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It's not often that the 3 of us get together .
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One of the angels Daddy made when I was a little girl. That would be at least 40 years ago!
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My mother's painting of The Little Match Girl/Das kleine Madchen mit den Schwefelholzern
Now I understand why I'm such a crafter! My parents have always been creative.
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Mutti gave me a ton of treasures: an old coffee grinder, acrylic paints, scrap book paper, ephemera, glass beads from Italy, roseries from first communion over 100 years old and a rosenthal vase, and an old pair of spectacles. Not yet pictured is the giant plush evergizer bunny!
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We stayed at the Hampton Inn. Great breakfast and nice swimming pool. We went swimming in the evenings and mornings. The weather was perfect for it.