Our big event for October is another wedding, this time one of my cousins, Kelly, in Rhode Island. In order to make the trip in one vehicle and to see how we liked one, we rented a wheelchair van. It was an excellent experience, opening doors and deploying the ramp with buttons--very fun. We had a very nice time, especially since my brother, Jason, and his family flew from California for the weekend. We enjoyed the whole trip! The vehicle itself was a bit noisy with some rattles and squeaks, but overall a good match for us. We'll look into one for ourselves since Will is getting heavier and my shoulder isn't happy with that prospect.
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| Three generations of Dunham men. |
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| Kelly (Robinson) Pray, the bride. |
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| Grampy, Grammy, and Great Uncle Bob. |
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| Will's cousins, Elliot and Blaise. |
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| Uncle Jason and Aunt Felicia. |
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| My cousins, Amy and Brian. |
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| Bob, Kelly, Amy, and Brian. |
Home from New England, Mom and Dad depart and we have a beautiful fall day to go to Tyler State Park to take some (okay, 70) family photos before we attend Crafts in the Meadow, a juried art fair at Tyler Park Center for the Arts. A pet pig rescue organization is there and Will gets giggly at the feel of a piglet and the grunts it makes. There was also a vendor selling silk scarves, each unique, made by or under the direction of the buyer. Colored inks were dripped and squirted into long troughs of water where they floated. Wires could then be drawn through the ink pools to create paisley patterns, flower shapes, and other abstractions. Finally, the scarf is stretched taut above the trough and carefully lowered onto the surface, where is instantly absorbs the colors in the floating pattern. The silk is pulled out and most of the water wiped off, leaving a one-of-a-kind wearable artwork.
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