Creativity

I spent the better part of two days over at Marianne's house helping her create jewelry for a horse show sale. She's very talented. And scattered! It was exciting to see her play with color and shape as she designed stuff. But as time got shorter I was frustrated that we weren't actually finishing pieces. We finally got a few things made and she sent them off to the show. Now she is working on things to take down to Thanksgiving Point for a sale there. Here are a few of the things she had me helping with.

Not evey post comes with a photo

Here's a hard lesson for me - you can't get a photo of everything. Three days ago we visited the Oregon Zoo. I was blissfully taking photos of all the cute little critters when suddenly my camera asked me if I wanted to format my memory card. "No," I told the stupid camera. It was already formatted and had at least four dozen photos of animals on it. But the camera persisted and through a long series of events I found that my memory card had imploded. No cute animal pictures for my class, or for my blog. Dang. Then last night Mike and I went to hear Big Bad VooDoo Daddies at the Oregon Garden. On the tickets they had printed "No photography" but once we got in (a healthy hike through the garden and down a hill) they announced that while video wasn't allowed, photos were fine. So my camera is back in the car at least 300 miles away - ok, it felt like 300 miles when I though about going back to get it. So no photos of BBVD either. The upside is that the concert was lovely. If you have never heard BBVD here's a link to one song I particularly liked: http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/clipserve/B00009YRSB001008/0/105-8215561-2846850

The weather was perfect, cool but not cold, lovely white clouds floating overhead, a slight breeze. We sat on the lawn right in front where we could watch the musicians at work as we sipped wine and nibbled nachos. The fragrance of flowers from the garden was amazing. My only complaint was the volume level of the music. Is it just me or are all concerts lately just too loud? I'm going to put a poll on the right side of this blog to see what you all think about that. Anyway, the concert was great and if we lived here we would be members of the garden and subscribers to the music series. Just too much fun!

Another Quiz

$50 Welfybucks to the person who can tell me what these birds are. Mike and I were guessing ospreys. But I'm not sure now that I have a closer look. Hint: They are nesting just outside of Pendleton, Oregon.

Time for a Quiz!

Which of these kids is not like the others? (Sing along if you remember the words...)





The answer is: Sean. He's the only one we now must buy car insurance for. As of today our Geico bill is cut in half. WHOOO HOOOOO!

We took Lucas (some of you may still call him Adam) to the DMV where we turned over the title to the Camry. Anna received an older Toyota Corolla as a combined birthday/graduation gift from us earlier in the week. She was running herself ragged trying to get to three different jobs. She really needed a car.






And HERE it is!

MY FIRST BLOG!!!

Welcome to Welfyville, where everyone is pretty ... welfy.


I'll be posting photos and more about the Welfy clan. But right now, I have to go help Welfybomb pick out her very first car - a 1998 Toyota Corolla. It's lavender with a pretty tan interior. Photos later!

Meanwhile, a photo of the Welfys on their latest adventure to Philadelphia.