Flat Stanley

Blogging from me has been light lately….just too much sloshing over the plate.

However, I have taken part in a MOST important project for one of TMEW’s best friends (and mine),  Trouble!

My great niece, Emma, in the third grade, has asked us to take Flat Stanley along for a few weeks of adventure wherever we go.  This particular Flat Stanley hails from New Jersey where there has been a whopping 6 inches of snow all winter.  Currently, he is with us in New Hampshire.  To date he has been to the hematology/oncology department of Lakes Region General hospital (the nurses all flirted with Stanley).  He has also been down to "bob house row" in Meredith,  NH and the same day was "carried" to the top of a 5 foot snow pile near Lake Opeechee in Laconia, NH.  Friend to family and Flat Stanley, Skip Murphy was kind enough to keep Flat from flying free and further than Flat men ought to fly.  He was a bit cold but we are assured that friend Skip who braved the 5 foot snow piles and gusting winds, lakeside,  in sneakers and jeans kept Stanley from departing on an unescorted and unplanned flight.

The story of flat Stanley is ten years old and has served as a means of getting young readers excited about the notion of writing.  Those of us who are entrusted to entertain Stanley are requested to journal his adventures and most recently add any digital pictures or video to further document his adventures/in our hands, misadventures and return him to the child(unharmed) via the us mail.

It is fun to get folks involved with showing Flat a good time.

Hi Res pix after the jump!

Well, my intro to Flat Stanley was at Opechee Park in Laconia, NH.  We’ve had record breaking global warming snow fall this year, so we decided to let Flat see for himself.  Thus, after slow slog, up to the knee climb, we made it!

Well, even standing there trying to hold Stanley from flying away got to be tiring, so we decided to sit:

OK, I sat – Flat had plenty of energy! 

Remember – he had also made a short visit north to Meredith to visit the bob houses in Meredith Bay

Now, who was shuttling Flat around?  Our friend (and Auntie to Emma!).
 

Yup, Flat is doing the Quality Assurance gig to make sure that only the right amount of meds are being dispensed.  Ever ready, that Flat!

However, when it comes to dogs?  Well, the next three pix tell the story – great, perhaps a snack, and then ignominy!