tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12827142046435259652024-02-20T22:39:44.040+10:00Just Me and My ShadowJust this and that about this and that!From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-36301402965047701202014-05-03T19:58:00.000+10:002014-05-03T19:58:26.848+10:00~ Hello and Goodbye :) ~After giving it a lot of thought (and also consulting with my shadow, Ben), who has been my faithful partner here on <span style="color: #783f04; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Just Me and My Shadow </span>since we started this blog in February 2008, we have decided not to continue our blog.<br />
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Just want to say thank you to each and every person who has visited us here over the past six years and for the lovely comments you have left us.<br />
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I will not delete my blog but just won't be updating any more so from Ben and Chrissie....."Thank you, take care and signing out"<br />
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-80181663524744229902014-04-23T15:36:00.000+10:002014-04-23T15:36:24.354+10:00~ Hello..... ~<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello.... once again I looked at my blog and was shocked to see it had been a couple of months since I updated anything. Now, that isn't to say I haven't been crafting. Just that my crafting has evolved a little and at present I am enjoying working with fabric, lace and doilies and creating projects that hopefully have a bit of a 'time worn' look to them. I have conjured up an imaginary place in my head where a lot of this crafting takes place and it is 'the attic' - Grandmother's Attic'to be exact and if you are interested in finding out more about my imaginary place you will need to head over to my YouTube channel <b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/chrissiecrosser/featured?view_as=public"><span style="color: #45818e;">'Chrissiecrosser'</span></a></i></b><span id="goog_1706432826"></span><span id="goog_1706432827"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a> I have lots of videos there and this is where I tend to post more about what I have been creating these days. I hope you may find time to visit me there and subscribe to my channel and hopefully leave me a comment. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Oh, I remembered my shadow <span style="color: #bf9000;">Ben</span> hasn't made an appearance here in a while either. He had his ninth birthday earlier this month and I am so pleased to say he is doing great. Right now as we are experiencing gorgeous Autumn weather he is spending a lot of time outside enjoying the autumn temperatures....I will just pop out and see if he is lazing out there right now....I'll be right back...</span></div>
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Okay, I'm back. He was quite co-operative and here are the photos I took of him. Yes, he is a little whiter around his beautiful face but still a gorgeous boy don't you think....:)</div>
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And to finish up with..this shrub (can't remember the name) is a picture right outside our front door. It has the most subtle fragrance which seems to hang in the air in the evening. So beautiful.</div>
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-78887602937849066442014-02-19T21:18:00.000+10:002014-02-19T21:18:12.088+10:00~ Just had to share:) ~I just had to show you this little blessing that I received yesterday....<br />
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This is my little <i><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Pocket Full of Posies</span></b></i>.... but look closer....</div>
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Yes, it is a real live little bee that had come to check out the flowers LOL!!<br />
I think it is a Blue banded bee. Isn't that just so special and a lovely blessing from nature :)<br />
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-38235180193511049982014-02-17T11:00:00.000+10:002014-02-17T11:04:38.082+10:00~ Family ~On my last post I mentioned I had several projects to share with you and so here is another of them. This one, I cannot take any credit for as this is a creation of my daughter and I have to say how proud I am of her making this. Over the holidays while she was home, she decided she was going to buy herself a sewing machine. I thought this was a great idea so was behind her all the way. She bought the machine and then raided the fabric drawers to find some pieces of fabrics to start her sewing journey.<br />
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Here is what she created for her first project and I think she did an amazing job of creating something out of odd bits. . </div>
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She has since produced several more great projects including a journal cover, a book cover an organiser for her car... I am very impressed :)<br />
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Here is little cross stitched project I did. This is a Sweetheart Tree chart and I changed the colours from amethysts to blues.. It was a gift for my sister and her colours are blues so here is how it turned out.<br />
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Summer is still here in Australia and I have to say I am actually looking forward to the temperatures getting a little cooler when beautiful autumn arrives...Ahhh autumn,,,,,I think it might just have to be my most favourite season!!<br />
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-14901784746553950502014-01-20T14:04:00.001+10:002014-01-20T14:04:49.437+10:00~This and That ~Well, my posts here seem to be a bit few and far between these days and I need to try and be more vigilant at updating my blog. I will try and do better :)<br />
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So here is my first post for 2014....thank you to all who take the time to drop by and leave me comments.<br />
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I do actually have a few projects to share and would you believe some is actually stitching!<br />
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I completed this project last year after it being a WIP for a VERY long time. It actually started out to be a SAL with a dear friend, Mary, and Mary actually finished her version ...quite some time ago (probably a few years ago in fact) but mine sat unfinished in my stitching box just because I had a hard time with the satin stitch. I am not very good at satin stitch and don't actually like doing it so...when my dear friend visited from New Zealand (who is a stitcher extraordinaire) late last year, she completed the dreaded satin stitch for me and I added the beads and finally and thankfully got it completed, framed and hung on the wall. I love the sentiment in this piece.<br />
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It is called <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><i>Blessings</i></span> and is a design from <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><i>Wild Heart Designs</i></span></div>
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If you are a reader of my blog you will know I love the birds visiting my garden. My dear hubby made me this beautiful gift for Christmas .....well I did tell him I wanted him to :)</div>
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-82788498806861911492013-10-11T16:59:00.000+10:002013-10-11T16:59:54.919+10:00Little Sewing Pocket BookI made this fun little Sewing Pocket Book by following a tutorial by <a href="http://darscraftycreations.blogspot.ca/2013/04/a-pretty-little-pocket-book-tutorial.html">Dar's Crafty Creations Blog</a><br />
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I used some digital downloads that I had purchased from Crafty Secrets..<br />
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-87121529043792107112013-09-04T11:35:00.000+10:002013-09-04T11:35:07.278+10:00More"View from My Window"and...Just a little bit of this and that...<br />
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Not sure if I ever mentioned but I am undertaking a little project this year to endeavour to take a photo each day of the year...<br />
It has been going very successfully and although there have been one or two days when I have slipped up and forgotten, I have managed to get a photo every day. I am finding it is a great way to open my eyes to what is happening around me, nature and life in general. <br />
I made up twelve little albums..one for each month of the year and at the end of each month, I print out my photos for the month, stick them in my book, write a caption and on the last page a little re-cap of what has been happening during the month.<br />
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It is amazing how quickly the months fly by and I have just completed my album for August...only four books to go!!<br />
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Now, what I really started off to write about today is what my photo happened to be for today. <br />
This amazing bird was our visitor to the Grevillea this morning...<br />
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....it is a Black Cockatoo</div>
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Isn't he amazing... he is so big!!</div>
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Another 'view from my window' is this amazing fruit which I noticed in our garden this morning!!</div>
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It is growing on our orange tree and somehow has forgotten that oranges are supposed to be 'round'!! Very strange!!</div>
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Ben reminded me too that it has been a while since he made an appearance on our blog!! So I need to put that right so here is a beautiful photo I took of him recently at his favourite place, the beach. He is almost 8 and a half now and a little whiter around his gorgeous sandy nose but ever so handsome don't you think??</div>
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Oh and just one more thing before I go and this may surprise you....I actually finished a stitching project recently!! Yes, I am happy to announce that I actually did. Here is my<i><span style="color: #274e13;"> <b>Shepherd's Bush In My Garden </b></span></i>needle roll. Quite appropriate really I guess since I have been talking a lot lately about the view from my window and what is in my garden!!</div>
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-4749135350294443742013-08-28T17:09:00.001+10:002013-08-28T17:09:04.409+10:00~ The View From My Window ~With Spring only days away here in Australia, activity in our garden has been amazing. I just love to watch the birds ....so busy right now as the weather warms. We have actually had an early Spring really with quite high temperatures. A few weeks back we noticed a little brown honey-eater taking a great deal of interest in our front garden and just by fluke as I looked out the window I saw this....<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><i>Nest ~ "A structure that birds make to keep their eggs and babies in"</i></span></div>
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Well actually, I saw the nest before she had taken residence. It must have still been a work in progress at that stage and then she was sitting in it... So cute and what a lovely little mother. Mr Bird helps with the babies and they are now chirping..ever so quietly, but enough so I can hear them and they are already growing feathers. This has happened really fast as it was only July 25 that I first spied the nest (I know this as I wrote an entry in my journal) .</div>
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I love writing in<i> <span style="color: #0c343d;">'The View From My Window'</span></i><span style="color: #0c343d;">.</span>..my little book where I journal about just that :)<br />
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We are fortunate to have a big old Grevillea tree in our garden and it is a hive of activity right now and is a virtual Airport..with birds flying in and out all day long. These are just a few of the regular visitors at present..<br />
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.........Now it has been a few days since I started writing this post and just didn't get around to getting it finished so I was amazed today to see the little nest empty and the babies gone. They were there this morning when I looked early and gone a few hours later. We have since seen the little ones trying their little wings.... </div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Hark! the mother sings:</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">See! the little birdie</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Jumps from off the bough:</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">cunning little birdie,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">You're so very little,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">On that tree so tall,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">That I tremble birdie,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Lest you get a fall.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Look! He's flying safely,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Ah!the little birdie</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Knows his mother's near.</span></i></div>
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-5500023675039137692013-07-14T11:21:00.001+10:002013-07-14T11:21:37.853+10:00~ What a Wonderful Bird is the Pelican ~<div style="text-align: center;">
I remember my Dad many, many years ago when I was little reciting that little verse to me...</div>
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Saw these enormous beautiful birds at Noosa on Friday. How funny are they balancing on poles while sleeping. How do they do that without falling in the water lol!!</div>
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Hi and if you are visiting my blog a big thank you for taking the time....</div>
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I have a couple of things to share with you today. One, a beautiful little visitor who flew into the garden the other day and even came right in under our deck to look for insects .....</div>
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Isn't he just the cutest thing. My research tells me he is a 'Striated Black-headed Pardalote' </div>
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I just love when these more unusual birds visit our garden. Sometimes their visits are just very fleeting but they bring with them so much pleasure to us when we see them. </div>
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I made this tiny mini album recently for my beautiful daughter and thought you might like to see it. It is only about 2.5 inches square.</div>
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Autumn is here in Australia and even although we live in the sub-tropics we can feel a slight difference now in the temperatures particularly on our morning walks and it is that time of year when you need to change the bedclothes to something a little warmer.<br />
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My beautiful boy Ben, hasn't made an appearance here for quite a while it is appropriate that I show you a photo of him this time as he turns 8 years old this Friday. Love that boy!!<br />
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I happened to look out the window and here'Lizzy' was in the bird bath..... well she is a water dragon...</div>
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A bird came down for a bath whilst she was there, took one look and thought... 'What kind of 'bird' is that' and flew off!!</div>
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I am so glad she is enjoying our garden!!</div>
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Thought I would show you some Australian wildlife that I have photographed over the last few days....</div>
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This cutie lives in my garden and delights me with it's presence basking on my deck and waiting for insects...</div>
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Although I am not sure if it a boy or girl I have named it 'Lizzy'....very original don't you think :))</div>
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And finally these two were happily going about their business while some onlookers were standing close by taking photos....</div>
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From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-7089497781638850592013-02-04T13:22:00.001+10:002013-02-04T13:39:37.939+10:00~ Well hello.....~<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...to anyone out there. Yes, it has been ages since I have updated here and am not surprised if you have given up on us as we have been AWOL for quite a long time. However, there are no rules and blogging shouldn't become an obligation - right!!</span><br />
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Anyway, a cheery hello to anyone who might drop by. I just wanted to share a couple of photos from my garden with you today and I REALLY wish I could bottle fragrance as the fragrance from these is amazing. Murraya paniculta, commonly called Orange Jessamine or Mock orange and it is out in all it's beauty at present at our house. Wouldn't it be lovely if I could send you the fragrance through the Internet....maybe the day will come when that can be done LOL!! </span><br />
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<br />From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-50855788779990186752012-10-19T13:53:00.000+10:002012-10-19T13:53:02.479+10:00~ It's Shedding Time Again ~For some reason, my title reminds me of the words of a song....no, wait a minute.....that 's "It's Crying Time Again" I remember now!!<br />
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Anyway, Spring is here and Ben has decided he must rid himself of his thick winter coat and he is making fluff bunnies like there is no tomorrow. Oh well, he mentioned he likes to do his bit for the birds and give them something soft to line their nests with. The birds don't have to look very far to find it either as there are balls of the stuff floating all around the driveway!!<br />
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This little book is bound with the Coptic stitch and this was my first attempt at doing this and we live and learn...maybe next time I may use a finer thread but as I mentioned...I don't do 'perfect' lol!! I painted the covers with acrylic paint which I mixed up to make the colour I wanted and inked, sanded and even thumped it around to give it a well worn look. I made the little nest charm on the side with wire and beads and hung some other bits from the chain. I love the clinking sound this makes. I added lots of bits and bobs and did lots of stamping too. <br />
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I called my journal <b><i><span style="color: #274e13;">'The View from my Window'</span></i></b> as I plan to use it to record some of the bird life and plant life I see in my garden.<br />
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I have also done a tiny bit of stitching and am enjoying my SAL with Sandra..<br />
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Spring is here in Australia and our garden is very dry as we have had no rain for weeks!! The birds are very active though and I am really enjoying listening and watching the activities around the garden. Sadly, we had an injury in the weekend though as a rather large bird which our research showed to be a cormorant, flew into the house and dropped down onto the deck in a very bad way. We nursed it overnight and our daughter who is a wildlife volunteer, took it to the vet so I am not certain what happened to it. Sad :( It wasn't looking good!!<br />
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<br />From the Attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654168130900865440noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282714204643525965.post-6594490228407260232012-08-08T14:40:00.000+10:002012-08-08T14:42:13.344+10:00~ Things that made me happy today ~BEAUTIFUL Spring weather ......<br />
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Lots of birds in my garden ......<br />
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We are experiencing amazing weather here right now and although it isn't officially spring, we are very definitely experiencing spring weather. The birds are very busy in the garden enjoying the grevillea and I am hoping we will find a nest somewhere.<br />
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Here are a couple of photos I took today......
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..... and taking time to wander in the garden</div>
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I am just getting back into a bit of stitching again after quite a long absence.<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/117957017321217305384"> Sandra</a></span></b> and I have started a new SAL. We are stitching <i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mrs Waddelow Huswife.</span></b></i> Not a lot to show yet as we are only stitching a short time each week and have only done week one at this stage. It is always fun to see each other's progress as we both chose different colours, linens and threads. </div>
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Yup...this is me....not showing my face though!! It's not a happy face!<br />
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No stitching or crafting for the present time. Typing left handed is tricky too...<br />
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I made this journal for them so they could keep a record of their precious journey.<br />
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