Paper Dolls in a skilled facility.

Inside the door of Room 204,  lives Myrna, who is in the  xyz's of her life.  She needs help with her hands- fine motor skills and strengthening exercises.  I don't know the terms, or  the OT tools needed. Pennies to push into clay?  But today,  she's given a scissors, and  she cuts giant paper dolls with great enthusiasm.   A lady who   explains that she always loved arts and crafts.  (Vintage paper dolls can be found on Ebay.)
 Deuteronomy 32: 2   "small rain upon the tender herb...".  A small rain. 
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Physical Therapists on Youtube!

Occupational  Therapy is celebrating it's 100th year.  (1917 - 2017) 
Daughter Tara COTA recently got her degree as an  Occupational Therapy Assistant- and is  trying to help people get back their confidence and strength,  using proven medical exercises and techniques...

...a father, a carpenter, the bread winner with four school age children, had a stroke and wants to get back to work...it takes  more than two visits!   But he has run out of his allotted insurance time, so the COTA suggested to the patient’s teenage son who wanted to help his father get back on his feet,  "that he go on Youtube and look up some helpful exercises".   

Take a look!

"Physicaltherapyvideo" - Famous Physical Therapists.  Two Brothers Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck. 

Deuteronomy 32:2 "small rain upon the tender herb."  
  
Elderly play and care at Hollyhockjunction

   

How Shall I Press On?

Niagra Spray Starch, Original.  That's what I've  always used to add starch to my ironing, and right now I can't find it on the shelves. The grocery store has been out of it for several weeks. It's  not  in the nearby box stores,  big or little grocery stores, or  hardware stores, in any direction. Niagra.press on. It's been around for over a century. 
Call me old fashioned, I like it,   prefer it, and have used it for many years- it doesn't stick to the bottom of my iron and turn it brown. 

What happened to it?  I go on line and look:  Amazon.com sells four in a pack. Need I say more? It's a new day, but I don't want to have to go on line to buy a can of spray starch. 

Deuteronomy 32:2 "small rain upon the tender herb."   

Young and old connecting.

Health issues, yes, yes, yes.  Irma Hurricane,  85 years strong and living up to  that hurricane's name, has  found herself at early morning exercise class  for people with a little age on them.  The  class is  coached by her young grandson,  a sports therapy major.  She's getting out the kinks, ridding herself of the pain in her back, stepping it up a bit, on exercise machines.

Deuteronomy 32:2 "small rain upon the tender herb."  Elderly play and care at hollyhockjunction