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There are words for those who walk among us with cameras very early in the morning and not nice ones....It was Mother's Day and the puzzle had to be finished.  A second time around for Pat and I as we had done this puzzle earlier in the year.  Daughter Christine seemed to think it was fun to do and she's good at it.  Some one stole John's original copy of Bev Dolittle painting so we got the bright idea to redo the puzzle and glue it and  John framed it.  It now has a place on his office wall.




A masterpiece, a very difficult puzzle with the rocks and snow but it looks great on John's office wall.




The bears are back in Brooking for the summer months.   I understand the owners will leave one behind this year so we can all enjoy it.   Wonder which one.  Guess we will find out by the end of summer.




The Alaska town folks of Newtok, which is 480 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska is about to become known as "the First Climate Change Refugees" as the people have to be evacuated and moved on to safer quarters.   The town is being washed into the Bering Sea as the Nenglick River flows past the north side on its way to the sea.   100 feet of shoreline is gone from melting permafrost.

I have company this morning, Angie is here, and what a delight.   She looks great although her heart is a bit heavy after seeing her son Jason off to his first deployment to Okinawa.    It is hard to let go of your youngest, but the day comes so much sooner than you expect.     He left from the Seattle airport so she had quite a drive and took advantage of her free time and stopped to visit with friends on the way home.   A boon for me as I do not get to see her as often as I would like.   She was ready for a walk on the beach even in the misty rain drops.     I started a new puzzle, which daughter Patricia gave me for my birthday, and it is going to be a doozy.   It is filled with people and things and the cover of the box tells me that the puzzle is not like the picture on the box cover, but a mystery of changes.   Well the last one we did like that was fun, so hopefully this one will be the same.   It was very difficult getting the frame done, now on to the innards.  Angie gave it a good try and found the pieces of frame I didn't see when I was plowing through the thousand pieces.     We will take a beach walk again today and enjoy a trip around to visit the bears and have fish and chips at the Port.    When you have friends stop in the weather is unimportant, rain or shine the seconds are to be shared and enjoyed.    I hope someone surprises you and drops by today and gives you reasons to smile.     Get the hugs ready and remember three little words . . . I love you . . . how they make the heart soar.     Hugs to all.