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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Fun with Cassie and Connor

Last week, Heather spent much of a day here while Bob and Andrew were working at their house. We thought it best to keep Cassie and Connor out of the way!

Here's a little of the fun we had.


Cassie made some fun animals out of air dry clay.





She was pretty proud of them!





She had fun blowing these bubbles.











We made this cute necklace.






And we went to Chik-fil-A for lunch.  Connor wasn't interested in our crafts, but he did like lunch.  It was a fun day!

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Monday, July 27, 2026

Lunch, a library and a dollhouse

Recently I had a lunch invitation that I have to share with you. It came from the son of a former patient. This lady was from Austria and was in a concentration camp at the end of WWII. Her whole family was killed. After the war she came to the United States and she often went to schools and spoke about what happened to her.

When she came to stay with us she had dementia. Her son put a US flag over her bed so when she woke up, she would remember that she was safe.  She was with us for years, so we got to know her son well and I still hear from him occasionally.  He was the director of the art department at the University here and traveled the world. In his travels he collected miniatures and has created the largest dollhouse I've ever seen. It's about to be moved from his house to be displayed in a museum in a nearby town, and after 6 months it will go to another museum.

So, another nurse and I went to his house, to see the dollhouse and to reminisce about his mom!


First, I have to show you the library.





Isn't a room full of books a beautiful thing?





And here is the dollhouse!  It fills the whole back section of the room.





Each section has its own theme, some are different rooms, others showcase different countries.






A ladder is on the other side so you can see into some of the top section.







It even has its own hot air balloon!






The church














A kitchen







Dining area, serving a feast






There is even an old hospital room!






This little section is kid friendly for his 2 granddaughters to play with






We had a lovely lunch and enjoyed the view of the city from the patio.  It was nice to catch up.