Evan Cox and Flat Stanley From: Francine Dufour Jones Evan’s MeMa Date: 2/18/2011 6:11:10 PM Subject: Flat Stanley arrived in Alaska Flat Stanley arrived here the other day. He needed to rest from the long 2 week journey. He is up and ready to go now. Evan Cox flattened himself and designed this Flat Stanley.
As you can see it is a little colder than Stanley is used to (coming from sunny California). Brrrrrrr So I made him an Alaskan parka and boots. Tomorrow we are going on a road trip to Wasilla Alaska and will stop on the way for photo ops. He told me he would like some mittens though. I will make some tonight. He is very excited but misses you.
Yaahooo let's go play in the snow. He does not like to wait. I will keep you up to date. Love Mema
Stanley at the Shopping Mall in Alaska Last week Evan’s Flat Stanley went to lunch with me and my friend Stephanie. Then we decided to take Flat Stanley with us shopping. It is a bright sunny day. It is warming up today you can see the snow is starting to melt a little. You can see he has his mittens on now. That is the shopping center behind us.
We are getting ready for another road trip to Wasilla, Alaska. Stanley is very excited and waits patiently to go. It is so nice he always has a smile on his face. Evan created such a friendly guy. He is very nice to be around.
Road Trip to Wasilla, Alaska Here we are on the road again. Stanley is looking out the window. We are on the way to an art class. Eeeeeeehaaa! There are a lot of great mountains to look at on the way. It is another bright sunny but cold day here in Alaska.
Stanley says: We are at the art class now and the artists let me sit on the easel to have me picture taken. The sun was so bright my face looks totally white but it was fun playing in all the yummy colors they mixed. My creator Evan is very artistic also. He would love all the colors I am sure.
Stanley in Art Class in Wasilla, Alaska. Our art teacher is very colorful she has pink hair.
Well we just finished art class and now we are headed back to Anchorage but first we are going to visit a very special place. It is an old Russian Orthodox Church called St. Nicholas Skete in Eklutna, Alaska. You see if you look on a map, Alaska and Russia are very close together. There are many historic buildings left in Alaska from the time Russians own Alaska. Almost all of today’s Russian Orthodox Church buildings in Alaska were constructed after the Russians left their American territory. However, the Russian Orthodox Church is still very active today especially among the native people of Alaska. The churches are built in the tradition of the missionary churches erected by the Russian monks and can thus rightfully be considered true remnants of a bygone era. Shortly after the Russian Orthodox Church was established in Alaska in 1741 it began to start
Christianizing the native inhabitants of the areas the Russian fur traders invaded. In 1794 the first mission was founded on Kodiak Island in southeastern Alaska. The Russians sold Alaska to the Americans in 1867.
Here are some photos of Stanley at St. Nicholas Skete. There are tiny wooden whitewashed church stands beside an old log chapel and is surrounded by a native Russian cemetery with small spirit houses. Each local family has its own traditional family colors and still buries their dead in the cemetery.
Many of these little houses were just the right size for Stanley.
Stanley says: Can you see all the little houses in the background with the many colors of the families? I am sitting on a hand carved moose here. Well time to go back to Anchorage now.
Moose in the Yard Speaking of moose; there are a lot of moose in Alaska. They are about the size of horses. Here are photos of some moose right in Grand Pa Ken and Mema’s back yard. I was looking out the window and there they were! Sometimes they look in the window or they might hang around and talk.
Here is what I like to do in the backyard. Make some snow angels. I do not get to do that in California.
Stanley Meets the Silk Painters Stanley playing in MeMa’s hand painted silk scarves. Today he went online with MeMa and met some of her silk painting friends from all over the world at The Silk Painters Network. Some live in England, Canary Islands, Egypt, Indian and Bulgaria and more. Stanley says: Wow. Some of the silk painters have invited me to visit with them and see their country also. Well MeMa and Grand Pa Ken thank you for letting me visit with you in Alaska. I am off to visit some of my new silk painting friends. New journeys await me. Oh I am being invited to California first by two silk painters. I can leave my parka in Alaska. Bye for now. Big hugs. Evan’s Flat Stanley
Stanley Arrives in California again with new silk painter friends. Here he is in Modesto California with his silk painter friend Angel Ray. She is a wonderful artist. You can see some of her art on the Silk Painters Network. Angel says: This particular photo is from Modesto, CA where the almond trees are blossoming :) Best, Angel Muse Silk Paintings
Evan’s Flat Stanley says: It is lovely here. The blossoms smell really nice. Thank you for letting me visit you Angel. I really like your silk paintings.
Standley says: I am in Paradise California with my new silk painter friend Wendi today. She let me play with your pets and she even had some more snow for me. Wendy thank you for letting me play and visit. I love all your art also. Evan’s Flat Stanley
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