I got lost around Faire-time, and the snowball just kept growing.  Lloyd had some hospital time (scheduled treatment, not an emergency), then my convention and we just got back from vacationing in southern Oregon, seeing trees and Shakespeare plays.  I'M BACK!

Hello there person I never met!  :D

 

Even though i'm not a member of the Kin...I guess I could say 'Hello and welcome back!'

 

So...hello and welcome back!  :)

*screams, giggles, tacklehugs, smoocheies, holds tight and snoopy dances*

 

WOWOOOO!!!  We have missed you!!!!!!!!  LOL  Lor and I wondered where you were and actually were starting to get worried and thinking about sending out the Kin Posse!!!

 

Sounds like life is good then?  Oregon, shakespeare, trees and faire time?  all good stuff!!  and hubby is well?  *grins* 

 

*winks*  Kyn has been back around..think Lor threatened him..and we have several new members!!!  You missed Disney stuff..but are just in time for a fabulous story Lor is writing about the Kinster's at the Farm!!  and twinnie sock day!!

 

*bounces*  oh this is a GOOD DAY!!!  Welcome home Ursuala!!!!

Welcome home Urs....I won't tackle you since Twinnie likely broke you in her excitement.  ;) :D

 

Trees in Oregon, huh.  The Redwoods?  The path of Giants(?) or something like that.  I went ther many many moons ago....lol. 

*waves*  I'm new, but welcome back!  I love trees and vacations, that part of it sounds like fun.  It'll be great to get to know you along with everyone else int he Kin, so far I've found it a very warm and welcoming place. :)

Welcome back, Ursula!  Sounds like you've been a busy, busy girl...  :D

 

*hugs*

URSULA! *cements feet in place and smiles* Welcome home! We missed you so much!

 

Now, see if you can help straighten these newbies out. I tried... I swear I did...

*wanders in*

 

I don't like makin' threads to anounce my own return, so I will just say "welcome back!" and pretend I never left.

 

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Did it work?

Welcome home!!

 

Im May and im new to the Kin(but not to DM) anywho looking forward to getting to know ya! *snuggels*

*snuggles* Welcome back darling, you have been missed. Hope his recovery went ok?

Thanks you guys.

 

I just typed a great note to y'all, then lost it.  I'll get back to you.

 

Missed you all.  Glad to be back.

 

 

 

S'okay we can wait.

 

 

Also.....

 

 

 

HOLY CRAP STAFFY'S BACK!!!  :D ;)

I don't even need to retype it all.  Here's a link to MY Photobucket!  This is how I spent my summer vacation.  Well, except for the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.  They won't let you take pictures during the shows. :)

 

http://s526.photobucket.com/albums/cc347/ReginaLV/

 

Avenue of the Giants is on the way to Willits, in northern California.  It is about 30 miles of 2-lane highway, with turnouts, through the Sequoias.  You know, the big redwood trees. 

 

The Skunk Train from Willits, CA runs to Northspur, the old depot between Fort Bragg and Willits.

 

Ladybird Johnson Grove is north of Eureka and is a conserved Sequoia grove that was just like church, for me. 

 

Lake of the Woods is in southern Oregon, near Klamath Falls.  We stayed there before and went back this time. 

 

Crater Lake, well, look it up. We drove all of Rim Drive, all 38 miles of it.

 

We went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in Ashland, and saw 3 plays and I took the backstage tour of the theatres.  Fabulous!  We will probably go back next year.  They have 5 Shakespeare plays scheduled for 2009.

 

We saw the sequoias and the petrified forest when I was six and we did a cross-country move from Hawaii to Maryland. :)  We flew to California and then drove all the way across and saw all the great American landmarks.  I remember those huge trees with so much fondness, I'm glad you got to have such a fantastic summer. ^_^

Awesome pics.  I saw the Avenue of the Giants when I was 15.....I'm not saying how long ago that was.....we were on family vacation in San Francisco, and drove up to see them.