Colleen Easley lives in Olympia, WA with her husband Dale and 2 cats. Photography has been her hobby for 40 years. Currently she is working on a 365 project which requires that she take at least one photo every day and publish it to her blog. You may follow her on Twitter and/or Facebook by clicking the links below. To see all the photos of her 2010 project, click the link below under LINKS.
03.14.10One of my longest term volunteers in the Iditarod Race Stats data entry department was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Peg is the mother of the popular female Iditarod musher, DeeDee Jonrowe. DeeDee herself went through her own battle with breast cancer about 8 years ago so as you can imagine it’s been hard for her to deal with her mom’s disease, especially now since she’s running the Iditarod. Peg’s other daughter, Linda is in town to help her mom recover from surgery, which will be on Monday, March 15.
I’ve been wanting to do something for Peg to cheer her during her recovery period so I had all the volunteers here at Iditarod Headquarters write a special message on a piece of surveyor’s ribbon and then attached them all to a long piece of pink surveyor ribbon that was actually used to mark off the trail on race day, March 6. I got this idea from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of hanging Prayer Flags outside their homes and places of worship. In Tibet the flags are made of pieces of fabric, but I used the ribbons instead to add a festive touch to Peg’s hospital room. Tibetan Buddhists believe the wind will carry the beneficent vibrations across the countryside. We just want Peg to know we’re all thinking about her and saying prayers for a full and speedy recovery.
Get well Peg – we’re missing you!
Nikon D90
with Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S ED VR II Zoom Lens
at 22mm, 1/125s, f/5.0, ISO 200
Prayer Ribbons for Peg
