We will be leaving on Wednesday to drive up to the Portland area to visit the Portland grandchildren and for me to participate in the Rose City Yarn Crawl. I'm starting to gather the things I need for the trip, starting with my knitting project, my "passport" for the crawl, where I will collect stamps from each of the shops we visit. I picked up a Yarn Crawl bucket bag in 2024, which will hold the project and other stuff I might need to keep with me while we're driving around during the Crawl.
My project is the Traveling Woman shawl. The yarn was a gift from our daughter-in-law for Christmas.
We will be there a little longer than usual, not returning until Tuesday. That's because Charlie has a procedure at OHSU, an ultrasound treatment focused on his brain to try to reduce his essential tremors, this time for his right hand. He has several appointments in connection with the treatment.
It was a busy week, with medical appointments, including my annual physical and having my eyes checked and getting a new prescription for driving, since my left eye is intentionally nearsighted. My eyes were pronounced healthy and I left with the new prescription. I had an appointment for an echocardiogram and some blood tests, and after that, I drove out to Costco to pick up my two prescriptions that needed to be refilled. I stopped at a couple of grocery stores on the way back.
Earlier in the week, I took the photos for a new story I had written the week before. I won't reveal what it will be about, but here's a teaser photo. It took me most one day to finish it, even though the story was finished. I had to dress ALL of the dolls in clothes that were suitable and fix their hair, then pose them and take the photos. They aren't always cooperative, and even the violin acted up.
On Saturday, we woke up to the news that we had bombed Iran. There was a last-minute invitation to attend a protest at Peace Corner in Bend. I put on my Melt The Ice hat, and we took the dogs to the protest. I made a sign that said, "MAKE LOVE NOT WAR" to hold up. While we were there, a TV journalist asked to interview me, so I answered some questions while she videoed my answers. I haven't seen it, but I suppose it was OK.
On Sunday, we had our annual visit from the Bishop, and this will be his last time to come to us. He's retiring. We had some special music at the service. (Bishop Pat is the one with the red vestments.) After the service, I gave him a copy of "Billy" and told him a little about it. He showed a lot of interest in the book. I hope he enjoys it.
Sunday afternoon we decided we needed to get out with the dogs. We had a lot of rain during the week. The only nice weather had been when we had appointments of one kind or another. We took our usual route along the Larkspur trail and then came back through the woods, so the dogs could run off-leash for a bit. Dusty likes to roam, but he comes when I call him to come and get his leash back on.
We don't like them to be off-leash when we get close to streets. They love being off-leash, but they're good about getting leashed up again.
Today I need to do laundry and start putting together clothes and the other things needed for the trip.
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What's in The Doll's Storybook: In this week's story, Pippa learns why Mariah hasn't been eating lunch and only eats early in the morning when it's dark and then after sunset at night in Fasting and Feeding.
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