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I probably should have waited another week or two to take this one as the leaves are just beginning to appear. In a few weeks this tree will be really green. Oh well. Here is what it looked like last fall.
Even the cemeteries are screaming new life at this time of year.
A fog was hanging over the valley as I woke up last week to this scene.
My daughter celebrated her 11th birthday this past weekend by having 7 friends over for a slumber party. This was the designated sleeping room complete with lanterns, candles, and–on the evening of the event–a roaring fire in the fireplace.
Many cities have a sister city, or two, or more. Your town probably has one too. Chances are you don’t even know what other places form such a partnership with yours. For instance, I lived in San Jose, California for more than six years but I didn’t know San Jose had eight sister cities, let alone what those eight were.
That isn’t the case with Ashland. We have perhaps the best sister city relationship on the planet. It is with Guanajuato, Mexico near Leon. Not only would more than 9 out of 10 people in Ashland be able to identify Guanajuato as Ashland’s sister city, but a significant portion of the population has participated in some way with that relationship. For instance, my kids had people from Guanajuato visit their school classes this past week. I’ve even been to Guanajuato–not once but three times thanks to the Ashland-Guanajuato partnership.
This week we are celebrating the 40 years of ongoing and ever-growing partnerships between Ashland and Guanajuato. As part of the celebrations the town’s main street of Siskiyou Boulevard has been lined with American and Mexican flags.
While waiting to pick up my daughter from Walker Elementary School, the weather and view were too nice to pass up.
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