:Kelly’s Sharif…

My sister Kelly is an artist. She sculpts. She paints. She grooms dogs. Her senior photo was taken with her first Saluki, Cosmo. This week she sent the following…

I have this drawing I’ve been working on, it’s of my last Saluki.  This is how I imagine him looking at earth for the last time.  I miss him terribly!!!!
 
This canvas is on an isle in our dinning room.  I look at it now and then to decide what needs to be fixed before I call it done.  As I looked over at it one day from the kitchen, the sun was shinning through.  Thought it looked interesting and took a photo.

:Mrs. Hughes…

Okay. Mrs. Hughes is funny, really funny. I just had to share.

Click here for a clip of her routine.

:Images of life with cancer…

Pink seems to be the new fall color. As Tess reminded us yesterday, October is breast cancer awareness month. Yesterday I should have stopped and taken a photo of the little trees decorated with pink ribbons. They were back-lit by the sun, gently waving their message in iridescent light.

Last Sunday Chris celebrated her 57th birthday. Today she leaves for a 3-week trip to Peru. For those that don’t know her story, she was diagnosed with IBC (inflammatory breast cancer) 5 1/2 years ago. IBC doesn’t form tumors. Instead, the cancer cells lay down in sheets, often looking like a bruise or orange peel. Because of its nature, IBC is considered stage 4 cancer when diagnosed. The survival rate in 3 years is less than 30%. Chris has battled IBC, appreciating each day ‘she’s bought’, doing it with grace and dignity.

Last night a stunning photo of Chris, a photo that shows her joy, her determination, her beauty was shown on 9News in a segment called Life with cancer. The piece is about renown photographer Katy Kaitakoff. She’s been photographing women and men with breast cancer and the people around them for a book about breast cancer.

To see the piece, including the photo of Chris, click here. There are four still images, then Katy introducing her work. The still image that displays next, the fifth still image, is Chris.

:Gentle reminder from Kathy’s Tess…

Ladies, a gentle reminder from Tess to please get your annual 
mammogram!  Take care of yourselves!

:Kipu

Kipu has been in his North Dakota home for several weeks now. Sandy has sent photos and several newsy posts since. I especially love this one!

 Kipu means happy in Tibetan.

Read more and see more photos on Kipu’s page.