tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80187530236593968282024-03-12T14:00:42.435-04:00Life is a StitchNancy-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09515847756094007274noreply@blogger.comBlogger579125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018753023659396828.post-63769215513732544752016-01-06T19:54:00.002-05:002016-01-06T19:54:15.918-05:00First Finishes for 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jamestown Landing - Bonnie Hunter design</div>
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Celtic Solstice - another Bonnie Hunter design</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each of these was a couple of years in the making, and I'm glad to add them to the finished pile!</span></div>
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<br />Nancy-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09515847756094007274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018753023659396828.post-88216610474956238312016-01-03T11:52:00.002-05:002016-01-03T11:52:55.922-05:00Happy New Year!<span style="font-size: large;">Ahhh....one last day of holidays to relax before heading back to work tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took some time this morning to get the bindings of these two quilts - - both of them are Bonnie Hunter designs -- stitched to the front. I believe I'll spend the rest of the day with my feet up hand sewing the bindings to the back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week has been particularly busy, as we traveled to Newfoundland to ring in the New Year and celebrate the wedding of our oldest son. Sailor Boy lives in Halifax, but his new wife was born and raised on The Rock. </span><br />
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Itty Bitty and Sailor Boy</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The wedding was held indoors, of course, but a lot of the photos were taken outside, with the added bonus of "natural confetti" falling from the sky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was our first visit to Newfoundland. We met some of the warmest, kindest people while we were there - - although we could have used an interpreter to understand that Newfie accent!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Old age is making all this handwork extra challenging. The best thing ever is the Clover needle threader that Hubby brought me from Florida a few years back. If you see one, get it! It's not just another gadget -- it's a life saver!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, I bought a new car last week. Itty Bitty signed the contract on his first REAL job since completing his undergrad degree, and needs a car for work, so I gave him my old Caliber ('09) and got a new Chevy Cruze. I'm still trying to figure out how everything works in it, but it's a nice drive.</span></div>
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Nancy-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09515847756094007274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018753023659396828.post-15213134191589710482015-10-26T18:49:00.001-04:002015-10-26T18:49:36.114-04:00A Wild Goose Chase<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm still working away on Sprigs & Twigs, and have the centre squares all pieced together, and it's time to start on the appliqued borders. ummmm....not something I have a ton of experience doing, and there was one instruction that was a little mysterious.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, we headed out bright and early Saturday morning, and drove the hour and a quarter to visit <a href="http://www.creekbanksewing.ca/">Creekbank Sewing Machine Shop</a> (cuz you know I need more Kim Diehl fabrics, right?). I showed them the photo of the mystery tool, and they were stumped. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As expected, Day 2 of the show, well... the vendors's selections were getting a little picked over, so there wasn't a lot that I was compelled to bring home - with the exception of a small selection of some Kim Diehl FQs, but I did discover a couple of new shops that I hadn't visited before. The FQs came from <a href="http://www.creekbanksewing.ca/">Creekbank Sewing Machine Shop</a> in Mount Forest. Well...I used to be in Mount Forest once a week and never heard of this shop before! They will be my go-to resource for Kim Diehl fabrics - - which I will need to finish "Sprigs & Twigs" - - but more on that in a minute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The second "new-to-me" LQS is <a href="http://kalidoscopeofquilts.ca/">Kalidoscope of Quilts</a> from Exeter. This is a new store, and I understand, not at all related to another Exeter quilt shop (which I also really liked, but is now closed). Okay - - I have to get past the fact that someone intentionally spelled "kaleidoscope" wrong in the name of their shop - - but I can get beyond that quirk. I haven't been to Exeter in yeeeeears - but if I am in the neighbourhood, I will check it out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay....speaking of "Sprigs & Twigs" - I finished the squares of the centre of this quilt. The original design calls for 16, but in order to get a larger finished size, I increased the number to twenty-five.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One more day off, and then it's back to the grindstone. I plan to spend tomorrow working on homework - - I have SEVERAL projects coming due for both of the courses I'm enrolled in. </span>Nancy-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09515847756094007274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018753023659396828.post-78270994141288574872015-09-27T17:44:00.000-04:002015-09-27T17:44:28.637-04:00Quilts: fueled by Swiss Chocolate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know - - I'm an idiot. Like I need more fabric. But I saw a photo on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/291023511046957/">Quiltville Open Studio</a> facebook page yesterday of a finished <a href="http://www.kimdiehl.com/">Kim Diehl</a> design called "Sprigs & Twigs" and I just knew I had to make one. I looked all over online for a quilt kit, because I'm really bad at choosing fabric "on purpose" - I'm more of a fabric "finder" than a "shopper". But first...I had to find the pattern. (Hey - there are some free Kim Diehl pattens on the <a href="http://www.henryglassfabrics.com/projects/new-free-projects/">Henry Glass website!</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought I would spend tomorrow running around SW Ontario looking for "Simple Appeal", but started today with a trip to Elmira's <a href="http://www.quiltersninepatch.ca/">"Quilter's Nine Patch"</a> (it's open Sundays, but closed on Mondays). WHOOP! WHOOP! They had the book in stock!</span></div>
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<br />Nancy-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09515847756094007274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018753023659396828.post-28350193786156753992015-09-27T09:20:00.002-04:002015-09-27T09:20:21.627-04:00Flimsy Finish: Pinwheels Forever<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This design by Shelby Morris appeared in the September 2002 McCall's Quilting Quick Quilts, includes forty 8"x8" pinwheel blocks. I started piecing it last Sunday, and finished putting the borders on this morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's 51.5" x 75.5", and I think I am going to donate this quilt top to the local guild for one of their community outreach projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Speaking of ten years old: I pulled out a big ziplock bag of a pre-cut quilt top the other night. I've moved this bag around for yeeeears. The pattern that I had tucked in with the pieces is from the September 2002 issue of McCall's Quilting Quick Quilts. I've got about half of the blocks nearly done. The photo above shows 16 of the required 40.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Which of course led me to thinking: "Well? What next?" I'm horrified to admit it, but I have numerous quilt tops almost nearly completed: it's just a matter of putting the blocks in rows and columns. One drawer was full of these 6" Split Nine Patches. Hubby and I got them out last night and arranged them in a number of different ways, but this setting is the one I preferred. I sewed the nine-patches into blocks of four, and now I'm wondering....should I just do six rows of four squares, or continue making blocks and do a bigger size. I've decided that the borders with be two rows of dark 2.5" squares, so that the light diamonds (crosses?) will float. I'm torn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know there is a method for keeping your mat moisturized, but I think mine is beyond help. It was getting so unpleasant to cut fabric. My cuts were not as accurate as I hoped because the fabric would be distorted by the extraordinary pressure of my cutter. I was going through blades like crazy. So I caved in and bought a new one. It's incredible. But here's a link to the moisturizing tips if you want to give it a try:</span><br />
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<br />Nancy-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09515847756094007274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018753023659396828.post-31677780352359346762015-09-10T20:34:00.002-04:002015-09-10T20:35:23.041-04:00Adventures 3<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">About two weeks ago, Hubby and I stayed a little closer to home for our weekend adventure. We had initially thought about doing an overnight shopping trip to Niagara, but once I paid the balance of my fall tuition...well, let's just say I didn't feel as excited about a shopping trip!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few weeks ago, I read <a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5797777-the-harmony-at-85-waterloo-s-landmark-diner-is-still-sizzling/">a charming article in the newspaper</a> about a restaurant in Waterloo called "The Harmony Lunch". I added a visit there to my mental to-do list, and this was our first stop:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever had a hamburger that is pork instead of beef? It was delicious, and the restaurant was charming. I would have liked to have taken some photos - the scarred wooden floor, the hat rack, the telephone booth, the old soda fountain. I don't think a thing has changed in here since The Depression. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had read in yesterday's <a href="http://www.therecord.com/living-story/5818747-log-schoolhouse-a-jewel-of-waterloo-park/">newspaper about a log cabin in a park in Waterloo</a>. I'd never visited <a href="http://www.waterloo.ca/en/gettingactive/waterloopark.asp">this park </a>before, so we enjoyed a little walk through it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And here is the log school house! There was a wedding party doing a photo shoot next to the building. I imagine there is a real feeling of nostalgic connection to this house built by the original Mennonite settlers in Waterloo. The wedding party may have even been descendants!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the last stop in the afternoon was to the recently opened <a href="http://www.apollocinema.ca/">Apollo Cinema</a>. We were able to snag a <a href="https://www.groupon.com/biz/kitchener/apollo-cinema">Groupon deal that included tickets for 2 plus popcorn and drinks for $15</a>. We saw "Mr. Holmes". Neat theatre! Even regular admission is cheaper than the big cinemas, and it's licensed, so you can order a craft beer or a cider or a glass of wine at the concession stand. There's even tables in front of the lounge-y seats!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh well, I will worry about THAT tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I finished a few things:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These called for binding cut on the bias - I almost have never used bias cut binding - but at 2", it went on pretty slick! For the pattern, I traced a souvenir giant guitar pick that Hubby brought home from the Martin Guitar factory in Nazareth PA a few years ago. It measures about 7" long, and 6" at the wide end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I started a new project. Tonight I pieced four of the thirty-six blocks, and cut all of the neutral pieces out. You've probably seen this quilt all over the internet. It's called Soul Searching, from Kathy Doughty's (of <a href="http://materialobsession.typepad.com/material_obsession/">Material Obsession</a>) book "Making Quilts". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The aim of our day trip was to combine a couple of tours: <a href="https://www.visitgrey.ca/travel-tools/travel-stories/grey-county-waterfall-tour">The Grey County Waterfall Tour</a> and <a href="https://www.visitgrey.ca/travel-tools/travel-stories/saints-sinners-local-craft-beer-wine-cider">The Saints & Sinners Bootlegger Run</a>. It was a lovely combination of stunning natural beauty, and tasty visits to craft brewers and cideries. We by no means were able to hit more than a handful of the stops, but that only means that we will just have to go back! There's another tour I'm interested in taking in that same area, perhaps later this fall: <a href="http://www.applepietrail.ca/tours">The Apple Pie Trail.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whenever possible - we must check out every music store or pawn shop to check out the guitars. I guess this makes up for the forced stops at every fabric store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Being morning people, we were out the door bright and early, and headed to Orangeville, where we selected some fresh produce at the farmer's market and did a little window shopping. After that, we did some driving through the country roads around Hockley Valley, and the <a href="https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/forksofthecredit">Forks of the Credit</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next stop was for lunch at <a href="http://www.spirittreecider.com/">Spirit Tree Cidery</a> in Caledon. On Saturdays they offer pizza with gourmet toppings baked in their wood fired oven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I haven't done ANYTHING remotely crafty in months - - unless you count sewing a button on Hubby's shorts, and I don't! To be honest - I just haven't felt like it. Recently, however, I've been starting to take longer looks at quilty photos in my Facebook newsfeed, and sneaking Pinterest breaks from time to time. Perhaps the crafty fast is coming to an end?</span>Nancy-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09515847756094007274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018753023659396828.post-86489244492726082042015-07-14T22:18:00.001-04:002015-07-14T22:18:08.718-04:00Guess where I am?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yep - I'm at school. Remember all the angst I went through from 2008 - 2011 doing my undergrad degree? Well....I suspect the brain remembers university sort of the same way it remembers labour & delivery.... it wasn't THAT bad, and it was worth all the pain in the end. So, I've enrolled in the Master of Social Work program - Leadership in the Human Service specialization - at the University of Calgary. So, while most of the program is online, I do have to actually travel to Calgary (a 4 hour/$500 plane trip across country) for a week twice over the next two years. </div>
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I flew in on Sunday night....well, actually Monday morning - my flight was delayed by four hours due to electrical storms that effectively shut down the airport in Calgary on Sunday morning, and backed up the skies for the rest of the day. I didn't get to bed until 3:30 in the morning - and had to be in class for 9am. But...if that's the worst thing that happens to me this week....I'm good with that!</div>
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I've been in classes all day for two days - with articles to read and assignments to complete each night. It's been tough - especially having crossed a couple of time zones. Being a early morning riser, and barely making it to sunset before I'm tucked in at night...it's particularly challenging. I keep looking at the clock and wishing it was telling me that it was much later than 8:15 mountain time.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found this colouring book, and was anxious to learn more about the artist, and the purpose of the book. As a social worker, I don't--as a rule--do any clinical work, but for a $1 I may find some use for it in my practice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, I learned that </span><a href="http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">this colouring book was created to raise funds</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> for the </span><a href="http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Stephen Lewis Foundation</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign, to support African women who have lost their own children to the AIDS epidemic and are raising their grandchildren under very difficult circumstances.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also found this turquoise beaded necklace for $4 -- I have a serious case of like for it. Hubby doesn't like this photo. He thinks I look oooooold. I think he has some sort of filter in his eyes that still sees me as 27. I'm going to be 46 in less than two weeks. Heck! That's almost FIFTY!!!! He's nuts. I don't look old. I look just the right age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Being a new-comer to the K-W area, I depend on the GPS on my phone to get me EVERYWHERE. (I suspect the most seasoned native armed with a map and a compass would be unable to navigate themselves across this town - - but I'm naturally suspicious). I saw this pin on Pinterest from <a href="http://www.positivelysplendid.com/2014/06/diy-fabric-phone-charging-station.html">"Positively Splendid"</a> and thought, "AHA! THIS is exactly what I need to attach to my dashboard to hold my phone when I'm wheeling around."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had a number of problems with the construction of this THING. First of all, the pattern calls for a layer of Peltex AND a layer of fusible fleece. Not a problem, I happen to have both of these substances. I should have stopped at this tell-tale instruction: <span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">"Note: The photos below do not show the fusible fleece backing on the back main body piece, since that was a later addition to the pattern." </span>I can confidently say that the pattern was NOT tested after making additions to the pattern instructions. Here is my evidence:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1.Trying to turn this thing inside-out was akin to pulling teeth. Most of the seam on the top curve is hand sewn, because I had to keep ripping out more and more stitches to turn the piece. Have you ever tried handsewing a curved edge that has fused fleece on one side and Peltex on the other? Don't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nope - I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (a great phone!) - it's dimensions are: 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm (5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in). In short? It doesn't fit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll spare you the negotiations - - but what it boiled down to, was I agreed to stitch together 20 knitted blocks that were donated to a group she works with that cares for abandoned cats and dogs. She was feeling pretty sure that the blocks could but put together to make a nice blanket that they could auction off to raise funds for the group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The reality of it? I have ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE of the weirdest creations ever knitted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And there are at least two full cats of fur knit into these...uh....trapezoids. The cast-on edge is about 20" - - the cast-off edge is 14". The are slightly "C" shaped, and about 9" wide. The donor intended them to be used as bedding in the cages for the homeless kitties.</span></div>
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