winter birthdays, tea party, cute pup, olden days

My friend lives up the hill and across from the middle school ball field- I can walk there in five minutes! We went to school together in junior high and high school- Small town Wyoming gals. Astonishing that we live so close to one another in a whole other universe! We have both been here since 1970 and both lived on boats in the harbor at the same time, we worked at the same place at the same time, we went to the same hippie parties back in the day. Anyway, she decided to have a winter birthday baby tea party for five of us too -close- to- Christmas babies. Butter cream, moose middle, vanilla cake, tea and  green chili torte.  We talked for 6.5 hours.  
 

Her backyard stretches way down through the forest and way over to the deer fence. her husband keeps a huge organic garden and fruit trees. Her little dog Aggie, has loads of room to wander, chase squirrels and rabbits, never catching one but tells  exciting stories about her "close calls"...telling me one right now!  You can see that can't you? This is the one about the cornered squirrel that was as big as a bear , terrifyingly ferocious but for Aggie, no problem.

I came home and swept the Christmas detritus out from under furniture. this is what I found:

a yoyo, two chocolate bears, lock w/keys, Chocolate pansies, a pile of cracker jokes, Tweezers. nail clippers, Dominoe, and playing cards. Many paper hats, bells, and ribbon. 

Probably enough for next year's crackers!

Smirking kitten came in the mail today along with rodent and

two donkeys and a turtle. There was also a lamb  but it is in the lamb hospital , orphans stitching up the damaged bits. The mushroom , brought to me by Erik, was thrown on a wheel. The underside is perfectly mushroomy - gills and flute that looks like a tiny skirt. That took some skill!

Erik is somewhat discouraged about AI taking over animation and art, in its brazen way. There will always be a place at the table for human art- it just will not pay very well I suppose, but animation never has. New tech always comes in fast and clunky-  novelty of it wears and we return to quality . AI is kind of a jerk. 

What follows here , are Photos of Lindsay, Euleta and myself in High school , brought to you by Aquanet, Mabelline and Tangee lip stick

Lindsay

I could have been a star trek alien captain. The LOOK is zappy!

This is my friend Steven,  hilarious, he would call me on the phone and sing "mother in Law" over and over for hours. The Eff? He did make me laugh! When we all got out of HS jail, and became who we were, he turned to jesus - totally ruined his sense of humor and ability to dance.  Euleta and Lindsay remained awesome.

Lindsay and I - both so lucky to have escaped the suck of that little town , finding our way here- so lucky we have remained good friends - living next door to one another is just the icing on the buttercream moose vanilla cake. 

Euleta lives one state away from  suck town, she is safe! Grateful to have not been married,babied, mortgaged, right out of HS, stuck in the dirt and wind.  Wasn't she a dish!!! 

And that guy sitting next to her has always dreamed of Euleta , unrequited love . C'est la vie, that guy...

One last snap from  the olden days. Triple trio singing alto, just to prove  that  once upon a time I did sing and I did know how to backcomb, and I had eye brows from Woolworth, like a normal person. It was all short lived! And that is life! Short!