{"id":15296,"date":"2021-12-21T20:52:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15296"},"modified":"2021-12-21T21:46:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:46:58","slug":"15296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15296","title":{"rendered":"Grandgirls! Azalea! 12.21.21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funny.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-QLCjvx3\/0\/72ff2557\/L\/IMG_9458-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like this picture of my Mom with her dog Baby.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-WJbq9mj\/0\/245e384c\/L\/IMG_9459-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glad to see the days will start getting longer!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-cKqdTbc\/0\/5b746f52\/M\/IMG_9460-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-dhw8MBN\/0\/be952cb8\/L\/IMG_9462-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today Everly came into where Penelope and I were reading a book.  She said, &#8220;There&#8217;s a fox!  It looks like Fenny&#8217;s mother!&#8221; Penelope has a stuffed Fennec Fox that she calls Fenny.  We thought Everly was making it up.  She left and came back a second time and asked us to come, so we got up and looked.  I saw what looked like a big orange cat then realized that it was indeed a Red Fox!  What?!  I was too shocked to take a picture and it shot through a hole in my neighbor&#8217;s fence.  Here&#8217;s what it looked like.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-D3j6cNC\/0\/f537193d\/M\/IMG_9478-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-Pqw42wC\/0\/b57938db\/L\/IMG_9463-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-F4W8Jxs\/0\/828d3e95\/L\/IMG_9464-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rainy off and on all day.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-bdThDjF\/0\/e574203f\/L\/IMG_9465-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-nRDMmRm\/0\/714ba6e7\/L\/IMG_9466-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-6zzbxQb\/0\/29629797\/L\/IMG_9467-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love my girls!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-KtMNDnS\/0\/f0696ca9\/L\/IMG_3826-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I gassed up the Mercury and let the girls climb on the big rocks.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-z8tr3Rv\/0\/46a4fe41\/M\/IMG_3827-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-q8mzKHL\/0\/80c7e0a1\/M\/IMG_3828-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-f3fVGWw\/0\/b733f825\/L\/IMG_9469-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-QZqJCH6\/0\/9e6ff385\/L\/IMG_9470-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-SMR3Jg3\/0\/ca5e07cf\/L\/IMG_3829-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad we found Kathy&#8217;s pillow.  It really helps her sciatica.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-FT2b7qN\/0\/afb60096\/M\/IMG_9471-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After we ate at Waffle House, we came home and rested for a couple of hours.  It&#8217;s a really long day for these little sweethearts.  And for me too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-4MpjCCQ\/0\/f742c0b8\/M\/IMG_9472-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went by Ingles for fruit.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed some watermelon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-dCXrHM4\/0\/48927417\/M\/IMG_9474-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We read a book together for at least thirty minutes.  She reads and I give her a treat.  Usually a Kit Kat these days.  Tiny halloween size.<br \/>\nThe thing is, I give them treats anyway.  Might as well get some leverage out of it.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-34HTCmH\/0\/3e4ca9d4\/L\/IMG_9475-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-tj7ZpmV\/0\/cd0a4a14\/L\/IMG_9476-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I needed distilled water, which for some reason seems hard to get these days.  I found two 2.5 gallon containers of distilled water at Ingles.  I spent some time splitting it up into five 1.0 gallon containers.  Easier to work with.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-NsvCB3W\/0\/e2b7e2ba\/L\/IMG_3831-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-CkJ6R5T\/0\/cb00a2dd\/L\/IMG_3832-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Harry!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-T3SVdjG\/0\/7e017f06\/L\/IMG_9479-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Took the girls back to Azalea.  It was kind of drizzling but I still talked to several of the mission kids and told them that I had some presents for them.  They were glad about that.<\/p>\n<p>Checked the mail at my office.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Azalea-122121\/i-K3b7qbM\/0\/d3f292bf\/L\/IMG_3833-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funny. I like this picture of my Mom with her dog Baby. Glad to see the days will start getting longer! Good. Today Everly came into where Penelope and I were reading a book. She said, &#8220;There&#8217;s a fox! It looks like Fenny&#8217;s mother!&#8221; Penelope has a stuffed Fennec Fox that she calls Fenny. 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