Happy New Year

Papa’s World- “HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

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WELL-WELL-WELL!!!! Have you made your New Year’s Resolution?

Mine is to enjoy each and every day to the plus!

I gave up losing weight-

Instead, I want to be happy!

Today, we are where we want to be.

LOL – this can be very true!

I make lists of things to do-

I keep a daily calendar of “STUFF” coming up!

I know what day of the week it is by

  1. The fact that church is on Sunday-
  2. Garbage goes outside on Tuesday evening.
  3. Wednesday- the garbage is picked up.
  4. Monday – Wednesday – Friday -the recycles can be taken care of.
  5. And walking the beach could be any day it does not rain! LOL

COFFEE – I look forward to COFFEE each morning!

One cup is all I drink-

Sometimes I drink tea!

But – COFFEE is my tiny pleasure.

I do not drink WINE – or HARD STUFF!

I occasionally have a beer. Light beer – not IPA!

I do not smoke or chew-

I drink mainly ice water.

When I do have a draft beer, it is a local called “RED OAK”!

So – “HAPPY NEW YEAR’S” for me –

It’s mainly being with family, friends, music, songs, and a hug at midnight!

Kind of boring – but that is what it is!

Our dear friends for decades and decades.

Now – we – Shery and I – are the older seniors!

But we still enjoy the friendships of these folks over the years.

Golfing – music and laughter.

To many more good times to come!

Memories are made of songs sung and laughter –

To be enjoyed for a lifetime.

FRIENDSHIPS are for life-

WE ARE BLESSED!

A memory of little Taylor I shall always have.

To each and every one of you –

Across the USA and across the WORLD –

“HAPPY NEW YEAR” from us to you.

You are what makes this blog –

FAMILY – FRIENDS – PEOPLE-

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Papas World – A brand new year – 2020

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Lets hope and pray for a better World –

Lets share kindness – love and gratitude.

From our family to you and yours

Let 2020 be the year – the year to welcome into our lives

a better understanding – a understanding of human kind

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Papa’s World – New Years Day – the begining!

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Today is the beginning of the New Year –

a time for us to recommit to our lives.

Volunteer – giving – sharing –

love – peace and happiness.

A year in which to travel to families –

A year in which we welcome those same families to our home.

A time to renew friendships –

A time to gather with Friends –

both here and there.

To ignore the negative-

and welcome the positive.

Looking forward to making a change.

Renew our faith –

Greetings to others and love.

We both wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR –

and may it be fruitful-

and positive in your relationships.

Papa’s World is a blog of family –

friends – happenings –

and a journal to be passed down to generations.

From our collective families –

to you –

HAPPY NEW YEAR –

and may the best yet to come!

Papa’s World-

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Papa’s World – A new year to come!

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A view of the marsh in Vareen Gardens – Little River, S.C.

Walking the trails –

the wooden boardwalks –

across the marshes-

and through the pine and cedar trees-

We have been doing this little trip since we first found it in 2020!

It is quiet –

peaceful-

and wanders through forests and marsh to the ICW!

Once there –

you find shells decorated or signed or just plain hanging by string-

from the multiple tees in the area.

Sherry coming along the path-

from the wooden boardwalk –

onto another boardwalk –

that comes out on the ICW!

On a large deck,

fishermen try for fish as boats pass by.

The day is warm –

with a breeze –

We slowly walk the boardwalk –

the tide is almost high-

and the marsh is flooded.

Vareen Gardens goes way back –

as a family compound in the 1600s.

There is a family cometary here –

This land was turned into a park –

And is free to the public.

This time is a look forward –

to our fifth year being in the N.C. & S.C. area.

Our senior years are here now.

The new year to come –

Welcoming family and friends-

to our home.

From us on the ICW at Vareen Gardens –

Love – happiness and a life full of joy in the New Year.

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Papa’s World – Wishing all HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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As we look forward to 2024 – we reflect back on the year 2023 – living near the beach and ICW!

This new year marks three and one-half years since we sold our house – stayed with family and then headed South to the border area of N.C. and S.C.

Our time here has brought new friends – exploration – family, and friends to our new home.

We look forward to friends and family visiting once again!

A drink to bring in the New Year – living life one day at a time!

Many paths – many roads and places to explore in the New Year – good times – old and new friends – family!

From the both of us to all of you – “HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

Papa’s World – A NEW YEAR begins – from us to you!

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As we embark on a new year – we give thanks for the past year. And thankfulness to the beginning of yet a new year.

Let us begin a new year for equality – love – peace, and prosperity.

Bringing humor into the new year!

Gatherings and celebrations of family and friends!

At the end of each day – I am thankful – living life one day at a time!

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Papa’s World – Old year ending – New year beginning!

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Another year to get the golf game on track!

We love playing golf – and we are right in the middle of some 20-plus courses! Hoping this new year brings me better scores!

A new year to give – a new year to share – a new year of gratitude.

Living THE SALT LIFE – warmer weather – no snow or ice – living life to the plus!

Another year of aging – but another year of exploring – living healthy – one day at a time.

The old year ends – and the new year begins – thanks for reading PAPA’S WORLD – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

Papa’s World – Family – walking into a new year!

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Family

As we start the new year – 2021 –

Hoping that this year will be better than the last!

We now are officially in the South!

But – the family is spread now out more than ever!

Troy Papa Sherry Shawn Trisha

My two sons and daughter in law are all back in NWPA.

They run a energy – audit company that contracts with the state.

Very successful and ever growing

Troy runs the crews – Trisha the office –

and Shawn the audits.

This is all done with grants for the elderly

by both the state and the power companies that serve the elderly.

Three sisters – Sherry – Debbie – Bonnie

Sherry has two sisters – one still lives back in NWPA

The other outside Raleigh N.C.

Both are retired as is Sherry who also runs her own

network marketing company from where ever we live.

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We are now across Pa. Va. N.C. and a possible Tenn.

The children of the three sisters – cousins – very close – growing up.

Kristy – Nigel – Bethany – Natalia – Nathan – Tammy – Debby – cousins.

The family has grown over the years –

today you see in the first picture that growth.

And now the grand children of the three sisters

As we age – it seems that get together’s get less and less.

Being so spread out and so diverse –

logistics and time make it almost impossible to bring it off!

Debby’s family – Ella Maddy Sarah Mike a number of years ago.
Tammy and family Taylor Bode Cassidy Marcus

2020 has been a tough year – a time of forced seperation

social distancing – less travel – moving away.

It also has brought us together with Zoom calls

text messages and phone calls.

But one thing is for certain –

family always remains strong.

My blog starts and ends with family.

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Papa,s World – Brook Green – Night of 1000 candles – near Pawley’s Island-S.C.

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The night before we came back home to N.VA. – we drove 45 minutes South

Near Pawley’s Island S.C

to “BROOK GREEN”!

( and we will go back in warmer weather – to see it again in daylight!)

Huge Oak trees – with hanging lights – almost from the top!
Reflections in the water of lights!

The whole place – hundreds of acres – is dressed up in colored themes –

and over 1000 candles lit by hand!

Bronze statues are everywhere!

Some of the 1000 candles lit by hand!
Candles and lights – everywhere we went – a different theme – and colorful lights!
There were food trucks and a tent set up with drinks – hot chocolate – coffee and tea as well as water – soft drinks and beer!
So many different areas lit up – hard to capture them all!
You had to stay on the paths – and after dark – you could easily get lost in the maze of light!
Hanging moss lit up!
Paper lanterns lit in red and white colors!
Like fire flies in the sunset!
Sculptures with light reflecting on the water!

There must be a lot of volunteers to do all of this!

And – we only saw part of the park –

there also is a zoo here but was closed!

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Papas World – Social Media

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I have some criteria that I follow when posting on Facebook.

We are constantly bombarded by WHAT IS WRONG on the media today.

Negative vibes – where are the good things to be written about?

Taylor Bode Cassidy
school canceled
a day with the grand kids

So – I decided a long time ago – I would share smiles –

Good thoughts – Family – Friends and day to day happenings.

Also a way to document my life –

To put it all down in journal type writings.

I try to stay away from politics – as I have friends from all sides.

Sometimes that is very hard to accomplish

But – I try –

You see – my life is in the later stages

I want the kids to read this after I am gone

I want them to know who I am

what I did and how I feel.

I hope I conveyed these thoughts through my blogs

I am happy with my life

And today I hope I brought us a little bit closer

SMILE – LAUGH – GOOD THOUGHTS –

You are only here a short time in the scope of all things.

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Have a blessed New Year

Tom and Sherry

Wishing you a Happy New Year

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