Pacific Northwest Gardening: "Where have all the PNWers gone", 0 by

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Happy Christmas to all!
Katie, thanks for letting me know about your contacts down Willamette way. Claire is really loving her job at Nordstrom and, evidently, is quite the saleswoman! I think she is a natural at the job but I hope that she can move to a different type of position with the company if she tires of selling or of retail hours. Time will tell. Meanwhile, we are still looking for a place for her to live. We did find out we have an extra week for her to be out of the apartment she is in now, so that helps a great deal. I think she will have to settle for something less than 'charm and character'. Tomorrow we are taking the entire extended family to celebrate her graduation from college with a dinner at the Space Needle. We've lived here for 22 years and have never eaten there. Hope I can tolerate being up that high with all those windows. Xanax, anyone?

Mauryhill, your priorities are in the right place. What a hard time for that family!!

Heidi, I love hearing about your dogs. We have two Australian shepherds. They are different than the cattle dogs, but very loyal and too smart for their own good.

Tillysrat, you are definitely in the Christmas spirit with that lawn ornament!

Here is this year's Christmas Cave, which got decorated on December 23. Better late than never.