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Another pair of socks... Pattern: Basic Ribbed Socks by Kate Atherley Yarn: Knit Picks Stroll Tweed Colorway: Marine Heather Needle size: Us Size 1

Unfortunately, there are no passenger trains traveling through Billings and in reality the cost of a train ticket today is more than a plane ticket. So it is just simpler to take the faster, less expensive form of transportation. Hubby and I haven't ridden on a train for years. We once took a train trip to Seattle where he visited a high school buddy attending college there and I visited a friend from elementary days. Last month, the BNSF Railroad invited First Responders aboard for a quick train trip. Hubby knows my fondness for trains and quickly RSVP'd and signed us up for the trip.      Yesterday, we climbed aboard the train and soon got our seat in the coveted vista dome, Bay View.   We went over the Yellowstone River on the trestle bridge,   across the green prairie,   and stopped at Pompey's Piller.   We then made the return trip. All and all a great afternoon's adventure!

I have two budding genealogists in SadieLouWho and ChloeALittleBit. Last year Chloe wrote the following essay as an 8th grader last year and just last week SadieLou handed in a project and will be giving a talk on the family abolitionists. Chloe  Protons 05.21.15 Coming to America: My Tenth-Great Grandfather John Cheney This essay is about the life of my ancestor, John Cheney, who emigrated to America from England in the mid 17th century. John Cheney was my tenth-Great Grandfather. Using several different sources, I researched his journey to America and the life that he built with his family after he arrived.  During the mid-17th century, colonists from England had started setting in the North East of America in large numbers, known as the Great Migration. Between 1630 and 1640 over twenty thousand Puritans made the long and often dangerous journey in search of a new life. Some of them did not like the life in America so they went back to England. The Massachusetts...

We woke up this morning to these in our yard... Hubby just shook his head and said, "There's always something new happening around here!" We still don't know where they belong but if they stop by again tomorrow I'll feed them breakfast!

You know the rules by now...must be a confirmed sighting (photo) to be declared the winner. Last Wednesday Hubby texted me, "Saw first fawn 0646 this AM. No pic. Moral victory." And with that message I knew this year's game had begun! We both began carrying our cameras and were on the lookout constantly. Alas, I had to bow to the victor this morning... Major Score!

I'm still knitting but it's been quite a long time since I've posted my completed projects. I continue to knit socks. Frankly, I'm not sure I'll ever get tired of knitting them. Small and colorful!   Pattern: Pure Joy Yarn: Knit Picks Stroll Hand Painted and Knit Picks Stroll Tonal Colorway: Thunderhead Tonal and Thunderhead Needle Size: Us Size 6 Even though I had more yarn than called for in the main color, I ran out but it wasn't heard to adjust. This was a fun and quick knit. Daughter liked it and I think she'll wear it off and on. Pattern: Petty Harbor by Rayna Curtis Yarn: Patons Kroy Docks FX Colorway: Clover Colors Needle Size: Us Size 1 Pattern: Rose City Rollers, incorporating Petty Harbor by Rayna Curtis Pattern: Rose City Rollers, incorporating Petunia Dursley's Double Eyelet Pattern Yarn: Knit Picks Bare Stroll Fingering Sock Colorway: Easter Egg Dyed By Sadie Needle Size: US Size 1  Pattern: Blueberry Waffl...