{"id":700,"date":"2009-05-04T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=700"},"modified":"2013-11-13T10:27:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T18:27:45","slug":"ponderosa-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/ponderosa-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponderosa Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A walk through the <span>ponderosa<\/span> wood behind our house. It was a warm weekend. <span>Mistaya&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span>portrayal of a fairy in &#8220;A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; was beautiful. She was exhausted by the last performance on Saturday night. When I picked her up from the &#8220;after the play&#8221; cast \u00a0pizza-party&#8211;she said, &#8220;I&#8217;m so tired.&#8221;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>And Tabitha played &#8220;The Juggler&#8221; at her piano recital at the college. She was amazing. I hadn&#8217;t heard her even play the piece! I only ever hear her practise other pieces at home, so it was a delightful surprise to hear her play it so well.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Today, my over-tired Mistaya has a cough and a little fever, so she stayed home with her Mama. \u00a0Pip is in fine form&#8211;busy making a train on her bunk bed&#8211;a train to take her to the jungle, a favorite destination of hers. She&#8217;ll often \u00a0&#8220;adopt&#8221; a little red monkey with a long tail named &#8220;<span>Roggio<\/span>&#8221; on her journey. He is very little, fits in the palm of my hand.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>We had a wonderful family picnic last night in the forest park behind our house. It was so beautiful, I never wanted to leave. I always feel like that when I&#8217;m in the forest on a sunshiny day.<\/div>\n<div>Can hardly wait for July&#8211;when Miranda&#8217;s family arrives. The <span>neighborhood<\/span> is all ready a-buzz with anticipation. Seriously&#8211;I&#8217;ve had neighbors I haven&#8217;t talked to in years approach me and ask if it is true: &#8220;Is your sister moving just down the street?&#8221; Another neighbor said &#8220;I hope they like beer!&#8221;&#8211;no worries there.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9rmBRsXrI\/AAAAAAAABvM\/E87ylhsSZXI\/s1600-h\/IMG_2746.JPG\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9rmBRsXrI\/AAAAAAAABvM\/E87ylhsSZXI\/s400\/IMG_2746.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332098784751804082\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9rQGlgUUI\/AAAAAAAABvE\/TJyKdesKJJM\/s1600-h\/IMG_2762.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9rQGlgUUI\/AAAAAAAABvE\/TJyKdesKJJM\/s400\/IMG_2762.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332098408219955522\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9qx30HgGI\/AAAAAAAABu8\/jO5MOSgf-Dc\/s1600-h\/IMG_2768.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9qx30HgGI\/AAAAAAAABu8\/jO5MOSgf-Dc\/s400\/IMG_2768.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332097888858636386\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9qPqyylqI\/AAAAAAAABu0\/R-noywJbW8k\/s1600-h\/IMG_2775.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sf9qPqyylqI\/AAAAAAAABu0\/R-noywJbW8k\/s400\/IMG_2775.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332097301247858338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A walk through the ponderosa wood behind our house. It was a warm weekend. Mistaya&#8217;s\u00a0portrayal of a fairy in &#8220;A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; was beautiful. She was exhausted by the last performance on Saturday night. 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