Volume 12 , Issue 23

Duchess & Sadie's Spring Domain

The end of last week the temperatures in Durango, Colorado got up into the mid-90s. It seems awfully earlier for it to get that warm around here.

Last week we experienced an afternoon sighting of Mr. & Mrs. Mallard taking a swim around a Weaselskin Pond up at Vallecito, North of Bayfield, Colorado.



We also received a link to a Time Magazine article concerning the World War 2 bombing of a community out in the far end of "No Mans Land (Oklahoma Panhandle), entitled, War: The Bombing of Boise City - "The bombing of Boise City, OK WWII - A fledgling from the U.S. Army Air Base at Dalhart, Texas last week bungled his navigation by 45 miles. He mistook the lights of Boise City, Oklahoma (pop: 1,144) for his practice target. Aiming straight at the Baptist church and Forrest Bourk's garage, he loosed six practice bombs (each bomb: 4lb. of powder, 96lb. of sand and shell). The noise of the explosions roared through the sleeping town."

We also heard from Ylova Jean (Jaquith) Mayes concerning memories and photograph of Vada Paris.

OU T-shirt Quilt Our oldest son took this photo of the OU quilt made of OU T-shirts by Maris Ward, who made it for her brother Bill Jackson for Christmas 2009. This quilt was one of many that appeared at the Nescatunga Art Festival, 5th June, 2010, on the downtown square, in Alva, Oklahoma.

That gave me an idea to collect all my OU, OSU and Other T-shirts and make a specialty quilt for the cold Winters in the San Juan mountains.

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