The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the best book I have read all year. It had me laughing, crying and holding my breath to see what happened. I fell in love with the characters just like Juliet did. I would recommend this to everyone.

Day 161 - Quilt Detail

6/10/2010

A detail from "Pat's Quilt" by Rebecca Musgrave.

Inspired by "1,000 Cranes" of Japan. Each crane is a folded origami.

This is one of my favorites among the 125 +odd quilts in the Arapahoe County Quilters' Festival of Quilts.

Day 160 - Bindweed

6/9/2010

These lovely little white flowers are in my front garden.

Too bad they are bindweed and they don't seem to kill any of the weeds!

Day 159 - Quilt Detail

6/8/2010
A detail from one of the beautiful quilts that will be in the Arapahoe County Quilt Guild show this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I spent most of the day helping to set up the show.

Day 158 - Seascape

6/7/2010
This lovely seascape was painted by my cousin, Nancy Carlson, for my parents. It used to hang in their living room and now hangs in mine.

Day 157 - Piano Player

6/6/2010
Erlinda is the accompanist for the Filipino American Community of Colorado's Mano Po Choir. She will be playing while we sing this Saturday at the FACC Festival.

Day 156 - Ethiopian Adoptees

6/5/2010

Ben & Suzie Stosich just picked up their children Dagin & Tarefech

in Ethopia where they did an international adoption.

They were on their way home to Billings.

Day 155 - Clouds

6/4/2010

"I've looked at clouds from both sides now."

The view at 7:55 pm from a window at DIA looking North.

Day 154 - Blue Flax Flowers

6/3/2010
I love the airy blue flax flowers.

They are self seeding in my front garden.

Day 153 - Heirloom Iris

6/2/2010
This is an heirloom Iris plant that came to me from my Grandma Craig via my mother's garden. I love the deep purple and white.

Day 152 - "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

6/1/2010

David getting on leg one of his vacation to hike the "Forbidden Mountains" of Albania with Becca before she leaves on her "epic" journey home.

Day 151 - REI Wall

5/31/2010

This is the back wall of the REI flagship store in Denver.

The former powerhouse for the Denver Tramway system has been converted to a unique Denver landmark near the Platte River.

Day 150 - Internment Camp Survivor

5/30/2010
Shown here are Mr. Arthur Ogami and his wife Kimiko, who were on the way to Bismark, ND. Mr. Ogami, a nisei, a US citizen born and raised in California, was interned after Pearl Harbor at the camp in Manzanar, CA for 2 years. He then was moved to the camp at Tule Lake, CA where he was kept for another year. Then he and his parents were sent to Ft. Lincoln in ND. His parents wanted to be exchanged for POW's so that they could go home to Japan. He also renounced his citizenship to keep his family together. Mr. Ogami spent 7 years working at a US military hospital in Japan where he met his wife. Then with the help of the commander he was able to regain his citizenship and return to California. He is in ND to help dedicate a memorial to those who were kept at that camp.
In his words, "I am part of little known US history."

and on a side note, he said that Pat Nixon was one of his HS teachers in Whittier, CA (before she was married!)

Day 149 - Jewelry

5/29/2010
A passenger was wearing this cute little pin today. We couldn't figure out what she is holding in her hand?

Day 148 - Jeppesen Statue

5/28/2010
The main terminal at Denver International Airport is named in the honor of aviation pioneer, Elrey B. Jeppesen. Jeppesen was a pilot who started flying in the 1920's. After the depression he was delivering the mail when he realized that pilots needed better charts than the road maps they were using. Today, the company he started supplies charts to most pilots, world-wide.

This statue of Jeppesen is in the middle of the security screening area at DIA.

Day 147 - Sunset at DIA

5/27/2010

Day is done, gone the sun.

The view from my gate this evening.

Day 146 - Bassoon Player

5/26/2010
The bassoon player in the Laredo MS 8th grade band had funny hair. (My granddaughter loved this.)

Day 145 -

5/25/2010

The view from my gate all day 7 am to 9:30 pm. The passengers ebbed and flowed, at times more (lots more) and at times less.

Day 144 - Cinnamon Toast

5/24/2010
I have been craving cinnamon toast all day! Probably because I was working near the coffee place that has those cinnamon rolls! Amazing that this spice, made from tree bark, is so wonderful with a little sugar and butter on plain toast.

Day 143 - Sleepy Baby

5/23/2010
Little Tavion fell asleep during the FACC dance practice. Sweet dreams!

Day 142 - Zebra Ocarina

5/22/2010
This is one of my favorite ocarinas made by Whistleworks (now of New Mexico). I have several of their wonderful whimsical ocarinas, mostly bought at the Denver People's fair.
http://whistleworks.com/

Day 141 - School Bell

5/21/2010
My Grandmother, Ida Belle (Bushner) Craig, was a teacher in a one-room school house near Neosho, Missouri. She was 18 and had completed a Normal School program. Her students ranged from grade 1 to 8. At 20 she retired when she married my Grandfather, Gus.
My Mom was also a teacher in Utah before her marriage to my Dad.
When we were children in Kansas City, Mom used the bell to call us home when we were at friend's houses in the neighborhood. We could hear it for blocks.
Mom gave me the bell when I became a teacher.

Day 140 - Ron

5/20/2010
My ramp friend Ron needs a new profile picture!

Day 139 - Kite Flying

5/19/2010

Kite flying in Harvard Gulch park.

Day 138 - Midnight in the Parking Lot

5/18/2010

Leaving the parking lot at DIA after a "fun" day on Concourse B.

Note the time on my dashboard clock!

Nothing like tornado warnings and lightning storms to extend the work day!

Day 137 - Heifer International Cookie Mold

5/17/2010
Lucy Natkiel of Brown Bag Molds made this special edition cookie mold in 2008 to benefit Heifer International. They give poor families around the world animals. The families pass then share some of the off-spring with other families.

Day 136 - Cinnamon Muffins

5/16/2010

Gotta love those little holes in the English muffins for holding the melted butter.

Day 135 - FACC Scholarship Winners

5/15/2010

Joey and McKenna were the 2010 FACC scholarship winners.

Joey will be going to Stanford on a football scholarship and

McKenna will be studying nursing at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Congratulations!

Day 134 - Seed Picture

5/14/2010

This is one of my Grandmother's seed pictures. She used to collect seeds into little bottles.

As you can see, she had quite a variety of them. This was made about 50 years ago.

Made by Ida Belle Bushner Craig - early 1960's

Day 133 - Lover's Knot Quilt

5/13/2010
Angie is one of the very talented quilters in the Arapahoe County Quilt Guild. She also has a long-arm quilting buisness. I love this quilt of hers.

Angie Nofziger, Lover's Knot

Day 132 - Spring Snow

5/12/2010
We didn't get much snow but it is a heavy, limb breaking stuff. My poor "Basket of Gold" flowers look quite bedraggled!

Day 131 - Amish Friendship Bread

5/11/2010
Rachael gave me a starter for this Amish Friendship Bread. You let the starter ferment in a plastic bag for 10 days, mushing it and adding ingredients on some days. Then you add more ingredients and divide up the batter into 4 bags to give away. The remaining batter is used as a base for this cinnamony bread. Yummy!