American Olean Tile Company – Dal-Tile Company – shown here in Olean, New York –
Where Sherry and I worked before transferring to Northern VA.
The lower right side of the plant is the original – when it closed in 2012 –
Existed as an employment for generations of families –
Ninety-nine and one-half years!
This is Cattaragus County in Western New York.
This valley is where the Seneca Indian Nation existed –
The Reservation is about ten or fifteen miles away, with a Casino!
The Alleghany River flows North from Pa. into NYS directly on the upper part of the picture –
And then after continuing through the reservation, turns South again –
Back into Pa. and South to Pittsburgh!
We worked here before we both transferred to Northern VA in 1999!
I had 32 years here, and Sherry had about 20 years!
We were both divorced and met here.
Married on 6-25-1982.
The Alleghany Mountains are in the background.
Many fond memories and friendships for both of us are here!
Today we live here!
After retiring from Dal-Tile – American Olean Tile in NVA –
We decided to follow our dreams and move to N.C.
It is here in Cameron Woods Community that we built this new home.
From the street, looking at the right side of the house and lawn.
Since we moved in on 7-02-2021 –
We have had all the landscaping done – front, sides, and back.
Neither one of us liked the pine straw that came with the house.
We tried black mulch for one year –
And then with stones around the entire house.
In N.C., there are snakes, and they love pine straw and mulch!
I have only seen Blake Snakes, but the neighborhood has seen Copperheads,
And Timber rattlesnakes,
So, we are very careful in looking around.
Our front porch with a glider.
The one thing I wanted in this build –
Was a front porch that had shade most of the day.
And a glider to sit on!
Sherry wanted a separate room for an office –
And we both got what we wanted.
We also wanted to be near a golf course –
And we live right in the middle of over 30 courses!
Here we are with our friends Pam and Bob-
I went to school with Bob.
They leased a house about nine miles from us.
And in the future will decide where they will end up!
Our longtime neighbors from NYS –
Cindy and Buck –
Who first moved to N.C. in the mid-90s.
They live about 38 miles from us, and we often get together to golf.
We have traveled the World with them on vacations!
Moving to the Ocean Isle Beach area has afforded us BEACH TIME only minutes away.
Sharing that with family!
Sherry’s daughters, Tammy and Debby taking a picture of themselves and their mother on the beach.
OUR LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA!
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