Photo © Sarah Steinhauer
Levi Steinhauer is thankful for his Purrfectly Prrrecious Kitty.

Let's Play a Guessing Game: Whenever it is handy to do so, we will run a picture of someone of the subscribers or staff members of our e-magazine. Tell us who you think it is -- we will let you know who was the first to guess it right -- and the correct guess -- in the following week's Bulletin.

(Send us some to run; we will line them up in our staging area to take their turn. Thanks to Ginny Dake McCorkell for sending last week's mystery picture.

Answers to last week's mystery pictures (click here to review them):

I believe that is Aunt Blanche Dake Miller on the far left and Auntie Elizabeth McCalla on the far right. I know I've seen pictures of the couple in the middle, but I don't know who they are.

On the Guess picture, left to right, would be, Blanche, Aunt Jane, Uncle John and Anty Liz!

I am guessing, left to right: Aunt Blanche, Grandma Greer, don't have a clue, and Aunt Elizabeth.

Stan Dake
McGregor, TX

Editor's Note: The one you guess as Grandma Greer is actually her sister-in-law... I have written a little about the couple to introduce them to all of you.

Aunt Jane and Uncle John Come for a Visit
by Dorothy Dake Anderson

I was in 6th grade when my Aunt Jane and Uncle John Haines came for a visit and stayed with us for a few days. They came because my dad was the son of Aunt Jane's brother, Warren Dake. The picture was made right before they left for home in Rush City, where they lived with one of their children.

I think Aunt Jane is the one who gave me a nudge that helped change me from an undependable child to someone who my parents depended on to do my share.

During the visit it was decided that the two oldest children of our family could go with Anty to take the old folks home. I was considered a little too young to go along. So as my older sister was busy getting ready to go on this special trip, I knew it was important that I help Mother with all the work without being reminded.

Right before they left on their trip, I started to wash the breakfast dishes and Aunt Jane took a dish towel and dried for me. When I was all done, I saw that the cream separator disks were ready to wash. I got a fresh pan of soapy water, opened the container and slid the disks onto the big pin that looks a lot like a giant safety pin. I then had the rather nasty job of cleaning between the disks.

As I worked, Aunt Jane stood and watched. When I finished scrubbing every one of the many disks, I got the teakettle from the big, black cookstove and I very carefully poured boiling water over the disks. After they were well rinsed, I lifted them and gave them a good shaking and then hung the pin over a nail Dad had put in the wall in the pantry. In the hot rinse water, I carefully washed out the dishrag and wrung it as dry as I could get it. I placed the two dishpans upside down on the shelf and draped the wrung-out dishrag over them. When I was all done, I took off my apron and hung it up on the hook where it belonged.

This is when Aunt Jane, mother of nine grown children, gave me a sort of compliment -- it went like this: "Dorothy, I don't think Lizzie is right (that is what the other relatives called Anty); I think you work hard and you do things right!"

I caught on that Anty had noticed I was a tad lazy. I do believe that from that stage of my life I went on to do my full share of household duties. I did really like my Aunt Jane and Uncle John and was so glad I "measured up." I really did want to be dependable!

Photo illustration © Virginia McCorkell;
ewe photo by Suzanne McCorkell, frog photo by Sarah Steinhauer, LTD's ewe.
Aye Only Have Eyes For Ewe!

Click here to see a clever topsy turvy drawing of a frog and a horse.

Photo © Jerrianne Lowther
Sunset, Cathedral Rocks, near Sedona, Arizona.

Arizona, Here I Come
by Weston Johnson
Maple Grove, MN

I left Phil's place before 8 o'clock on Monday morning, stopping to fill my gas tank before I got on the freeway. The sun was still struggling to rise above the Sandia Mountains to the east of the city and had not yet begun to warm the morning air. My breath billowed out in puffs of steam, just as it had at the gas station in Nebraska on Saturday. I had driven more than 20 hours and still hadn't escaped the cold weather. And I only had six or seven hours to go! I was beginning to worry that Phoenix would not turn out to be the oasis of sun I had been envisioning.

To be continued...

Do you mean besides The Bulletin?

Verlaine and Rich Weiland
Coon Rapids, MN

I feel so thankful for health and family. It seems it is so easy to take both for granted! Most of all, I feel so thankful that we have a loving Father who knows ALL about us and STILL loves us!

This Week's Birthdays
November 26---DeLoris Anderson
November 27---Shalana Kay Weiland (10 years)
November 30---Aaron Stahlecker
Happy Birthday!

This Week's Anniversaries
November 26---Ben and Heather Henderson (2 years)
November 29---Kurtis and Jeni Larson (2 years)
Congratulations!

December Birthdays
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December 3---Twila Aydelotte
December 4---Carol Dake Printz
December 4---Elaine Anderson Wold
December 4---Sonja Dake
December 7---Aunika Swenson
December 10---Ryan Henderson
December 11---Wyatt Wm. Meyer (7 years)
December 12---Sarah Lynn Dake Steinhauer
December 13---Larry Dake
December 13---Derek Swenson
December 14---Kathleen Dake Stahlecker
December 17---Char Morgan Myron
December 17---Austin Printz
December 19---Barb Anderson
December 19---Lisa Boltz
December 20---Jay Pierre Miller
December 21---Melanie Anderson Shockey
December 21---Jonathan Glen Hill (2 years)
December 24---Ken Hellevang
December 24---Arbor Johnson
December 24---Beaver Johnson
December 25---Angela Stahlecker Roberson
December 26---Koen de Been
December 29---Mitzi Johnson Swenson
December 30---Travis Quick

December Anniversaries
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December 20---Eric and Melanie Anderson Shockey (4 years)
December 23---Harold and Carol Dake Printz (39 years)
December 27---Earl and Kathleen Dake Stahlecker (32 years)

Miss Hetty's Mailbox:

Dear Miss Hetty,

I hope your Thanksgiving celebration goes well. We had a small crowd of about 12 or 14, here, with way too many cooks in the kitchen, but that allowed me to sit and visit just like a queen! haha......

Miss Hetty Says:

There is a new index page for Weston in the Stories Collection. It doesn't include the Coni articles yet and it hasn't been gussied up, but it's there and it works ... and the indexing spider has been sent on its rounds so all Bulletin issues to date should be fully searchable.

What a nice trip to Florida for the busy, growing family of the Indermarks! I was glad to see the picture with Jim Miller on it, and George Larson. I do know Jim, George and Shari. Let's hope the stitches don't leave an ugly scar on that little face. She resembles Shari.

Was interesting to read about the Arizona LINES. Very cleverly written, and after so many years in the Phoenix area, there is lots of experience in just how to manage the lines. My sister loves to meet new people, so doesn't mind the lines, I'm sure.

Thank you for updates on the babies that keep growing and changing, like Jaxon Hill.

We did have a very memorable time visiting Diana and Maralee. We want to be there for her when the going gets rough, which it could if those test results require going on to Plan B.

Well, finally, finally, we get to meet Sharon Paul Nault. We've heard of her and seen the pictures taken of her at different times, but never an actual introduction. I know she's our photo editor's very good friend, so of course we are interested in meeting her. I guess if it weren't for Miss Kitty there are a lot of things we'd miss out on. Thanks for taking time to tell us all about the lady who made those necessary Alaskan warm clothes for Flat Stanley.

What a history of how Miss Jerrianne got to work for The Milepost! I often wondered how that job ever came about. Would have been a red-letter day to have both had lunch with the editor of The Milepost. Excellent pictures of the zoo animals. Once again, thanks to Miss Kitty for her special story of the visit to the zoo.

I couldn't believe the new home for Becky is so long. You will need a communication system from front to back! It looks so inviting, especially with the solid, big deck. Summer with the trees leafed out will make it a dream home, especially in that vicinity.

Everyone has a story to tell about that November 11 storm in 1940. My dad's best friend, Clyde Hemming, was frozen to death while out hunting. The only time I remember seeing my dad cry was at Clyde's funeral. The storm was raging and we thought it sounded like moans as the wind whistled through the edge of the door. Later, it was as if we were hearing Clyde's cry when we learned he was lost in the woods just at that time. I was 10, but it was unforgettable.

Thank you, LTD, for the next chapter of the sheep ranch experience. Surely, that isn't the end!

Thanks, too, to Weston for this next chapter of the trip to Arizona. So many friendly stops and meals along the way. That would have shortened the trip and taken the edge off the loneliness. Thank goodness it is to be continued. We have some great writers for The Bulletin, and every week it's full of surprises that are interesting, right up to the last word.

That was so amazing that everyone ended up at the Olive Garden, and thanks, Rich Weiland, for the good pictures of the family, including Mason, who is growing up way too fast. It's too bad Rich is so busy doing other work when he should be retouching photos and replacing eyes!

For yet another great Bulletin we want to thank you, Editor and Photo Editor.

Betty Droel

Purchase 24 lbs. of Jumbo Bing Cherries from Wenatchee, Washington.

Wash cherries in slightly sudsy water. Rinse thoroughly.

Remove cherries. Set aside the slender, delicate stems.

Bag cherries and freeze immediately.

Arrange choice stems on dinner plate.

Garnish with 3 beautiful cherries. Serves 1.