River Righting!

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So Laurel takes her brother to her apartment to trying somethings for him.

Laurel: You comin' out? It shouldn't take that long to change!

River: I kinda like this! It what I would normally wear.

River: But who did you really buy these for?

Laurel: What do you mean?

River: You just have men's wear hanging around here? Is this your boy's stuff?

Laurel: No, Ms. Leo gave these to me for you. 

River: Thank you Ms. Leo! 

Awhh, You're welcome! Mwah!

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Dolly Crafting At The Native American Longhouse Settlement!

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Recently I watch some videos that Martha Stewart did on wreaths and she was my muse for this posting. Unfortunately I could link her video here. Martha isn't sharing like that but I did find 

another.

Happy Family Grandma plays double duty in my dolliverse and here she is Martha Stewart.. If you have ever listen to Martha Stewart, you know that she has a distinct voice. So I ask you
to imagine her voice as Happy Family Grandma.  Martha has come to and asked Loraine to show us how she makes holiday crafts from pine cones.

Martha: On this segment we traveled to Pennsylvania to make pine cone wreaths! 

We are in the kitchen of the Native American Longhouse Settlement to meet with artist Loraine Running Bear!

Loraine runs her company Spirit for her home here.  She is widely know for her pottery!

This is one of her pottery here!

We are here in her wonderful longhouse kitchen ...

to have show us one of the other things she has become famous for. 

Loraine makes beautiful pine cone crafts!

Martha: You have beautiful pine cones here!

Loraine: Thank you! The settlement sits on over 1200 acres and we have many different varieties of evergreens

.

Martha: You have recently be able to move here?

Loraine: Yes, there was a 15 year law suit to get back our land here and it was only recently settled.

Since moving back, I have been able to enjoy the land and discover it beauty and bounty.

The wonderful pine cones here are great for all kinds of arrangements and crafts. I walk the grounds 

with my basket and collect them for my projects! This time of year they are plentiful.

Martha: Well, that is a good thing!

If you would like to make your own pine cone crafts, here is one video to show you how!

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An Unusually Warm Day For Fall--Part Two!

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Apenimon and the boys returned to the longhouse.   Apenimon goes to his
studio in the barn.  They boys play outside for a while then they go inside
for story time.

Nakoma is a teacher at school and at home.  She is doing story time today!

Nakoma: OK Gang, it is story time!  Gather round!

They all gather in front of the "Big Chair".

Is everyone ready for story time?

The children all say yes!

Two Feather sits by Avery!  America sits with Fawn on her lap and
Kaya and Dancing Brook sit together.

Kaya: I love story time!

Dancing Brook: Me too!

Avery: You're so luck to have so many people to talk to and children to play with.
I don't have story time at home.

Two Feather: You are welcome to join us for story time anytime!

Kaya: I hope it is the a story about a girl!

Fawn: Braid....he he... hair.

Kaya: Are you messing with my hair?

Dancing Brook: I think she likes you braids!

America: Stop that.  No messing with other peoples hair!

Avery: What's going on?

Two Feather: Fawn like messing with everyone's hair!  Maybe she 

will be a hairdresser when she grows up!

Nakoma: OK, let's get back to our story. 

It is they story of Kaya!

Dancing Brook: WOW, the girl in the story is named Kaya too!

Kaya: I'm names after the girl in this story!

Loraine come in from the market!

Nakoma: I took your baking out of the oven when the timer went off.

It sure looks good.  They wanted to eat the baking.  I convinced them to 

have cookies.  I'm so glad you got milk.  I used it all up for milk and 

cookies time!

Loraine: It does look good but it is for tomorrow!

Nakoma finishes the story.

I think we should go see what is going on in the studio next!

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