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John and Ashlyn on the phone with Grammy

John and Ashlyn on the phone with Grammy
Originally uploaded by northwoodsluna

John called this afternoon just to say hi. It was fun to hear Ashlyn's "voice" in the background. She's getting so big. I just want so badly to hold her! She's growing so fast! My DIL Angie took this picture of John and Ashlyn on the phone talking to me and then sent it to me. The call and the picture made my day!

The Closest Thing to the Sea...

It was a beautiful summer day Tuesday, in the mid 70s, sunny with just enough breeze to make the trees whisper. I saw clients that morning and had a client cancel that afternoon's appointment at the last minute. In a moment of serendipity, I asked Tom if he'd like to go for a ride out to the Lake. Zippel Bay State Park. It's a gorgeous place and we had the beach mostly to ourselves. There were a couple of teen boys about a quarter mile up the beach from us and there were boats dotting the horizon but for all intents and purposes we were alone. I was feeling a sort of melancholy, job related, and felt the Lake pulling me to her shore. Lake of the Woods is the largest inland fresh water lake in North America, Minnesota shares it with Manitoba and Ontario. It's a mighty lake. The closest thing to a sea I have. When I feel blue I long for the sea. I wish you could hear the crash of the waves on the shore at Zippel Bay, it's seldom a tame, gentle lapping. Before you get to the beach you can hear a gentle roar, and as you slip down into the sand over the shallow ridge you all of a sudden are hit with a strong wind off the lake. Gulls wail reminded me of the Bean Sidhe that my dad told me about once when I was a girl (Actually he told me to stop shrieking like a Bean Sidhe. LOL) Pelican's ride the waves, tranquil even in the rough choppy waters. It always restores my spirit to go to the lake and listen to what She has to say to my heart. It is at the lake that I hear God/dess speak most directly to me with words meant only for MY heart. With the sun, the wind, the water, sand beneath my toes, the love of my life by my side, how could I remain entrenched in melancholy? I didn't. :-) center>

Wishing Cupcakes...

  

I should have used my little Canon or my my little Nikon camera to take a picture of the cupcake. But I was drooling as it was, My blackberry was in hand, so that is what I used to snap the picture before I devoured the cupcake. It was delicious and sweet.

I bought cupcakes today to celebrate Wednesday!

I wish I'd thought to buy small candles! Still, even without a candle to light and wish upon, before I ate it I made a wish....

If I gave you a wishing cupcake what would you wish for?

 

Ashlyn Rose in her gown and bonnet. She didn't like the bonnet much!

Ashlyn Rose's Christening Gown

Ashlyn Rose's Christening Gown
Originally uploaded by northwoodsluna

This is the Christening Gown I made for our granddaughter Ashlyn Rose Oberg. She was baptised by her grampa Tom at Bethany Lutheran Church on July 26, 2009. It was a joyous day for all her family members and sponsors and the congregation!

The hem of Ashlyn's Christening Gown

The hem of Ashlyn's Christening Gown
Originally uploaded by northwoodsluna

The bodice of Ashlyn's Christening Gown

The bodice of Ashlyn's Christening Gown
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Close Up of the Trim on Ashlyn's Christening Gown

Close Up of the Trim on Ashlyn's Christening Gown
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The Bonnet to Go With Ashlyn's Christening Gown

The Bonnet to Go With Ashlyn's Christening Gown
Originally uploaded by northwoodsluna

This is the bonnet I made to go wtih Ashlyn's Christening gown.

IF I HAD A CAPE...

This is a page from my art journal today.

Yesterday I watched SICKO, Michael Moore's docudrama about the pathetic state of health care (or LACK  of it) in the USA. I'm not a big Mike Moore fan but the docudrama moved me and upset me very much, acutally I think my heart  broke a  little bit more. Then last night a friend disclosed that her health insurance is ending July 1. She's been insured through her husband's employment. She has not been able to obtain insurance because of "pre-existing conditions" I know too many children whose parents are working poor making too much to qualify for state medical insurance. I know people my age who are too young for Medicare, and unable to afford insurance. Why do we put up with that? How we treat our poor, and our sick, and the most needy of our society defines the very fiber of our nation. GREED  is NOT good  "Mr. Gekko"! It has no place in democracy. It defies the corner stone of equality that we smugly brag about as a nation.

I am no caped crusader, I am not a super-hero. I'm an aging fat middle class (barely middle class) American who is fed up with the exploitation of the sick, the elderly, and downtrodden.  It's time for me and for YOU if you are AMERICAN and reading this to stand up and declare with me that we're mad as hell and I'm not going to stand for it anymore!  Why are we all so afraid to do that? My youngest sister says often that those of us who were vocal in the 60s have "sold out". SHE'S RIGHT,  we've sold out for comfort and the status quo of greed as usual. There has to be a better way, a better balance between comfort and justice.

I just can't live like that anymore.