Chad and Angela came to visit and we took them to the Virginia Holocaust Museum. Here they are standing outside of a genuine antique Polish cattle car similar to the ones used to transport so many to places they did not want to go during that awful time.
We were indeed blessed to have Alex Lebenstein as our guide . There are so few Holocaust survivors left who can give a first hand account of what they suffered. Alex was 11 years old when the cruelty of man came into his life.
There were many recreations of their suffering in the museum but this one of the crematory just outside of the gas 'showers' brings the point home. The prisoners were used to dispose of their dead fellow prisoners reducing them to 4-6 pounds of ashes.
While I would recommend everyone to visit be advised that it is disturbing and not appropriate for young children.
Chad and Angela brought Mia to visit also and she was cute, adorable, spunky and a whole lot of fun to have around. Our Pomeranian, Yogi, especially enjoyed having her to wrestle with. She made up for her smaller size in speed and spunk!
Tona and Angela got into crafting (surprize!) and here they are posing with their handiwork!
Tona's Celtic knot applique in progress. She seems to always have a craft going and works on it (or them) whenever she get some spare time.
Sweetie's hair got long enough this winter for a new hairdo. Don't you think she's cute!!!
The rest of the Heart's-A-Burstin residents - Brooke, Cosmic, Beethoven, Mozart, along with Frank and the hens are all doing fine.
We are looking forward to new adventures in 2009 and may God bless you in His service, Randy and Tona (RAT).
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