Stephanie Wrote:
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> lol, I wish..well, actually, I don't wish yet.
> The family does have a ranch out in Bidahochi, AZ.
> They've been living on it for multiple
> generations and my husband spent most summers out
> there sheepherding. By some odd twist of fate, my
> mother in law and father in law's family
> properties were adjacent to each other though they
> didn't know it until long after they met as both
> were living off the reservation. So, the combined
> property is really quite large and encompasses a
> couple buttes and a canyon. It is magnificent out
> here and that is where my Navajo grandmother in
> law lives, who is a traditional navajo rug weaver.
> She raises sheep, shears their wool, cleans it,
> forms it into yarn and dyes it using natural dyes
> that she collects from the property. Can't get
> much more traditional than that, lol. She's a
> fantastic woman and the amount of knowledge she
> has in her head is just about unfathomable.
> Unfortunately, she was to get running water and
> electricity about 6 years ago and it still hasn't
> happened yet. She lives a very hard life but the
> family tries to help take care of her.
>

say hi (on my behalf) to her when you meet her next time. I have to go home to see my grandmother.. i have not seen her since long time.