Day 3781: Map and a Delay

 

"Separation": junk mail collage.

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2GN2S ... 

Map drawn from memory helps man reunite with family decades after abduction

 

Li Jingwei used this map drawn from memory to relocate his biological parents.

 

A man who was abducted as a child in China more than 30 years ago has been reunited with his parents – thanks to social media, online sleuths and a crude map drawn from memory.

Li Jingwei was only 4 years old when he was kidnapped by a man he knew from his family’s village in southwestern Yunnan province in 1988. He was taken to live with another family in central Henan province, where he grew up, according to state-run news outlet The Paper.

Even as a young child, Li realized he had been taken far from home – but he had no way of returning even as he grew older, he told The Paper. He didn’t remember his birth name, his parents’ names or the name of his village.

For the full story, click here.

 

 

An unusual Christmas Day that finally ended well. 

Grandhunk #1 completed a 48 hour EMT shift at 7am Christmas morning, GH#3 worked late Saturday. So, Grandhunks 1 &3 were supposed to fly to Nevada from O.C at 10 am and arrive here, Sunday at 11, but the flight was delayed over and over. Southwest was saying they were waiting on their flight attendants? 

All day, until Superman frustrated by the fact that there were no other flights the rest of today or tomorrow, called Jet Suite and got the ...

 last two seats, so they got in at 5:58pm, and here at 6:45 pm a little weary but glad to be here.

   

Some food and conversation, then unload the tree!

  

Last week, I posted this photo from 2005, 

 

the guys recreated it and five other photos for their Mom and Dad for Christmas2022.

 

 

The  warm Jacuzzi is elevated above the unheated lap pool. Everybody but Grandma went in the Jacuzzi, then the guys started daring each other to go into the cold pool. 

 

 

 

 I went outside in the 53' clear evening and sat by the   firepit for five minutes with a blanket, to take these photos, and came back in to do this blog.

Then it was movie time ...

 

What a great day!

 

 

 

 

A 4-minute video, Joy & Heron, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Red-crested Cardinal by Roy Diment.

 

 

Smiles for Monday ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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