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Much of this blog concerns growing up in the forties and fifties. There are also numerous posts concerning interesting travel situations.
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Highlights from the 2009 Easter Egg Hunt
I’ll take the easy way out today and simply post pictures from this past Saturday. The numbers of participants might have set a new record. We started by ‘hiding’ the eggs for the first group. That gang included Anna, Daniel, Domini...
What a Weekend!
Things had finally quieted down last evening when, around nine o’clock, our doorbell rang. We truly live in the woods… about a tenth of a mile off the road; for someone to come to our door at any time of the day is unusual. It was my daug...
Love those grand kids!
Dr. Seuss has always been a favorite of mine. It’s been a lot of years since I first read the Butter Battle Book and I’d forgotten how it ended. As I told my grand kids, the Zooks and the Yooks should have compromised and made a sandwich ...
Happy Birthday Ellie!
This picture of my granddaughter was taken last December when she and a group of her cousins came over to help grandma and grandpa bake Christmas cookies. You can tell by that smile that she had a good time. Yesterday Ellie turned seven and we’...
Future Generations
My youngest son, Matt, recently commented on his Facebook page that his sister’s kids are too cute for words. I’d agree with that even if they weren’t my grandchildren. But Matt needs to expand his horizons. His brothers’ chil...
The 2008 Bake Off
My bride and I may be able to plead temporary insanity on this one… but we sure had fun! We decided to invite Rachel, Maggie, Alexis, Ellie, Emma, and Ariana to help us bake Christmas cookies. The granddaughters arrived at our home around 11:00...
