Photos: Edmonds Farmer Market

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SiowFong, Lydia, and Ma Wee are walking across a fire station parking lot to reach the weekly summer Farmers Market in Edmonds.

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Lydia treats this wooden outdoor lounge seat like a slide.

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Two Walla Walla sweet onions !

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The three ladies are looking at some produce.

Note: When she was single, SiowFong used to visit the Edmonds Farmers Market every week during the summer.

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Ma Wee, SiowFong, and Lydia examine examples of local cheese.

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Cheese sampler box

Note: All of these pictures were taken on June 26, 2010 at the Edmonds Farmers Market.

Photos: Campfire

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Campfire in the fire pit in the back yard of the Putnam home

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SiowFong and Lydia are roasting a marshmellow.

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Carolyn Putnam, one of grandpa Al Crane's two daughters, is taking a group picture at the campfire that includes SiowFong, Ma Wee, Lydia, and grandpa Al.

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Using her hands to cover her ears due to the noise of a splitting log, Lydia and grandpa Al watch as Mark Putnam successfully splits a piece of wood on a stump.

Note: Since Florence, his wife, passed away in October 2009, grandpa Al has been living with Mark, Carolyn, Leslie, and Lindsay Putnam.

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Group picture around the campfire

(left to right): Carolyn Putnam, Mark Putnam, SiowFong, Ma Wee, Lydia, and grandpa Al

Photo note: I was standing on a taller mound of soil near some brush and trees when I took this photo.

Note: All of these pictures were taken on June 25, 2010 at the home of Mark and Carolyn Putnam in Bothell, Washington.

Photos: Barbie and Campfire

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Leslie and Lindsay Putnam bring out the old Barbie dolls and their accessories so that Lydia could play with them after dinner as grandpa Al Crane and SiowFong observe.

Note: Mark and Carolyn Putnam invited us to come to their home for dinner tonight. Carolyn is one of Grandpa Al Crane's three children.

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Although Lindsay and Leslie have not played with their Barbies for years, they were enjoyed their time with Lydia.

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Mark Putnam demonstrates for us how he splits wood.

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Ma Wee (Lydia's maternal grandmother), Lydia, and grandpa Al Crane

Note: After dinner, we sat outside in the backyard near a campfire to talk, to see Mark split a few pieces of wood, and to roast marshmellows.

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Super relaxed Lydia

Note: All of these pictures were taken on June 25, 2010 at the home of Mark, Carolyn, Leslie, and Lindsay Putnam in Bothell, Washington.

Photos: Lydia

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Telephone Lydia



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Exercise Lydia





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Fanfold Lydia


Note: Lydia with her Brain Quest cards that she has fashioned into a fan















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Serious Lydia and Tiger














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Lydia holding her "I Love You" heart that she made for her mom and dad several months ago.

Note: This heart sits near the mirror in the bathroom to remind Lydia's dad and mom about Lydia's lover for them.



















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Lydia is rotating her hands around one another in front of her chest, mimicking something that she just saw.