Dragonfly Ranch

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… when FedEx brings you this, unsolicited.

Took part in the table setting contest at Mountain Community Women’s fall fundraising event.

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We’ve seen toads in the pool all summer, but now that the rains have begun we’re starting to see frogs hanging out too. Now, the latest visitor is a California tiger salamander. The salamander showed up in the pool skimmer this morning. I moved him to the (non-working) spa so he wouldn’t be sucked into the skimmer again when the pump is running.

The salamander was a bit of a surprise, but not as surprising as the tarantula I found swimming in the pool a little while later.

It was paddling around and seemed quite happy, but I removed it and sent it on its way.

Laying out the blocks from the SMQA mystery quilt on my roll down design shade. Since you get one clue a month you have no idea what you will end up with by the time you get to this point. I decided to go totally scrappy in order to use up fabric I already have. Somewhere in there is actually a pattern and a secondary pattern if you look hard enough. A day or two away and then I’ll look at it again and decide how I feel about the layout. Overall, I’m quite happy with it.

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Phil is trying to watch a movie, but it is difficult with Ella trying to be a lap dog!

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… and they got me this FABulous T-shirt.

Thanks, Caryn and Brendan, for the T-shirt! I hope you enjoyed Fergus Falls at least a little bit.

And thanks for lugging it all the way to Texas so Betsy could lug it all the way back to California!

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along the San Antonio Riverwalk

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