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Tapestry: April 2010
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010. 28 Reasons Why I Will Always Love Randy! Two years ago. . . . The golden rays of dawn. Had not begun to paint the sky. We'd just barely said hello . . . . How could I tell you Goodbye? The spring had barely sprung,. But God has called you Home. You were my joy, my light, my strength. You're gone. . . It's dark. I'm lost. . . . Alone. 1 Randy had a marvelous sense of humor. 2 Randy was so creative and shared his talents with others. Well, that is what I thought when I first saw Ran...
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Tapestry: April 2011
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011. How Did Cosmo Do It? He had somehow managed to get this large container of dog food out of his dog door. This is actually the most benign thing that Cosmo has tried to eat. On several separate occasions (generally while I am at Church,) he has lived through stealing and eating the following:. 15 sticks of gum and 9 pieces of Double Bubble Gum, all in 1 hour's time or less. 5 blocks of Tom Cat Mouse poison and a small bag of butter mints. 64 Lactaid Pills at one time. It seems th...
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Tapestry: My 5 handsome grandsons from Arizona
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011. My 5 handsome grandsons from Arizona. Is age 17 and in 11th grade. He sings in one of his high school choirs. In the past, he has played football, but soccer has been his favorite sport ever since he was very young and started playing it. He also likes running. He is an excellent student and is very good at playing the piano. Below is one of my favorite memories of him. Here Chase is helping Trevor to learn how to tie his new Scottish tartan tie. I gave all the boys tartan t...
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Tapestry: A Christmas Miracle: Charlene's CD Album
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Monday, February 28, 2011. A Christmas Miracle: Charlene's CD Album. Below is a photo of Charlene recording her music at Full Fidelity,. The recording studio of Steve Phillips. He is seated behind Charlene. Steve is so good at what he does and is so easy to work with; we would have. Never been done by Christmas if we had gone to any other recording studio. We spent so much time together,. I feel like Steve is a member of our family. Below is a picture of Charlene when she was a runner up. There was an er...
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Tapestry: February 2011
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Monday, February 28, 2011. 2 Valentine's Day Candy Houses in 2 Days. Houses, so I bought 2. Books, made Scandavian Heartbaskets and filled them with candy, thus receiving the Candy house for Valentine's Day would make sense. Here's the cute book I bought. And the heartbaskets that I made for Karli and Sage. They were both such good readers. They both could read the book to me. Sage and Karli with the first house on February 13. Avery and Nash with their Valentine House. Nash with his heartbasket-. Below ...
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Tapestry: September 2009
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Saturday, September 5, 2009. Flowers Sent from Heaven. Randy loved sunflowers. In 2007, the last summer I had with Randy, it was his idea to plant giant sunflower seeds all along our back fence, but not one of them sprouted. He was so disappointed. Amazingly, I now have sunflowers in my yard that I NEVER planted (and they are nowhere near the back fence.) I’d like to think that Randy sent sunflowers straight from heaven just for me—just to add a little sunshine into my life. What do you think.
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Tapestry: Now Ducks Are Dining in My Yard!
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Now Ducks Are Dining in My Yard! To view video, click on the arrow on bottom left under the photo). When I was leaving the temple on Tuesday, I saw a pair of ducks sitting in the grass in the front of the temple near where I had parked. I told them they were pretty birds. They ate it up. Then after I got home, I was amazed to see 2 ducks eating under the Catalpa tree by the shed. Ever since I was little, stray kittens and dogs always followed me home. Now birds are doing it.
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Tapestry: Thinking of Randy today
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Thinking of Randy today. Before we met, I had insulated myself. No one could hurt me any more. I said I didn't need anybody. Then you came into my life. You came and broke down my walls. You kissed my soul with love. Now my walls are gone. And so are you. . . . I feel so lost. I miss my dad. April 12, 2011 at 9:44 PM. He is constantly in our thoughts as well. WE love you! July 30, 2011 at 5:54 PM. That is the true love story to me. May 1, 2012 at 9:34 PM. Ryan and Erin Alkema.
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Tapestry: May 2014
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Saturday, May 24, 2014. Beautiful Japan as I photographed in 1967-68. Kinkakuji- The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, Japan. This is my favorite photo that I took in Japan. Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan and the outside walls of this building really are covered with gold. At the time of the tsunami near Sendai, Japan, we were inundated with disastrous images of Japan, so I thought it would be nice to show you what Sendai looked like before this disaster. Inside the gate to my apartment in Sendai, Japan.
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Tapestry: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011. My 5 handsome grandsons from Arizona. Is age 17 and in 11th grade. He sings in one of his high school choirs. In the past, he has played football, but soccer has been his favorite sport ever since he was very young and started playing it. He also likes running. He is an excellent student and is very good at playing the piano. Below is one of my favorite memories of him. Here Chase is helping Trevor to learn how to tie his new Scottish tartan tie. I gave all the boys tartan t...