigned. So, I am trying to finish with Day 1 templates that seem to work best with the photos I want to use to finish my story.

They are glitter shoes. They have been handed down to four different sisters before the family passed them on for Emmy. And now they will get passed to the next little girl in the family. 🙂

Our little granddaughter is growing so fast. She is such a joy to hang out with.

In her new swimsuit, her daddy took her down to the water. At this point in time, she did not like her bath. So the lake was not her favorite. She preferred to sit with her momma and just watch the commotion her big brothers made splashing and giggling.

Page 2 done. 🙂