Sunday, May 7, 2017

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2009. We went over to visit a friend of mine and her family had a pet parakeet, Ginny. Ginny liked to fly about the house and decided to perch on Mattie's shoulder. Mattie had NO IDEA what to make out of this. Which was the priceless expression you see here. Ginny seemed to like Mattie and though under normal circumstances Mattie probably would have loved this connection. But given all Mattie dealt with from his treatment he was somewhat frightened and did not like the feeling of her claws on his skin. 


Quote of the day: A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain. ~ Mildred Struven

I am beyond thrilled to have the raffle baskets behind me! In so many ways hosting a raffle at the Walk is like an event within an event. I am thankful to my friend, Carolyn, who has been our raffle chair and my raffle partner in crime for 8 years now. Together we solicit, accrue items, purchase items and then transform them. 

I have been staging these items for a week now, and Peter helped me wrap them with cello wrap, which really requires four hands. 

We wrapped 9 our of 10 baskets, and the tenth we are still awaiting items on!

We have 10 amazing baskets and to read the details for each basket and to purchase tickets, go to 
www.mmcfwalk.com. 

All raffle proceeds go to supporting our psychosocial programs to assist children with cancer and their families. 

A raffle close up! As of tomorrow, all these baskets will be out of my home and into Carolyn's! Making way for more Walk preparations that are underway.