Adventures with Family

Much to everyone’s amazement, we all survived the parents’ first ever night away from the children. It helped that I had an Assistant Child Wrangler in Dear Daughter…

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The dogs helped as well…

Pozy, Berkeley and Capella

Pozy, Berkeley and Capella

As soon as the parents arrived home, we scattered. Our favorite spot was people-free so we were able to stop there for our break between Boise and Montana.

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Pozy was grateful — she loves water.

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That drive is desolate and beautiful — and often feels like I am driving through a wildlife refuge.

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MOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Capella: Did you miss me?

Rosebud: Not really.

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In addition to a busy work week — all remote thanks to those stoking the pandemic again — we needed to get home to welcome our visitor!

That is Claire with Merlin from the Moonshadows! He is spending a few days with us, and Capella is especially thrilled about this.

Hope your day has you leaping for joy.

Adventures

The pandemic shut down my streak of 29 straight months of visits to Boise but the drought ended yesterday…

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…too bad the pandemic did not also end.

I think Sparkle is equally thrilled to be on an adventure. She had so much fun at our usual stop at the Salmon River.

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She frolicked and swam and just had a good time.

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She also introduced Pozy to the fun.

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Sparkle was so happy to see her family.

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Pozy just marched right in and made herself at home.

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All people are Pozy’s People.

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How is Berkeley, you wonder. The same strange blood sugar issues but the whole family is now Vegan and that seems to be helping.

They have long known dairy is a low blood sugar trigger for her (strange but true) and so having the whole family eat in the same way is useful and keeps food inclusive. “You can’t have that,” is hard for a child to hear all the time.

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And speaking of family — here is Zeus with his boy…

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While Pozy was enjoying our drive through Idaho and Zeus was getting cozy, Kadi was socializing at Home Depot…

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Could she be any cuter?!

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Thank you, Penny and Eden, for the photos. I love the updates and the photos — the Wildflowers are having such wonderful lives. Tomorrow is a fun update from another Wildflower — Lucy Clover King.

Happy Sunday to you.