tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74678888748739280432024-03-12T22:50:51.771-06:00The Land of Melting ShadowsMusings about Life, the Universe and RealityJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.comBlogger1330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-92019756732534121342018-07-30T09:27:00.000-06:002018-07-30T09:27:00.821-06:00Random Summer Photos<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few random photos from this summer</span></div>
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-67442739345675072432018-05-10T01:30:00.000-06:002018-05-10T01:30:03.530-06:00Cat Tales ~ Green Excesses<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mommy has a green thumb. She loves flowers and trees and all things growing in the dirt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mommy said she wanted to make the new place look bee-utiful. A place that when people who stop to look at the old house say, "WoW! Look at those flowers. And at this altitude!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">{{Mommy said that the people who stop in the street or on the sidewalk out in front of the house are taking pictures of the house because it is old and pretty. Me disagrees. Those people are taking pictures of ME! cause Me is so handsome and Me likes to sit in the front window to show off Me's fantastic good-looks}}</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back to Mommy and her thumb. Mommy ordered seeds to plant to make her garden pretty. But she didn't want to plant the seeds in the ground. She wanted to plant the seeds in the house. Really??? I know those Doggies are pigs but Me didn't think the floor was that dirty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mommy got a mini-greenhouse - that's what Mommy called it. Me told her that it wasn't very green but she pointed out that the shelves and supports were green. And soon, Mommy said, there would be green in the trays and trays and trays and trays of dirt sitting in the greenhouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, Mommy wasn't wrong. There are trays and trays and trays and trays of green everywhere in the house. Mommy said that as soon as the weather breaks, she would be planting the green outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, how do you break the weather???</span>Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-30398085305109972762018-04-26T01:30:00.000-06:002018-04-26T01:30:22.807-06:00Pepe came for a visit<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few weeks back Pepe came for a visit at our house and one of the Dogs encountered him. Actually, he showed up in the middle of the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of the Dogs just HAD to go outside in the middle of the night. So Hubby gets up and lets the Dogs </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">out</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - without thinking. Then we realized just why the Dog HAD to go outside. He had heard something lurking in the yard (why can't they do that when the Coon is snooping around?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, Hubby let the Dog back in the house not realizing the Dog had been sprayed, Hubby just thought Dog had scared a skunk away from the yard. Dog then promptly came into our bedroom and immediately tried to rub the spray off his neck and chest onto our carpet! AUGH!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, at 2am I ushered Dog back outside, Hubby to bed and set a bowl of vinegar in bedroom to kill some of the odor so Hubby could get some sleep. I then researched what to use on Dog. And carpet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Mittens</b> - I love to hear stories about people who have lovingly restored these glorious homes. Hubby and I have always been on the 'other end' of the house restoration - we restore the house and then end up selling it and moving on to the next one. This is the first time we have owned a house which has already been restored (at least 95%). There are some things we wish to do to give it that "POP". We want to restore the gingerbread around the front eave, upgrade the front porch light, new picket fence. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All minor details. But then, The Devil is in the Details......</span>Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-51188461916306384732018-04-17T01:30:00.001-06:002018-04-17T01:30:38.841-06:00Soul-less Houses<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There's a saying, "The Devil is in the Details". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This couldn't be more accurate when it comes to the Victorian Houses found in small towns across the globe. It used to be main-stream thinking to demolish these old beauties and put up some under-engineered stick built dwelling. In many locales, these houses are seen as a boon to the community and they have been lovingly restored. In some towns, developers have gotten hold of these homes and have kept the exterior but have completely 'modernized' the interior. Tearing out and not replacing beautiful woodwork, ornate doorknobs, or other details which add to the charm, the Soul of the House. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">When gaming was established in Colorado. There was a new kind of land rush to the state. People focused on making a quick buck swooped in, bought up real estate (both commercial and private), and then did their darnedest to turn a quick profit. I understand that the commercial establishments had to do a fair amount of remodeling in order to bring old buildings up to the modern building safety codes. But I think that a little more care could have been taken in designing the brand new buildings so they blended in with the old ones a wee bit better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To me, the details say it all about a house. And all the people, who over the years, have left their mark on that house. Our house was purchased, along with several others, by a retired gentleman in the 1990's, not long after gaming was established. This man did his best to modernize these houses and yet retain as much of the old charm as he could. I commend this guy! And it is because of his attention to detail that we have a home with a <b>Soul</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-73816432969169807032018-04-03T01:30:00.000-06:002018-04-03T01:30:49.651-06:00Old Sew-n-Sew<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For those of you out there who like to sew. Here is a link to a source for free vintage patterns. </span><br />
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-15560559598260829302018-03-06T01:30:00.000-07:002018-03-06T01:30:30.378-07:00For The Working Girls<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hubby and I recently attended a charity event, </span><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.oldhomesteadhouse.com/"> Pearl's Follies</a>,</u> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to raise money for the local </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Working Girls </b></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and their place of business - The Old Homestead House. They are hoping enough money was raised to pay off the mortgage on the building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Old Homestead House was the most notorious Parlour House in Cripple Creek and is only one of three historic buildings of this type (brothel) known to exist in the US. This establishment was owned and operated by Madame Pearl De Vere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pearl De Vere began her business career in Denver and became wealthy by catering to only the richest men. She came to Cripple Creek in 1893 to capitalize on the wealth created by the gold rush. One night with one of her 'girls' cost upwards of $250! And this was in a time when $3 a day was considered good wages for a miner. Needless to say, most of her clientele</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> were the wealthy business men of the District.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Old Homestead House is located on Meyers Avenue, the red light district of Cripple Creek. Brothels and 'cribs' (small houses for prostitutes - generally one room) lined this street. The original building was a wood structure and it burned to the ground in the Fire of 1895 which burned most of the town of Cripple Creek. Pearl had the building rebuilt, but this time it was constructed from bricks. She spared no expense in the construction and especially in the decorating of the interior. Velvet wallpaper was purchased for the dining room, brass door and cabinet hardware came from India, electric crystal chandeliers hung from the ceilings, a telephone was installed along with an intercom</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. And the new building had two indoor bathrooms! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The upstairs rooms had windows so that gentlemen callers could view 'the goods' before deciding on who they would stay the night with. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">During this tragic time, Pearl was most generous to those affected by the fire by providing food and other needed items.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1897, Pearl was found unconscious in her room and later died from an overdose of morphine. Her death was ruled an accidental overdose but many suspected it to be suicide because she had been scorned by a previous lover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today the old Parlour House is a museum with the majority of the original furnishings. A fun and knowledgeable staff are ready to give guided tours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a link to our visit to the classiest bawdy house in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. <b><a href="https://wildwoodsartstudio.blogspot.com/2010/11/visit-to-bawdy-house.html">CLICK HERE!</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-25352301525131909472018-02-27T01:30:00.000-07:002018-02-27T01:30:10.342-07:00Cripple Creek Ice Festival 2018~ pt.3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQ74xcd7QBDKQxcP1vRKUYqKxB6SgwEUahOkTthFwYpTejevnR9I8LPch35UBzAC9t-pwylf1nSaj5A8GWtkYwvfavdMekPBPLKlOlzTOPEmIiyLVRWM5M348UZY2412xkQHOH9Mu1AuQ/s1600/20180216_153742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQ74xcd7QBDKQxcP1vRKUYqKxB6SgwEUahOkTthFwYpTejevnR9I8LPch35UBzAC9t-pwylf1nSaj5A8GWtkYwvfavdMekPBPLKlOlzTOPEmIiyLVRWM5M348UZY2412xkQHOH9Mu1AuQ/s400/20180216_153742.jpg" width="225" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The second weekend of the Ice Festival saw record crowds fill the streets of Cripple Creek. And the additional sculptures added to the magic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The sculptures stay up for an additional week for visitors and residents to enjoy. Can't wait to see what's in store for next year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While the first day of the event brought a snowstorm to the area, the second day was gorgeous! The beautiful sunshine allowed people to fully enjoy the frosty creations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The City had another shipment of ice brought in before the second weekend because in the past, the ice has melted in the warm temperatures, causing the sculptures to look a bit sad. But this year was different. The cold stuck around all week and the new ice allowed the sculpting teams to create more beautiful-ness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Next time we'll take a look at the second batch of sculptures and some night-time views.</span>Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-14022788374473619352018-02-20T01:30:00.000-07:002018-02-20T01:30:01.097-07:00Cripple Creek Ice Festival 2018 ~ pt. 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Cripple Creek Ice Festival takes place every February for two weekends. What a great way to break up the winter doldrums. Only thing is, it really hasn't been much like winter around here. We have had such extreme temperature swings! Almost Spring-like for a few days, then a storm blows in and brings us a small amount of snow and some frigid temperatures. The last couple years has seen warm temperatures for the Ice Fest and the ice begins melting not long after the first day. But this year was a little different. We had snow arrive on the first day and moderately chilly temperatures continued throughout the first weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Ice Festival is an interactive ice sculpture event with a different theme every year. The public is encouraged to touch, sit, and enjoy the sculptures carved by the sculpting teams. This year's theme was <i style="font-weight: bold;">Renaissance in Ice </i>with five professional ice sculpting teams who turned the downtown area into a medieval wonderland complete with an ice castle, dragon ice slide, carnival games in ice and for the adults a martini ice luge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The ice was brought in on two semi-trailers over the course of two days- about 180,000 pounds of ice from the Great Lake region of Ohio. That would be 600 blocks of ice each weighing 300 pounds. It was fun watching the process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All manner of items were used to sculpt the ice - axes, chainsaws, blow dryers, kitchen utensils. Whatever gave the carvers the ability to shape the ice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have often wondered on the frequent walks I take around town, why there are so many pink homes. </span><br />
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-56160056277445089382018-02-06T01:30:00.000-07:002018-02-06T01:30:30.352-07:00What's Up With Those Houses?<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Cripple Creek was built, the original part of the town was built on the hillsides so as not to disturb the valuable pasture land along the creek bottom. That was just in case the gold strike didn't <i>'pan out'</i> . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And just like developers today, the land planners of yesterday wanted to get as many homes and people into as little space as possible. So homes were built extremely close to each other. So close, that sometimes the roofs would hang over each other. Making it very difficult to paint between the houses (probably a chore for the children).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Building houses this close together was fairly common in old mountain mining towns. And created a unique set of problems, besides the painting and maintenance, you can hear the neighbors. Their alarm clock. Their phone. Their...well...you get the idea. The picture below is between my house and the neighbor's. I'm just glad I have nice neighbors. Hope they say the same about us! There is enough room between our homes that a grown person can walk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of course, that means any windows that face this space could potentially open onto the neighbor's window. Like our bedroom which opens onto our neighbor's bedroom window. The green seen through the window is my neighbor's house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And while we do have some breathing room on the west side of our house, this wasn't always the case. There used to be a boarding house next door - situated on what is now my side lawn. I can't even begin to imagine .....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I live in a volcano. An extinct one. At least I hope it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Geologically Cripple Creek is a freak.", reported the<b> Chicago Times</b> in 1896. "It is a vast crater bed in which the elements once were wont to make merry with nature and play unexpected pranks that must have caused the systematic old dame many a vexatious hour."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cripple Creek sits in a caldera measuring 24 square miles. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the caldera collapsed, giant size rocks were thrown about the basin. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The caldera is surrounded on all sides by a combination of quartz, feldspar, and mica. As eons passed by, more volcanic activity took place causing mineral rich solutions to fill the empty faults and fissures. These hardened over time and became the minerals which are now being mined near town. As more years passed, these mineral rich veins made their way closer to the surface only to be buried once again by granite, gneiss, and schist. Erosion later took its toll on some areas, exposing bits of the precious commodity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The initial activity took place about 35 million years ago. There are still volcanic cones around Cripple Creek. All sitting quiet. Watching. Waiting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">January has been frosty, creating beauty wherever a person might look. I encourage you to click on the photos to look at them in detail. The second photo is of the clouds pushed up against the mountains (as seen from the overlook above town). In the third photo the snow was so dry and powdery. A person can actually see the arms of on the snowflakes. The fourth photo is of my ice plant in bloom during some of the warm weather. So nice to see flowers this time of year.</span></div>
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-41651727669115913372018-01-18T01:30:00.000-07:002018-01-18T01:30:17.194-07:00A Fairy Census<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSX4wRToX6uxHhPniau29KxOF-wrw1zKGCSOcdX2erADxGzvtI8Q9UHDjtQVi83pOEKzviBE3xKaHeIqDCJaZVfh28lRKTYBEPukhhkeQ5kbU1uJ4dUV8HpEROjCCvGEysOTeEgIpr0m_/s1600/208998100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSX4wRToX6uxHhPniau29KxOF-wrw1zKGCSOcdX2erADxGzvtI8Q9UHDjtQVi83pOEKzviBE3xKaHeIqDCJaZVfh28lRKTYBEPukhhkeQ5kbU1uJ4dUV8HpEROjCCvGEysOTeEgIpr0m_/s320/208998100.jpg" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's been awhile since I posted about our Little Friends. But then, I think they are hibernating in these parts. I have heard rumors (via the Kitties, so who knows how true those rumors are!) that they are planning a development in the Spring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There has been a Fairy census taken (wonder if my Little Friends took part?). The results can be read <b><a href="http://www.fairyist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/The-Fairy-Census-2014-2017-1.pdf">here</a></b>! Or for questions answered or more information, go to <b><a href="http://www.fairyist.com/">The Fairyist</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Or to read abut the results of the census and other musings, go to<b> <a href="http://malcolmsanomalies.blogspot.com/2018/01/results-of-new-fairy-census.html#more">Malcom's Musings</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A great source of information about those Little People can be found at this blog, </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://lairbhan.blogspot.com/">Living Liminally</a> . </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In fact the writer of that blog released a book last year and has another scheduled to come out this year. And currently she is writing about Fairy Taboos to enable us humans to better understand and live side by side with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-34434572957490490932018-01-15T01:30:00.000-07:002018-01-15T01:30:20.464-07:00Newmont Mining Corp.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Newmont Mining Corp. will be mining here until at least 2025. This year they are planning on extracting gold from the place where it all started - Poverty Gulch. Loosening and breaking the rock apart is a key component in mining. And that process means that explosives must be used.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Globe Hill is the name of the bare round mountaintop. Poverty Gulch, <br />where the new digging is going to be, runs at an angle to the bottom right hand corner. The building at the left is the Visitor's Center. The dust in the air is from an explosion.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The ore in Poverty Gulch is the highest grade and in the highest concentration compared to other areas of the mountain. It is also the closest to town. Many of the residents on the east side of Cripple Creek (and on the west side as well) are concerned that the blasting may affect their homes. But modern day blasting is a far cry from the sticks of dynamite used a century ago. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today's explosives are dropped into a small, deep hole and then the hole is filled with sand. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If it's done correctly, a person can stand in relative close proximity to the blasting hole and never know the charge ever went off. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Us? Not too concerned. Our house has been here 118 years and has seen a lot in it's time. I'm sure some of the dynamite charges set off during the labor wars rattled a few windows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Newmont and the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, like so many companies before them, contribute a lot to the local community. Generous grants are given to schools, museums, and the community center. The kids here have a fabulous basketball court, skateboard park, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">playground. A brand new adventure park complete with a bmx bike track, dog park, disc golf area and tons of state of the art playground equipment complete with a zipline! was just recently completed. Not too shabby for a small town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This area has a tremendous amount of mining history. History which people travel from all over the world to come see. Newmont has recognized this fact and has done so much in trying to keep that history alive. A lot of the old mining buildings and ghost towns are on land owned by the mine. If mining operations threaten any of these structures, then they are moved and stabilized so people can enjoy them for many more years to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Reclaiming the barren landscape is the final life stage of an area which has been mined. When the pit was first begun, bristlecone pines dotted the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">top of the mountain. Seeds from their cones were collected so that they might be used to grow young trees to reforest the mountaintop. Newmont is also working with a State University to develop a method to grow aspen from roots. Aspen are notoriously hard to transplant. Areas which have been seeded - much like the road department will seed the side of the roadway - are constantly monitored for health and stability. But I have faith in the methods used by Newmont. This company won an award for its reclamation of an open pit coal mine in Nevada.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Having the mine as a neighbor is not so bad. Our roads are in good repair and kept clear in stormy weather. Our town and other local institutions have many amenities that other small towns do not have. Of course, the casinos do play a small part in some of this. I will write about the casinos in the coming weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">***Yes. The aerial view of he mine does look like a SKULL!***</span></div>
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-3700971015299057042018-01-11T01:30:00.001-07:002018-01-11T01:30:22.616-07:00Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love my Mother Earth. And I have always seen an open pit mine as an abomination. And yet, I have willingly moved next door to one. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(click on pictures to enlarge - the photos do not capture the immense size of the equipment being used or the pits being dug!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Someone once said that until mankind quits devouring minerals like they were candy, mining and open pit mines will be necessary. A very true statement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gold was discovered in a gulch outside of Cripple Creek in 1890. Within five years the town had grown to 8,000 people. The neighboring town of Victor was founded in 1894 . By 1901, at the peak of production, there were 500 mines in the District and $77 million in gold had been taken from the ground. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gold production continued until it tapered off in the 1920's, with a brief resurgence in the 1930's. World War II saw a halt to all gold production. In 1995 , a new process of gold leaching was developed and extraction began again at the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine. But this time the ore wasn't coming out of shafts, it was being mined in an open pit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am not going to give a lot of details about the early days of gold mining here in the District. That is a story for another series of posts. What I am going to write about is the modern day mining which is currently taking place just over the hill. The current owner of the <b><a href="http://www.newmont.com/operations-and-projects/north-america/cripple-creek-and-victor-us/overview/default.aspx">Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine</a></b> is <b><a href="http://www.newmont.com/home/default.aspx">Newmont Mining Corporation</a></b>, a world wide mining company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">An open pit mine is just what it sounds like. A great big hole in the ground that keeps getting bigger because of the rocks (minerals/ore) that are being taken out of the hole. Blasting (with explosives) is done which loosens the rock near or just below the surface of the ground. Large heavy equipment then takes out the loose rock to be processed. This process of blasting and hauling rock is repeated over and over until the ore is all extracted. Roads are built around the sides of the pit to allow the heavy trucks to drive down to the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The gold found here is not in the form of a nugget or dust. It is found mixed in with other minerals and must be separated from these other components via a leaching process. The ore bearing rock is sent to a crusher then on to a mill for processing. Once the rocks have been milled down to a more manageable size, they are then taken to a leach pit where the precious minerals are extracted. A diluted Potassium Cyanide solution is sprayed on the crushed gold bearing ore in the leach pit. The cyanide trickles down through the rocks, binding with the gold and silver. At the bottom of the pit are carbon filters which trap the cyanide/gold mixture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once the gold and other precious minerals are trapped in the carbon, it is then sent to another processing station where the gold, silver and other minerals are separated from the carbon and smelted down into bell shaped forms called dores. These dores are then sent to a refinery in Switzerland so the gold, silver and other minerals can be separated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The rock which has no mineral value is loaded back on to dump trucks and taken to a part of the pit which has already been mined. There the rock is dumped and the mountain begins to take shape once again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We frequently follow tankers carrying potassium cyanide up the mountain road to Cripple Creek. Never see the gold shipment leaving the mine though. Wonder who's riding shotgun on that stagecoach?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Monday, I will write about the new exploration going on at the mine and its impact on the local community. I'll also write about the community involvement of Newmont and the most important part of the mining process - reclamation.</span><br />
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-44944579322150749592018-01-09T01:30:00.000-07:002018-01-09T01:30:56.692-07:00Truths & Misconceptons<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since moving to this quaint and quirky little mountain town, I have had many questions and comments about various aspects of this area. Comments like, "Oh. You have electricity." or "You don't get mail delivered to your house?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This post and several in the coming weeks will be written to enlighten people - especially those living in cities - about life in this small rural mountain town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Electricity</b> - Yes. We have electricity. In fact, Cripple Creek has had electric power since 1897.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Water</b> - Yes. We have municipal water. Just like the majority of the people who are reading this. And yes, we have indoor bathrooms. Though the last outhouse was in use until the mid 1980's.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Internet</b> - While we do have internet capabilities, they are not high speed. My internet arrives via a satellite dish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>TV</b> - If a person would like a variety of channels (we only get two channels via an antenna), then a satellite dish is necessary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Mail & Packages</b> - Even though this is a municipality, we do not have residential mail delivery. A post office box must be secured to receive mail via the postal service. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (this has been one of the hardest things for people</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to wrap their heads around... go figure...) </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fedex and UPS do deliver here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Streets </b>- The majority of the streets in Cripple Creek are paved. But there are only two paved streets in the neighboring town of Victor. In order to pave streets, a city must have funds to do so. Victor does not have the funding nor the population to provide funds to pave streets. Victor has a population of 403 people. Cripple Creek has a population of 1,175 people. Both of those figures were per the 2016 census. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weather - </b>Even though we are located at an elevation of over 9400ft, the weather here is more temperate than most people think. Most of the weather systems arrive from the south and this brings us warmer, wetter weather than most places in the high mountains. We do get a lot of fog though. That's not to say that Cripple Creek doesn't get its fair share of snow and nasty weather. But those times usually occur in the Spring months.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Casinos</b> - Yes, Cripple Creek does have legal gambling with numerous casinos located on the main road in town. No, this is not like Las Vegas. Victor does not have gambling. More on this later.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Gold Mine</b> - Both Cripple Creek and Victor are located in an active mining area. This means that the landscape is subject to change. More in another post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Commuters</b> - Yes. Hubby is still working in Colorado Springs. There are quite a few people who commute from up here to Colorado Springs to work. He drives 48 miles into work and crosses two mountain passes. Less miles than many people elsewhere drive to work. It takes him less time than people commuting from the south side </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">to the north side </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">of Colorado Springs to go to work. He enjoys his drive - he says it gives him time to decompress from work and this is the type of traffic congestion he has now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If I have forgotten to address a topic, leave me a message in the comments or ship me an email! I will be expanding on many of these topics in the next few weeks. The first topic will be the gold mine. So stay tuned. Don't touch that dial!</span>Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-81418084375816014982017-12-29T01:30:00.000-07:002018-01-02T14:30:52.776-07:00Sidewalk in a Mining Camp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the boom has long gone bust</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>head wheels now stand silent</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>how they gather rust</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>fall has drawn to winter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>rain and fog survive</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>empty lots and empty bins</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>still we are alive</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>changes like the season</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>stand there month and moment</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>shake your head and reason</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>what has been production</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>to depth or great divide</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the point was once to prosper</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>grandeur to decide</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>a limit to the landings</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>random without fuss</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>left is only a fog</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>no limit to the dust</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>long has gone the shadow</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>from the summer leaves</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>reason now distorted</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>levels by degrees</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>standing on the sidewalk</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>an empty one at that</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>reminder of the old days</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>money in the camp</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the city was a magnet</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>roulette like a rush</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>fog binds the open</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>ushers to a hush</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes the Ghost of Christmas Present meets the Ghost of Christmas Past and it is a magickal thing.</span></div>
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-78304337991812937662017-12-24T01:30:00.000-07:002017-12-24T01:30:38.865-07:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-87621523858177200952017-12-20T01:30:00.000-07:002017-12-20T01:31:00.883-07:00Solstice Blessings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-24880801799442933652017-12-12T01:30:00.000-07:002017-12-12T01:30:12.732-07:00Mes Xmas List<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Dear Santy Paws,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Me has been a good Kitty this year. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Me helped Mommy when she packd the house stuff for the moov - Me even packd Mes mousy! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Me suffered thru all the noiz & stickiness of the littel peopl on Turkey Day - of course, Me got Turkey!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Me woold like sum Catnip, plz. It's for medicinal purposes of course.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Me woold also like a new Cat Tree. Like the one in the foto below. Yu can buy it at this link - <a href="http://www.catsplay.com/realistic-cat-trees-with-leaves">HERE!</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>P.S. Do yur raindeer like Catnip?</b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Purz and Catnip Dreams.......Gomez</span></i></b><br />
<br />Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15918915129013117664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467888874873928043.post-8838703147178323002017-12-06T01:30:00.000-07:002017-12-27T07:23:08.815-07:00Murals and Billboards...pt.2<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the casinos came to town, they painted murals on a few of their buildings. While not necessarily advertising, at least the murals are in the spirit of the Old West.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To read part 1 of this post, <b><a href="http://wildwoodsartstudio.blogspot.com/2017/12/tis-season-pt1.html">Click Here!</a></b></span></div>
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