{"id":419,"date":"2015-04-30T20:25:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T03:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/?p=419"},"modified":"2015-04-30T20:25:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T03:25:05","slug":"beloved-visitors-and-water-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/beloved-visitors-and-water-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved visitors&#8230;.. and water therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_422\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Athens-and-Toby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-422\" class=\"wp-image-422 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Athens-and-Toby-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Athens and Toby\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Athens-and-Toby-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Athens-and-Toby-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My friend Athens&#8230;. my friend Yvette&#8217;s mother!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toby-Swim.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Hey, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s starting to get busy down here at the lake. And we&#8217;ve been lucky &#8211; we&#8217;ve had visits from some wonderful friends. \u00c2\u00a0And, I&#8217;ve started water therapy for my arthritis!<\/p>\n<p>First things first: Yvette&#8217;s mom, Athens, came to visit us recently. She&#8217;s been here before, and it&#8217;s always great to see her. She went on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/scenic.php\" target=\"_blank\">scenic flight<\/a> with my friend Kit, and just raved about it afterwards! \u00c2\u00a0Athens is a really talented woman. \u00c2\u00a0She has a couple of web sites, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athensabell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">athensabell.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homegrownhighways.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">homegrownhighways.com<\/a> &#8211; check &#8217;em out! \u00c2\u00a0Lots of pictures, videos, stories, musings, about life, beauty, gardening, banjos (yes, really!!) \u00c2\u00a0You&#8217;ll enjoy the trip!<\/p>\n<p>Next up: one of Kit&#8217;s friends from way, way back &#8212; all the way to junior high! Kit and her friend Candie went to the same junior high school, senior high school (go, Rangers!) and college (Go, Saints!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_421\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KW-and-CC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-image-421 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KW-and-CC-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"KW and CC\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KW-and-CC-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KW-and-CC-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KW-and-CC.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For the purple and the gold team!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Candie has worked for many years at their school, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carroll.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Carroll College<\/a>, and was in town on college business. \u00c2\u00a0Kit took her for a ride around Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, about that water therapy&#8230;.. \u00c2\u00a0well, I hate to admit it, but I&#8217;m getting older, and with age comes a bit of arthritis. \u00c2\u00a0My &#8220;parents&#8221; found a clinic here in Seattle where they do hydrotherapy with dogs to help ease arthritis. \u00c2\u00a0So, about once a week, I&#8217;m off to the pool for exercise and a massage!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_420\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toby-Swim.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"wp-image-420 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toby-Swim-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Toby Swim\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toby-Swim-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toby-Swim.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dad&#8217;s starting to call me &#8220;Johnny Weismueller&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I do like it, despite what it looks like here, haha! And they told me that I&#8217;m the strongest Doberman they&#8217;ve ever worked with. \u00c2\u00a0Not that I&#8217;m bragging or anything&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>So, why don&#8217;t you stop by and ask me how my therapy&#8217;s going? \u00c2\u00a0And take a scenic ride like my friends Athens and Candie? \u00c2\u00a0Hope to see you soon!<\/p>\n<p><em>Cheers,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Toby James<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, everyone! It&#8217;s starting to get busy down here at the lake. And we&#8217;ve been lucky &#8211; we&#8217;ve had visits from some wonderful friends. \u00c2\u00a0And, I&#8217;ve started water therapy for my arthritis! 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