Papa’s World – Walking the tunnel in Brambleton!

October 7, 2025May 27, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

On one of many-

Of the fifteen miles of trails in Brambleton, Va.

In any direction from our front porch –

We could find a different trail to walk.

Here is a side trail that we would take-

Just to walk out to the viewing gazebo overlooking one of the many ponds.

Brambleton, Va., is a huge development that has been building for 25 years.

Situated on the backside of the Dulles International Airport-

Thousands of acres of former farmland –

It was turned into a community.

When we left, there were FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS!

Since we left, they completed a 250-acre park of soccer fields –

Ball diamonds –

Cricket fields –

Basketball and tennis courts.

And more walking trails.

Walking for health.

On this walk, we had to go underground –

Tunnels were completed to cross underneath major highways.

Before we left –

A CHALK ARTIST had drawn pictures in one of the many tunnels.

The tunnels are well lit for seeing –

I hope they remain –

A lot of good work is here!

The tunnels run under four-lane highways!

This is one of many tunnels located throughout the larger community!

We lived here for 14 1/2 years!

The artwork is amazing, and I often wonder if it is still there!

Today, we walk in another community-

Or the beach, or trips to NMB to walk at Barefoot Landing.

Broadway on the Beach in Myrtle Beach.

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Papa’s World – where did the Summer go – now – we wait for Winter !

September 22, 2025May 13, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our Patio
Marcus Bode Taylor Cassidy
and Sherry
they call her MORMOR
Swedish for Mothers Mother

Sadly – almost all our flowers in the Patio are gone-

Thrown away before we get a frost

It is cool in the mornings

mid to high 40’s low 50’s

That is cool for me

As you can tell – I am not a snow and cold person

My idea of weather is low 60’s at night

low to mid 80’s in day time.

Cassidy Tammy Taylor
all three have the same
BIRTHDAY !!!

We celebrated birthdays –

The Vietnam Wall Memorial
Reflections
both Physical
and mental
remembering our classmates
in a very use less war.

We took friends on tour of D.C.

The Ghosts of Korea
with Sherry walking among them
THE FORGOTTEN WAR

We were busy – that is how we live life –

always looking ahead – planning –

when you quit – is when you are done

that is how I feel.

Every Sunday morning
in our community
is a Farmer’s Market

Sherry ( MorMor) and Taylor
she is only 9 years old
but I can tell
she is going to be tall
like her MorMor
at 5′ 10″

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Papa’s World – Surprised – watching a marching band

August 8, 2025March 21, 2025 / Tom / 2 Comments

It started out watching my grand daughter in her first cheer leading !

But – as I watched – I could not help but notice

The Marching Band – Drill Team and Color Guard –

It was very large considering it was a High School band.

I looked at my hand out of the team details

and found that the Marching Band had 243 members !

Now that I thought was what you would most likely see

at a College football game – not High School

Plus – all the equipment that was on the track later to be set up

I took pictures starting from the center
and then a left center
and a right center

A tractor was used to tow part of the equipment out –

There were platforms

one that had stairs and microphones set up at the top

a small platform was seen in this picture

And there were THREE DRUM MAJORS

each with a platform

two small ones right and left

and a high one in the center

where they directed the entire field!

Left Center –
One drum major to the left
and higher up
the Center Drum Major

The music flowed – the drum corp and horn section

all the while the drill team and color guard performed.

During the performance

each member set their hat on the field

all lined up in formation

off to the side

I found that to be quite effective

Right center
with the drum major
directing that side

I do not know the correct name for the instruments in front of the platform

But there were four of them

and microphones set up

and band members with horns and flutes

would climb the stairs and play from up high.

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The whole performance
was to the music
LED – ZEPPLLIN
and I thought performed
really well

The announcement came – they had performed in competition

and each time – FIRST PLACE –

They were going to compete at JMU this weekend

competing against 50 bands from across the Country.

The Briar Woods
marching band
color guard
drill team
Brambleton Va.

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It was a unexpected viewing

one that I knew little about

Amazed that so many students

participated in all the activities that night

Football team 86

Marching band 243

cheerleaders 30

student section Full

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Papa’s World – The day the SNOW came!

July 14, 2025February 23, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

It started off like many other days in NVA-

Brambleton, Va. –

We were a couple miles away from the backside of the DULLES AIRPORT –

For Washington, D.C. in Loudoun County.

Be prepared –

a winter storm watch has been announced.

This was the view from the steps of our front porch home –

of the intersection.

We were prepared –

after all, we had spent the first 50 years of our lives –

living and coping with winter snowbelt storms in WNY and NWPA!

But – all of that did not compare to what was to come.

Our patio – is enclosed by the house on three sides –

and a fence on the outer side toward the street.

Many family times spent here –

Back in WNY – I had a van – with wide tires.

I would take the van –

and ride back and forth on the driveway –

Packing down the snow instead of paying someone to plow it!

Here it was different-

only the driveway was about two car lengths long!

I had my shovel and a large pushbroom.

Then it started to snow –

light at first –

Then it started to stick to the paved sidewalks and road.

It continued all day and into the night –

We took turns trying to keep ahead of it.

Here Sherry attempts to clear a path on the front sidewalk!

You can see ahead of her where I had managed a path to the road.

Early morning of the next day –

less than 24 hours after the start.

It had turned into a major snowstorm in NVA! and the East Coast.

It continued the next morning !

They were trying to plow –

and keep the roads open the next day-

but it continued to come down.

The open door is out to the back patio next to the garage and driveway.

The garage door – over 36 inches and still snowing!

Me digging outside by the back patio.

The weather alerts kept coming –

the storm was not over!

It was piling up – soon the snow banks would be taller than me!

The entrance to the patio from the kitchen –

Over waist deep –

Not going out there-

and we had an all-nighter coming up!

That night after 24 hours of snow –

A look at the patio,

That fence I could look over on my tip toes!

If you go back to the picture of looking outside at the patio before the storm from inside this window-

This is looking from the outside into the front living room!

We had over 48 inches of snow in less than a day and a half.

In all the years of living in the snow belts up North –

We had never experienced –

this amount in such a short period.

The official measurements came from the DULLES AIRPOT just a few miles away!

We sold that home in 2020 and moved to the border area of OIB- SUNSET BEACH-

Our winters here are much different – even though in early Feb. we experienced snow-

This is a rare event here.

But we did get three to five inches with a hard crust.

Everything lasted maybe 5 to 7 days!

And then a few days later after it was gone –

We had 80-plus degrees.

There is a saying down here –

“IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WEATHER – WAIT FIVE MINUTES AND IT WILL CHANGE”!

LOL – BUT FOR ONE DAY IT SNOWED AND SNOWED –

give me that beach chair any day-

and I will try to get up – better-

than shoveling snow!!! LOL

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Papa’s World – Looking back in time.

May 23, 2025January 5, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Brambleton, Va. Where we lived for 14 1/2 Years.

At the time we built this home – our second one – we had planned on staying here for retirement.

It was a big house on two floors- almost 3200 SF.

Sitting on a corner lot – it was a mixed community –

made up mostly of commuters in government or state jobs –

into D.C. via the Metro.

One of our neighbors shortly before we sold was –

The Director of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI.Worldwide.

One day I was sitting on my front porch when I observed a car pull up into the intersection –

And he – the driver-

angled kitty’s corner and rolled his window down.

He then proceeded to take a camera –

and take pictures of the Directors house.

In a few moments, he made a turn and sped away.

It all happened so fast that I did not even think to get the plate number.

Later that day in the early evening –

I walked across the street and greeted the Director.

We talked and then I told him what happened.

He asked several questions –

and told me about his wife observing a black SUV pull up

and park across the street.

She wrote down the plate number –

and phoned her husband.

He had the plate number run-

and it did not exist.

He then took out his wallet –

and gave me his personal card-

I have that card today.

He told me that he had been testifying before Congress –

on the Chinese Gov’t-

He did not go into details-

but said to keep an eye out –

and try to get the plate number-

If anything strange happens again.

His wife then bought a gun –

and took lessons and had a permit to carry.

About two years before we sold our home –

he retired from his post –

they sold their home –

and he became a security director-

for a major worldwide company.

We still are in contact-

and they now live in Texas.

Looking at the front of our home –

I was sitting to the right of the center of the porch.

Their home would have been to the far right-

across the intersection on the corner.

The road in front of the house is where I first saw the man in the car.

That was something I shall always remember-

as I can see it in my mind today.

Today that house has once again been sold –

for $220,000.00 more than we sold it for!

It was to be our forever home –

but times change.

We have moved on –

But this one memory is still present in my mind.

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This is about the time all that happened from my front porch!

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Papa’s World – Happenings over the years!

May 2, 2025December 17, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

When they were little – Tammy – Marcus – Ella and Sarah with the twins and Bode!

We were at a resort in Pa. –

A complete family reunion of sorts –

There was a large pond and we somehow had this golf cart.

Bode is now ten years old and Ella will graduate from college and Sarah from H.S.

HAPPENINGS OVER THE YEARS!

One of our many excursions with Buck and Cindy –

I think this was the Sierra Nevada Brewery just outside Ashville, N.C.

We explored the city and the Biltmore!

This was Halloween time on the front porch of our “FOREVER” home in Brambleton, Va.

We built this 3100 SF. home with the thoughts of retiring here.

But then – the PANDEMIC came along –

Our 401K took a major hit!

But – the housing market went up and we decided to cash in!

The window to the left was the formal dining room and the windows to the right was the front formal living room.

You can just see the balcony at the top and this came off the spare bedroom.

A beautiful home –

the second home we had built!

LOL – better than a Skunk!

Sherry – nice easy swing and straight down the fairway!

We golf when we can –

either with friends or by ourselves.

Oftentimes in afternoons when most people are finishing up!

One of the reasons we selected our area to live in.

Family – friends – neighbors –

Church – Volunteers –

Giving – helping and caring!

Our Tower Garden we had inside our garage during winter.

Grow lights allowed us to eat fresh greens all year!

JUST MORE LIFE HAPPENINGS!

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Papa’s World – Remembering the past!

February 22, 2025October 30, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

While we lived in the Washington, D.C. area –

we made many trips to the baseball park to watch the Nationals play and the World Series in 2019!

We always enjoyed these games but it did get hot sitting there – so much so that at times we would

get up and go back into the shade!

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

My two sons – Troy on the left and Shawn on the right –

far away but close to our hearts!

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

The Metro station was only a few miles from our home in Brambleton, Va.

This is a suburb of Ashburn and on the back side of the Dulles Airport.

Countless times we boarded the Metro for a day trip into D.C and began our walking – exploring.

Here is one of the many flowering gardens and trees in the late springtime-

in Washington, D.C.

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

When we moved we wanted to golf as it was costly to golf in NVA.

Here we live among 30 golf courses and our friends live 40 minutes away.

We often get together to play 18 and always is a fun time.

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

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Papa’s World – Memories of times gone by!

February 12, 2025October 20, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

When we lived in NVA –

we would take the metro in –

and go to the Nationals ballgame!

MEMORY FROM A TIME GONE BY!

Our time in N.C. –

and Cameron Woods Community in OIB-

has been filled with golf outings –

With friends-

and by ourselves!

MEMORY OF TIMES GONE BY!

The home we sold in Brambleton, Va. –

so we could move South-

This was to be our retirement home –

But high costs and recession –

401K dropping –

and housing market expanding –

We sold and left the area!

MEMORY OF TIMES GONE BY!

Today we can see this every day if we wish –

Our new home-

is close to two beaches –

OCEAN ISLE BEACH and SUNSET BEACH –

One day this too will be a –

MEMORY GONE BY!

LOL – A LOT OF MEMORIES GONE BY!!!!!!

Our patio in Brambleton, Va.

MEMORY GONE BY!

Marcus and Tammy –

Early years before the twins and Bode-

MEMORY OF TIME GONE BY!

Sisters – Sherry – Bonnie and Debbie –

Their mother and father –

BARB and BILL-

MEMORY OF TIME GONE BY!

Love this picture and Maddy – to the left and Ella to the right with Sherry-

Maddy adores Sherry!

MEMORY OF TIME GONE BY!

Sarah – always a fashion Diva –

now an adult and all grown up!

MEMORY OF TIME GONE BY!

The backyard of our home in Brambleton, Va.

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Papa’s World – GOOD TIMES and MEMORIES!

January 26, 2025October 8, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

Marcus and the twins – Cassidy and Taylor –

memories of good times!

Our very good friends and neighbors –

Steve and Diane –

Who would have thought we had close neighbors –

who also are from WNY-

and have a house on Rushford Lake!

This is close to where we raised our families!

They have the same memories of that area as we do!

Little Cassidy –

what a spark plug she was –

always squirming to be let down-

when you held her!

Always climbing and hiding –

Today she is 14 years old!

Granddaughter Sarah –

and next-door neighbor – Justin.

Today they are seniors in the same H.S.

GOOD MEMORIES FROM THE PAST!

Taylor – the quiet one –

she is always reading books-

She covers her head –

so no one disturbs her!

Such a Horse rider –

Spending all her spare time-

at the stables!

MEMORIES OF GOOD TIMES!

As she was when young –

and is to this day –

A FASHION DIVA!

Now a Senior in H.S.

A very hard worker –

Full of laughs –

always helpful-

SARAH – GOOD MEMORIES FROM THE PAST!

Another chapter in our life closed-

at the start of the Pandemic in 2020.

Here is the back of our home –

in Brambleton, Va.

Everything you see here –

we planted –

We have always prided our landscapes-

and today we continue here –

in Cameron Woods Community!

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Papa’s World – We move to Brambleton!

November 12, 2024August 11, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

This is the second home we built and moved into!

Situated on a corner lot – two stories – almost 3200 SF.

A front porch with a second-story balcony off a guest bedroom.

The house was in a horseshoe shape –

and the middle of the horseshoe was a 400 SF. enclosed patio,

Very private with a tall fence.

The closed-in patio has two entrances into the house.

When we first moved here – there was one H.S.

After 14 1/2 years – we sold the forever house – they were just opening the 4th. H.S.

We had grown with the community –

watching street after street being built –

and now – after we have left –

It still is growing and building.

It was during that time that Tammy had twin girls –

although not identical – in many ways, they are the same.

Cassidy on the left and Taylor on the right.

Today they are 14 years old –

Taylor rides horses and Cassidy does gymnastics.

Both sing and dance in plays –

and all three – Bode who is 10 – sing at church!

Our home here was to be a forever retirement home –

But the stock market went down –

and the home values went up!

We decided to sell and see where it took us.

We stayed with family members through the summer –

and into the school year-

At that time we decided to go SOUTH!

And it was to S.C. North Myrtle Beach!

Here we stayed in a lakefront condo for nine months –

And we built our THIRD new home!

This time 16 miles to the North in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

In a place called CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY!

Brambleton, Va. started out as our forever retirement home-

But economics proved otherwise.

It was a beautiful home inside as well as outside-

We met many memorable people here –

We had 15 miles of walking trails and they added more since we left.

Loudoun County is the highest per Capita county in the country.

MEMORIES always will be cherished there –

But – now we are living our dream-

Near the beaches and golfing capital of the country.

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Papa’s World – Walking the streets of BRAMBLETON VA.

August 28, 2024April 1, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

Every morning – we try to walk between 2.25 miles and 3.10 miles.

This is one of the paths we take – along the streets of Brambleton Va.

Our little town has grown in the thirteen years we have lived here.

Today – it still is building out – the third High School opens this September .

This path is 2.16 miles long – and follows the sidewalks and streets .

Very little traffic – and if you stay on the shaded side – very comfortable.

Water in a man made stream runs along side the street –

waterfalls – ponds – and flowers and trees !

Beautiful flowers change out each season

The area along here is all man made.

The walk is slightly uphill –

and you can if you wish –

take the path through the little park on the other side of the stream.

The road has several places where flowers are planted in the medium.

The entrance to Brambleton on this side of the development

The other entrance has a water fall twice as large as this one.

Sherry informed me – we are planting these nest year –

She says that each time we walk by them ! LOL

Hasn’t happened in thirteen years !

My shirt for the day – taken 12 years ago -the picture that is –

Of Maddy and Ella – when they were 6 and 3 !

Walking back home – we pass a large fishing pond.

Although I do not fish – this is a great spot for catch and release.

The ponds are all this way –

Each morning – around 7 AM. A quartet of older men –

Gather and sit and talk for a hour or more –

Below the rocks are more chairs –

Most of the day this is shaded.

Our walks each morning can be different –

Silence – greeting other walkers – bikers and runners.

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Papa’s World – “RETIREMENT” going really FAST!

August 20, 2024June 5, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

The home we built to retire in – Brambleton, Va. – just behind the Dulles Airport!

It has been over twelve years for Sherry ( she retired early ) and ten years for me!

We had thought that we would retire in this community in Loudoun County –

But a few things happened.

Our youngest daughter and her family who lived a mile from us – MOVED – not far –

some 16 miles away – but you have to understand – we picked up the granddaughters

every day after school – and there were days we had Bode when he did not have pre-school.

We would walk to their home and they would ride bikes with their parents to our house.

Overnight stays were common – trips to the community pools –

We were involved daily and that changed.

You might say – Well we could drive there – but when you are a senior – TRAFFIC bothers you!

And NVA has traffic – and they are just crazy!

We did not like having to drive that distance after being able to walk to their home.

I know – that is selfish of us – and we loved their new home and they loved being in a single-family home with neighbor kids and country living!

Once there – it was so nice – and to be truthful – our neighborhood was what I call a –

“GARAGE DOOR NEIGHBORHOOD”

It goes up when they leave for work – closes and opens again

when they return and closes again.
that’s it!

Outside of a couple neighbors – we had no close friends – it was always in transition.

A beautiful place – a growing community – four High Schools and only one when we moved there.

Our home was beautiful – we walked the fifteen miles of trails daily.

I would sit daily in retirement on the front porch and see dozens of people walking or biking by –

But I knew none of them!

I spent my time grooming the yard – we planted flowers that came back each year –

I hand-dug and planted three Crepe Myrtles and three green-type trees that went straight up

by the fence – I had a wild strawberry patch that the twins would sit down and eat one by one.

Cassidy would tell me how soft the grass was on her bare feet and how cool it felt in the shade.

Living here in retirement was our goal when we built it – we watched as the neighborhood

grew and grew – expanding – schools being built –

a complete town was built with a bank – markets – stores – theater – library and multiple restaurants.

A fifteen-acre park with basketball courts – tennis courts – playgrounds at different sites –

a large pond and huge boulders with waterfalls.

Three community pools were opened.

A sports complex – ball fields soccer fields and cricket fields were submitted and the over 200-acre park with all this was completed after we left!

Brambleton was and is now a destination point for people who work in D.C.

And the Metro came after we moved!

The Washington Commander’s headquarters was five miles away.

We could have driven three miles – hopped on the Metro and went into D.C. or got off at the Dulles International Airport to fly out!

After a short one-half-hour drive we were in the famous “HORSE COUNTRY” of Middleburg –

Where Jackie Kennedy rode horses and Christopher Reeves fell and became Paralyzed.

Then the second reason happened in our retirement – the bottom fell out of the stock market –

The 401K dropped like a lead balloon – it burst!

We lost and we lost big time – 33% disappeared overnight!

We still had our pensions – small as they are – our lifeline Social Security –

which after 79 1/2 years between us we paid into instead of wages and benefits – AND EARNED!

And we had Sherry’s home-based business going on 19 years –

with a monthly income – The Juice Plus Company has been very good for us!

We could survive but it was very expensive – where we lived –

the highest per income in the country!

BUT – the housing market took off and we gained what we lost in the 401K back in the house.

TIME TO SELL AND MOVE!

We would leave our families – but only be a seven-hour drive away –

and go to warmer weather!

The area we had always liked was the area of Wilmington, N.C.

and South of that!

I started to google and found a condo in Ocean Keyes , North Myrtle Beach – S.C.

That would give us time to research and find a place to live!

This was the two reasons we decided to sell and move South – leaving family and friends.

Our journey into retirement had its dreams and pitfalls – but we found our end of the rainbow-

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Papa’s World – Our “FOREVER” house in Brambleton!

August 19, 2024June 4, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our “FOREVER” house in Brambleton, Va. sits on a corner lot – with 3200 SF. on two levels!

This was the second home we had built –

and we thought would be the home we would stay retired in!

After retirement – I spent many a morning sitting here on the front porch until the afternoon hot sun moved me onto the patio.

It was from here that Sherry and I took our first of 10,000 daily steps.

When we finally moved out in 2020 – there were over FIFTHTEEN MILES of walking trails!

We could walk all week and never walk twice on one trail!

We planted all that you see to come back each year.

We put in three Crepe Myrtles – and I mowed and trimmed this by myself after my heart attack!

Here is the side and rear of the horse shoe-shaped house –

the middle was the enclosed courtyard – we had slate put down –

and this area was four hundred and forty square feet.

No one could see in and there were two entrances from the house.

We had two tower gardens here and a BBQ and table and chairs.

Also a glider and two comfy chairs!

The enclosed patio with slate floor – this would be in the shade almost the entire day from the trees planted by the developer.

The gate opened up on the side yard where we had yearly wild strawberries growing!

The twin girls would sit out there and pick and eat!

I really miss this and Sherry chose to sit here instead of on the front porch!

The view looking back from the fence to the kitchen door straight ahead and to the right –

the door which we did not use – leading into the family room.

You could find shade out here all day long!

The door out to the patio off the kitchen – we had granite everywhere.

Many grandkids sat here to snack or craft!

Where the lights hang down – I put them in – is the breakfast table.

There were 34 windows in total in the entire house!

We ate most of our meals here but we also had a formal dining room!

Beyond the hanging lights is the family room with a fireplace.

Many winter days I sat by the warm fireplace.

The family room – to the right is the entrance to the side patio which I put in -not the door but the

patio itself. We also had a Tower Garden here on this side of the house which got the morning sun!

The fireplace and chair that I sat in winter time!

Looking at the breakfast table and the kitchen – beyond is the staircase and the way to the second floor.

We sold over 95 % of the furnishings to the people who purchased the house!

The wood floors were all Bamboo!

Another view of the family room – my watching TV spot was to the far right of the leather couch!

You could sit five here and have room – all the little ones could sit here with us to watch a movie!

The front door and beyond the front porch where I would sit and say hello to the walkers

and bikes going by each day.

To the left is the formal living room – all windows on two sides –

one to the front porch and the other looking out over the enclosed patio.

We would open Christmas packages sometimes here with the families!

The dining room had large double windows looking out toward the street –

and many family dinner were held there, a lot of memories over the fourteen and one-half years!

This is the landing at the top of the stairs – it is here that Sherry had her office which you see on the left.

There also was a TV up here – and three bedrooms and two bathrooms

and a sitting room off the Master that we put a single bed in that was Ella’s when she came to visit.

Maddy had her own room – Sarah could have had her own room but wanted to sleep on a made-up floor bed-

In our room – and when all three little ones came to visit – they also had made-up beds on the master’s floor!

This was supposed to be the “FOREVER” home we would spend retirement in.

Then came the PANDEMIC in 2020 – we were without family ties – restricted –

and to top that off – our 401K took a 33% hit in the downturn – our retirement was being wiped out!

We still had S.S. and some pensions and her Juice Plus monthly income –

But – Loudoun County – which has the highest per-capital income in the USA –

was becoming not affordable to live in with the high cost of taxes and cost of living there!

Then the bright side of all this – the housing market took off – the price of our house was high –

After much discussion – we decided it was time to SELL – and leave our “FOREVER” home!

Selling and moving South to the border of N.C and S.C. – sun – fun and beach and golf time!

We were in and we sold our home – and most of the furniture – made dozens of trips

to the Salvation Army – yard sales and curb-side free to anyone who wanted it!

We downsides to 1900 SF. and now reside in Cameron Woods, OIB. in North Carolina near the border of S.C.

Near the beaches and year-round golf!

Our home here has become most likely our “LAST home.

We enjoyed the fourteen and one-half years in our “FOREVER” home-

but now are comfortable here with new friends and neighbors.

I hope you enjoyed the look back on our life in NVA.

Never to be forgotten –

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OUR “FOREVER” HOME IN BRAMBLETON, VA.

Papa’s World – Through the years – life!

July 22, 2024May 11, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our wedding day – June 25th. 1982 – a second marriage for both of us – the start of a new life!

We combined her two daughters with my two sons – although my sons lived with their mother-

Almost every weekend they were with us in the country between Olean and Portville in N.Y.

We tried to have mini long weekends – traveling in our 12-passenger van.

Packing food – eating picnic style – providing what we could afford –

It was an unforgettable time in those early years.

We lived there for 5 1/2 years before moving to the other side of Portville – closer to my sons and still in the same school district for the girls.

A new neighborhood in Pleasant Acres Drive which would be home for 12 1/2 years.

From here both girls graduated from H.S. and the boys graduated from H.S. in nearby Pa.

We were now empty nesters –

In 1999 we applied for a transfer for both of us to NVA. staying within the company!

When we retired – we had 79 1/2 years of service between us.

In Northern Va., we became Washinton Nationals Baseball fans and are still that way to this day!

We bought our first condo in Fairfax, Va. – then sold and built another one also in Fairfax – a couple miles

from George Mason and the NRA building.

We sold again and built a house in Brambleton, Va. behind the Dulles Airport.

Here we lived for 14 1/2 years – the stock market went way down but the housing went way up – SELL!

We lived in NMB for nine months while building our current home in OIB!

Cameron Woods Community is now our home in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

We live near two beaches and a lot of golf courses.

We are 45 minutes from Wilmington, N.C.

And 30 minutes to North Myrtle Beach.

Today we are living our dream where it is warm – near the beach and golf –

We have made new friends and old friends visit us.

Family comes here and we go there.

Life is good!

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PAPA’S WORLD – THROUGH THE YEARS LIFE!

Papa’s World – Old times not forgotten!

July 10, 2024May 1, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

Bode – less than a year old – being held by Taylor – and Cassidy by her side – soon to be 14 on their next birthday –

This was taken at the Brambleton Town Center where we lived for 14 1/2 years.

We moved here when there was but one high school –

when we moved on they were just opening the fourth high school.

OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN!

Maddy attended the Univerity of Lynchburg for four years – and played soccer all four years.

Ella ( who attends Randolf College and plays soccer) will be a senior next fall –

We as a family traveled as a family – renting a AIRBNB –

So we could participate in the games played when they played each other!

Here is a picture of TAMMY – DEBBY and SHERRY outside a grill during one of those trips!

OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN!

My oldest son Troy – at the place where his best friend passed away during an ATV accident –

Putting a memorial marker on a tree –

This was in the Alleghany forest in NWPA –

Cherished memories for him –

OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN!

Sherry and Debby with their “TEAM GENERATIONS”

at a lunch during a break from the Juice Plus Conference.

While many from the team could not attend –

This group learned so much about health and nutrition.

OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN!

My youngest son Shawn –

receiving one of his many awards over the years in shooting pool competion

A ranked pool player in both Canada and the USA –

Out of over 1000 players recently from all across the country –

He finished in the top 30s!

OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN!

Papa – a serious look but the back story is I had just had oral surgery!

Two front teeth implants!

Now – to say I was not stressed leading up to this –

Well – “I WAS”! LOL

Glad it is over –

I shall always be OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN!

When lifetime friends gather together for a picture – it becomes –

OLD TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN!

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Papa’s World – Memories – what do they tell?

June 6, 2024April 2, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

Marcus and Taylor – Tammy and Cassidy – across the street from our home in Brambleton, Va.

This was known in the neighborhood as “THE SLED RIDING HILL”!

During a snowstorm – they went over so we could get a photo!

They had sold their home and came to stay with us until they moved into their new home.

The twins were 2 and 1/2 years old –

One day – I heard them behind the closed door in our downstairs half bath.

Giggling – so I opened the door and there they were –

they had their dolls and were playing in the half bath.

That is a memory I shall always have as I see this picture!

It was our 40th. anniversary – so we returned to NVA. and the family gathered at a winery.

Even “MARLEY” – the dog of the younger grandkids!

It was a beautiful day – full of laughter –

and a day we all were together –

This picture reminds me of all the good times and family times back in NVA!

Sherry – grandma and mormor to all her grandchildren – MORMOR is Swedish for MOTHERSMOTHER!

Bode is the only boy with five granddaughters.

This picture reminds me of all the things we did as they were growing up!

We love to golf and here is Dottie – Sherry and Cindy – BESTIES for years and years-

Whenever we get together – maybe every four months –

usually, golf is involved – guys vs gals and a few strokes given!

This picture reminds me how they can and have beaten us –

and I keep saying “NO STROKES” LOL!

Sherry – sunrise at SUNSET BEACH – so well known for its SUNSETS!

Here she walks in the surf –

this picture reminds me of how she is always drawn to the edge of the waters!

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PAPA’S WORLD – MEMORIES – WHAT DO THEY TELL?

ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED HERE IN CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY!!!

Papa’s World – where we live

May 5, 2024December 4, 2023 / Tom / 1 Comment

We moved to NVA in 1999 – June to be exact – transferring within the company –

both of us – taking our years – pension- 401 K – vacations and knowledge –

after 32 years for me and 20 plus years for Sherry.

We bought two houses –

moved twice – in 6 1/2 years in Fairfax Va.

Then – we found our home – in Brambleton Va. almost thirteen years ago.

We moved into our home – in August – 2006 –

and have watched our little community grow and grow.

They actually built a new town called Brambleton –

and now are finishing the THIRD High School set to open in September!

Watching all of this – being a part of it – is amazing !

We are a community that sits in the middle of the country –

once you arrive home –

you do not have to go back out into the crazy traffic of NVA.

And in two years or less – the METRO – Silver line – will be 3 1/2 miles away !

The construction of SEVEN more stops is 80 % done –

and will open a brand new line here !

We can hop on – go into D.C. or right to the airports –

everything will be connected !

New four story town homes just completed –

and recently we have been walking the new trails around a huge lake – man made –

Of the new –

OVER 55 community being built just a half mile from our house.

That community is going to have it’s own retail center along with it’s own HOA !

The new four story library just opened a few months ago –

with a huge teen section where you see the windows on the second floor!

Yesterday – it was announced that what is known as HANSON FARM –

Has been turned over to the county –

and next month – development will start on a 257 ACRE preserve !

Soccer fields ( grass)10 of them – 2 pro turf fields –

4 ball diamonds – 1 cricket field – multiple tennis and basketball courts.

FIVE LAKES – pavilion’s -picnic areas and tables and grills.

A park lodge – rest rooms – and the list goes on –

all to be completed in two years.

The farm house and outbuildings will be preserved as a historic site.

This is but a glimpse of where we choose to live 13 years ago.

In the end of the development –

there will be an additional 5 to 10 miles of trails to the already 15 miles we have now.

We were very fortunate – we love our home –

(not the cold Winter )

Our roots are now here for the time being.

I hope this provides a look into the Country living in NVA!

Just another day in my life !

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Papa’s World – LIFE – PICTURES – MEMORIES!

March 28, 2024February 8, 2024 / Tom / Leave a comment

Before we moved to N.C. – we had many day trips to Washington, D.C as a family.

Often times we would just take the metro – other times we would drive in and park and walk around.

Many fond memories and here is one for a photo in front of the capital!

On one of our many vacations – here Papa – Sherry – Buck and Cindy pose with Lake Tahoe in the background!

We toured California and drove around the lake.

We would go and visit Shala and Roger – my brother and his wife – in the Villages –

After Shala passed away – we spent a couple months each winter with him.

He was by himself and we always had a good time with him.

My oldest son and Andrea – his partner – when they visited us during one summer.

Hoping they come back again.

My oldest son along with my youngest son Shawn – brothers – love them both.

Ella with Taylor on vacation at Oak Island – she adores Ella!

Our neighbors back in Ridgetop Commons in Fairfax – Brandy and Riz and their family.

Before we sold the house and moved they came and paid a visit to us in Brambleton.

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Papa’s World – Back when grandkids were growing up!

July 14, 2023June 21, 2023 / Tom / Leave a comment

Before our only grandson Bode from Tammy was born – there were five granddaughters –

three – Maddy – Ella and Sarah from Debby and Mike – and the twins – Taylor and Cassidy from Tammy and Marcus.

Here at Sweet Frogs in Brambleton, Va. is Maddy – Sarah – Ella and Taylor, and Cassidy.

Cassidy and Taylor are fraternal twins – today Taylor is 5’7″ and Cassidy is about 5’2″ at twelve years old. Cassidy is slowly catching up to Taylor.

Cassidy received the top Math student award in her class while Taylor received the top award in her class for Integrity.

Today – Maddy has graduated from University of Lynchburg with a degree in Environmental Science

and Ella will be a Junior at Randolf College with a degree in Elementary PHYS ED.

Sarah will be a junior in H.S.

Both Taylor and Cassidy will be in the seventh grade!

Taylor and Cassidy – miss these early years!

Maddy with Taylor and Debby with Cassidy – Debby is Maddy’s mother.

Cassidy and Maddy – cousins – the bond is there!

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Taylor – Sarah – Cassidy – when they were young –

BACK WHEN GRANDKIDS WERE GROWING UP!

Papas World – leaving the Tower Gardens – fantastic

February 6, 2023December 31, 2022 / Tom / Leave a comment

When we sold the house – the new owners had adopted

a plant based diet – they observed the Tower Gardens

and made the offer to purchase them!

Along with 95 % of our household goods!

This Tower Garden is the one that has the cukes – tomatoes and spreading plants

We did two outside – in the patio we limited it – so as not to spread out

This one is inside the patio and will not spread out so much

There is enough produce to provide for several families

I often over the ten years would give away as we had too much to eat.

They will only have to make sure it has water –

and once every 10 days or so – some nutrients –

and just pick and eat!

This will produce until extra cold weather – frost – ice or snow.

Sherry even made bread and butter pickles –

and we stored tomatoes in newspapers for a while.

For more information on the Juice Plus Company –

The Tower Gardens which are part of JP –

just contact Sherry – who is a Senior Sales Cordinator

to find out more info – contact her at

http://www.sf.towergarden.com or http://www.sf.juiceplus.com

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Papa’s World – Members of the Mermaid Club!

January 6, 2022December 10, 2021 / Tom / Leave a comment

MEMORY – about nine years ago – while on vacation to the Outer Banks – the three of them formed a club

THE MERMAID CLUB!

They drew up a charter – ( Cassidy still has it on her wall) and whispers – giggling –

and chalk drawings on the driveway –

Three MERMAIDS – a secret club belonging to just these three!

MEMORIES of when they were small.

They were inseparable – always together – always secret – always intently into their club!

MEMORY: I miss those times and with GIGI – Sherry’s mother – gone but not forgotten.

MEMORY: At our home in Brambleton, Va. the staircase

MEMORY: On their way upstairs – to plan their MERMAID CLUB!

MEMORY when they were young – now Sarah is in her first year of H.S. and the twins are in 5th. grade.

The years have gone by – whenever we do get together – these three still are together.

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Papa’s World – I planted Crepe Myrtles – beautiful !

August 5, 2021July 18, 2021 / Tom / 2 Comments

I guess it must of been 8 to 10 years ago –

We bought three Crepe Myrtles – about three feet tall –

I had to dig the holes on my knees with a garden scoop –

because of the large amount of ROCKS in the ground !

Yesterday as we walked back to the house –

I realized just how beautiful they are –

and the one out front was the last to bloom !

Our house sits on the corner – the other two are in the back –

and they always bloom first.

But this one on the corner – with the green in the background –

just catches your eye when you come up the street.

We are truly blessed – as we really like where we live –

We talk about moving further South-

But we have been here for 13 years !

Over those 13 years – I have planted everything – all the bushes –

The large trees I did not –

And 95 % comes back each year.

We installed a irrigation system two years ago –

after years and years of me dragging hoses around –

It has been a lifesaver –

Most of the lawns are burnt up and brown –

with all the heat and Sun and no rain.

When we moved in – our house was the only one here –

Everything else was built later and we watched it all being done.

Today – they still have a couple more years of building.

They will open the third High School in September –

And our community has been named

as one of the top 25 in the country !

Today we are retired –

Living near our grand kids –

But I still cherish my yard – trees – flowers and plants –

They have become a part of who I am –

Funny – but I enjoy seeing them grow and change !

One day we will pack up and leave it all behind –

But – until that time comes –

I will always look as we are coming home –

seeing the green – reds and yellows –

knowing that we did that –

living my life one day at a time!

Two Crepe Myrtles in back
along with ever greens I planted

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Papas World – near the finish line – a whole new World awaits – looking into the future.

July 4, 2020June 23, 2020 / Tom / Leave a comment

As I write this – we have THREE MORE SLEEPS HERE!

Then we will finish moving & clean the house –

And go to our daughters house at Lake Holiday

and spend the night or two.

With the tree oldest grand kids.

Sarah 13 Debby mother – Sherry – Maddy 19 & Ella 16

All are about to have birthdays this Summer and Fall

Hard to believe they are that old!

Then it will be onto our other daughters house

were we have sort of set up base camp!

Cassidy – 9 Tammy mother – Taylor 9 the twins

They also will have birthdays soon.

Our plan is to go back and forth –

For a while – also to travel and see friends and family.

There is a lot of truth in this – we are changing – evolving –

and going to enjoy life without debt – taxes and HOA’s.

For at least a while!

We have been careful – we wear our masks when in close company.

But – life goes on – we are healthy –

I was asked WHY I take Juice Plus & Omega’s

My reply is I know the research – I know how I feel –

and I trust good nutrition over a pill.

And I have been doing it for 15 years.

Our faith – our sound judgement & our convictions

lead us to living life to the plus

one day at a time!

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Papas World – do we or don’t we – 21 years here – blessed

June 13, 2020May 29, 2020 / Tom / Leave a comment

Well – we shall see how this all works out –

WE ARE LISTING OUR HOME – another BIG event in our life!

And yes – at least once a day – ” Please call my phone” ! LOL

It always gets laid down somewhere only not to be found!

Going to miss this – a view out the back door – to the East sunrise.

We decided that maybe it was time – we have gone through one down turn

and after almost 13 years – our market here has recovered

to the point we just may break even on the sale of the house!

Being 71 years old – we just do not have the time left to rebound

if the market once again turns down.

With the pandemic – and our area is still strong in sales

we decided to cut our ties here – and wait and rent –

We love it here – will we be sorry and regret it?

NOTE: Hair is much longer now – going back to my HIPPIE DAYS!

Or will we treat it as a new adventure – a new start –

where ever we want to go!

For the time being – we will stay with the kids –

either in Leesburg or Winchester

and after Christmas – head South for the winter.

Storage will contain whatever we do not sell

and we have sold a lot already!

We have made five trips to Salvation Army –

We have given the kids different items

What they can use or want – we have gone through STUFF

and donated it or thrown away!

Being retired has made it all the easier to do this.

Once you make up your mind –

throwing things away becomes less stressful

and looking ahead to a new beginning

a new start somewhere – we have ideas

but for the time being – we will just relax

( I do not how we had time to work – before retirement)

I will miss my yard – my flowers – everything I created

but I have done this before – leaving my mark on the land

Someday we will return and ride around

just to see the changes and how it looks.

My neighbors have said they will miss us –

They wonder if the next ones will keep it as nice as we have.

Only time will tell –

I told the lady selling our house –

everything you see – comes back each Spring

There are four trees I did not plant – every other tree and bush

I planted – most times on my knees by hand

for you see Northern Va. is full of rocks! LOL

Growing our own produce
The Tower Garden
Everything is for sale
We will take at least one with us
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Its a big house
almost 3100 sf.
a 500 sf patio
strawberry patch
I am going to miss this the most
mowing – trimming
green grass – shade trees
flowers – Gods beauty

Sitting on our front porch
I like this better than the patio
I get to see people walking
saying hello
waving from across the street

Saying good bye to the path we walked
the sidewalks – the lakes
the forests
The playgrounds and the buildings to come
Sheltering has been good for us
as we have places to walk
going to miss this after 14 years

By the time you have read this – we will have listed the house

We will have had a storage unit

and cleaned out the house and stored what we can

made it presentable to those who are interested

downsizing – clearing out –

And maybe even sold it!

Who knows where our next adventure will be

I will keep blogging where ever we are

LIFE BEGINS AT 71 FOR US!

Together through thick and thin

living life one day at a time

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Papas World – Sheltering – warm days – seems normal!

May 18, 2020May 4, 2020 / Tom / Leave a comment

We finally had some warm weather a couple days in a row!

Friday – Saturday and Sunday – low 70’s to low 80’s.

Beautiful skies – blue – white clouds and sunshine!

After Sunday supper – I sat down on the front porch and noticed

the clouds were coming in from the South West.

Going to storm I thought – but it was warm –

and I told Sherry if it does and the temps drop

we will have our first Spring Thunder and Lightening storm!

THE GRATEFUL DEAD
To all you deadheads out there!

We had watched our church service streamed live

enjoyed a great breakfast

and decided to walk to our town center 1 1/2 miles away.

So we could get in our three plus mile walk!

When we got over there after walking through the 15 acre park

we saw they had set up the Farmers Market –

with the whole width plus some – the street in between the booths

and each booth had yellow caution tape in front

so you could not get close.

You had to point and tell them what you wanted!

It was very well set up with a large table in the middle of the street

with hand sanitizer on it to disinfect your hands before and after

you made the purchase.

Since it was late and they were closing up –

I do not know if it was cash or credit card or both.

But – next week we are going as they had hanging baskets for $10.00

and Tomato plants for $2.50

( I always buy one to see if I can produce better than the Tower Garden)

I can’t!!!!!

The storm came in later at 10 PM. with lightening and Thunder

and a little bit of rain.

This morning it is warm 59 degrees.

Everything is lush – green and our roses are starting to bloom!

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Papas World – Sheltering Day#51 – yard work – planting

May 17, 2020May 3, 2020 / Tom / Leave a comment

Finally – it would be warm all day – mid ’70’s – bright sunshine

Time to get outside after all the rain and cold days!

Even though we have had to stay inside from our walks

The rain has left the lawn thick and lush!

I have now mowed at least a half dozen times – seems like every 4 days

except when it rains and then I sneak it in between showers!

The side yard has really filled in – that has been my problem area

I also started two years ago – putting lime pellets down

in the fall time!

One of the outdoor Tower Gardens – the other is in the enclosed patio

It has been cold at night – high 30’s to mid 40’s –

yet with all the rain and peaks of sunshine – it is growing!

We decided this year LESS IS MORE in planting flowers!

99 % of the greens you see – flower and come up each year

except the green bushes !

So we decided to POT this year with flowers

with three or four in the flower beds

and the rest in the enclosed patio.

It takes me 60 minutes with a push lawn mower

trimming included and weed whacker

to mow the lawn

a few people tell me they no longer do this

but I enjoy it !

It is a form of exercise for me – almost 5000 steps!

And I get the feeling of something I have created

and see the results of all that I have planted in the 14 years!

All of this I have planted by hand and cultivated.

I only wish this bush would look like this all summer

but – after it blooms it loses it petals

and new leaves are formed along with getting larger.

The grass is so soft and spongy like

almost as if you are walking on a carpet.

I have a lawn company called Bio-Turf

for four years now –

and they do a terrific job.

Six different times they come to the house each year

and do all the spreading – plugging – and seeding and lime spreading

VERY HAPPY WITH THEM!

The pot to the right is all MINT
and you can smell it as you walk up the bank
the enclosed brick area is my strawberries
and last year and this year my Potato’s

Our first rose of the year – with many more to come

they will bloom – go away and later in the summer bloom again

The three Swedish horses that Maddy – Ella and Sarah made for us

laying in the bed.

And – with the same theme – one potted planter

everything else comes up each year.

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I hope you enjoyed my little tour of the yard

I hope to do the same tour of the enclosed patio.

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Papas World – As we give – we shall receive – Humanity.

May 2, 2020April 13, 2020 / Tom / Leave a comment

So the sign read & I had no idea who laid it on the porch!

Then Sherry got the text from a friend of hers

whom she networks with!

Just as I brought it inside –

She had left it and wanted to make sure we knew

before the high winds took it away!

In all this Sheltering in place –

DAY# 31 to be exact for us –

The unexpected seems to become the norm.

We have been saving newspapers for who I call

“THE CAT LADY” simply because she recuses stray cats!

Every two weeks during this time

we load the car with the paper bags

and drive the 8 miles to her house.

Where we take them and sit on her front porch

and then text her that they are there.

We also have been delivering to friends
the face masks that Sherry has been sewing
along with other personal items
all the while never coming in contact
with people staying yards and yards away.

This past Saturday – we drove 45 minutes to meet our oldest daughter

and one of the grand daughters

to give them our extra Tower Garden!

We have THREE producing and they had one.

Now – they will have two with one outside!

Tom (Papa)
class of ’67
Otto – Eldred H.S.
NWPA

I have found that in these times

The abnormal has now become the normal.

When we met up – Ella stayed in the car waving.

I transferred everything and we stayed a car length apart.

That was hard – but on the upside-

We had been in a quandary over how to buy our outdoor flowers

as we did not want to mix with people.

The place we met – has flowers and only two shoppers were there.

Plus it was set up where you could not go inside to pay

We were able to select our flats of flowers

pay without getting close to anyone

and load them into the car!

As one gives – one receives – humanity practicing social distancing

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Papa’s World – During the Summer – FOOD TRUCK’S

April 17, 2020March 31, 2020 / Tom / Leave a comment

Every other Thursday – during the Summer months –

Across from the Town Center – by the Legacy Park –

FOOD TRUCKS gather – 7 to 10 of them !

From 5:30 to 8:30 PM.

FOOD TRUCK THURSDAY
LEGACY PARK
BRAMBLETON TOWN CENTER

We have gone the last two times and have tried three different food trucks !

The cost is a little less than if you went to a restaurant –

And the meals are really good !

I had the Angus Organic beef burger
from this green and yellow food truck

I had the organic – grass feed Angus beef burger –

I would say it was almost a 1/2 pound bugger –

and almost no grease dripping !

Sherry had from another truck –

Pulled BBQ Pork – beans – mac and cheese and coleslaw-

Altogether on one plate –

And if you have ever been to Rochester N.Y.

Up there it is called a ” GARBAGE PLATE “

and for years and years the college students have raved over it !

Most tables and benches
in the park were already occupied

We did find a bench – a lot of people did the same thing we did!

We just sat down – no drinks – just our food – and watched the children play.

The food truck with grass fed – organic beef

I have to say – every other Thursday – we most likely will attend –

And – on opposite Thursdays – is live – open air –

stage entertainment – concerts !

This is all part of what they call the SUMMER SERIES festival.

You bring your lawn chair – they have some food trucks –

It is all blocked off and you get a ID wrist band –

only if you are purchasing a beer from the beer truck-

you can bring your own picnic

And from 7:00 to 9 PM. live music !

They erect a large stage

and each time – different music – for all ages.

Leaving the food trucks
and walking back to the car

This is just a part of our lives in Brambleton Va.

Listed as one of the top 25 community’s in the USA.

The town center with other shopping – entertainment –

Movies – restaurants – banking – bars – groceries –

dry cleaning – parking garages – health center – etc.

I hope you like the read and pictures – thank you for reading Papa’s World

for HEALTH & NUTRITION

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Papa’s World – over 55 community – reality

April 10, 2020March 17, 2020 / Tom / Leave a comment

It started a little over a year ago –

there has long been rumors –

There would be a over 55 community built along the lake !

The site work has been ongoing for the last 16 to 24 months –

Then – about a year ago – building started !

One of the trails we walk – was extended –

and now it took us directly to the new community

about one mile from our home.

We could watch from the trail the construction starting –

but we could not walk around the lake as our trail ended.

Then – they opened it up – with gravel – then black top !

The beginning of the lake –

As we progressed along the path –

the new huge clubhouse comes into view

The club house has both a indoor and out door pools –

along with two pickle ball courts !

There are conference rooms – activity center –

and covered veranda’s

There are already several different houses built

There are single family homes –

Town houses – Condo’s and four story townhouses!

Viewing from chairs placed around the lake

Construction is everywhere –

and now we can walk around the entire lake

Adding miles to our already existing 15 miles of trails.

The new name is BIRCHWOOD – over 55 community –

Brambleton Va.

They will have their own HOA

Hoping you enjoyed our new walk –

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Papas World – our daughters family and store featured

January 5, 2020December 18, 2019 / Tom / Leave a comment

Every quarter it seems we receive a magazine from our Community HOA.

It is full of information – events and very colorful.

To our surprise – there was our daughter – her husband & children

And a very nice article on their family and her business

529kidsconsign.loudoun

You open a magazine and there they are!
Tammy & Marcus
Bode Cassidy Taylor
529kidsconsgn.loudoun
her store and business

We had no idea and she never mentioned it !

It has now been I believe 19 months since she opened.

The whole store is stocked with high – name brand –

children’s clothing on a three month consignment.

Each month – the items are marked down

At the end of three months – you can pick them up

or she will donate them to Good will!

She posts pictures everyday – and a lot of her business is over the internet.

She then ships all over the country!

Shipping , I believe is reasonable –

Walk ins are her other customers.

Much of the clothing is brand new

never worn with tags still on them.

And the inventory completely changes over every three months!

Google 529kidsconsignloudoun

on instagram and face book

best to follow on instagram!

She has a FIVE STAR rating!

The store is located at 21020

Sycolin Road Suite 125 Ashburn Virginia 20147

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where friends meet the family

Sherry and Tom

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