Since November I’ve been working on a crocheted dress! I found the pattern on Ravelry originally, and here is the site to see the free pattern: https://forthefrills.com/audrey-crochet-dress-free-pattern/ It’s an A-line dress made out of eggplant colored yarn. It is a nice yarn, a wool blend that is washable! I’ve not […]
Today I took Felix to the NAMI office for coffee and conversation time. I go there once a month for coffee and conversation and meet some of the other facilitators there to hang out. Normally when I go there I walk and don’t take my wheelchair because it’s a short […]
After we had explored the museum, we wanted to check out a couple of local parks! So we took the elevator down and exited the building. Very close by, there is an historic cemetery which is a popular dog walking spot. It is pretty hilly, but is a very pretty […]
The last big part of the museum we explored is the “cool stuff” area. This area of the museum has lots of practical physics principles being demonstrated. We started out at a big Archimedes screw, which is a rotating screw used to lift things like water (or small beads) uphill. […]
After the rainforest room, we were getting pretty hungry, so we headed to the cafe. They had a lot of allergy-friendly foods there! They had several gluten-free and vegetarian options, and their sign says they have a nutritional binder available. They had pizza and sandwiches mostly. The pizza smelled really […]
In our second blog entry about Discovery Place Science, we finish up the dog exhibit and visit the rainforest room. There were lots of interesting stations in the dog exhibit. There was a place with a box that you put your head into where you watched a screen and listened […]
For our convention in April, we will be visiting the Discovery Place Science museum with several other service dog teams. The museum recently finished months of renovation, so Brad and I needed to go check it out to see what the changes are like and how best to visit it […]
Today Felix and I went out training to practice for the public access test! We first went to TJ Maxx. On our way in the store, we passed two dogs! Felix did a pretty good job ignoring them, though he did pull a tad. He did a great job walking […]
