In life – my life – I have found that you never – ever take it for granted!
Each day is a bonus – each hour is something to cherish.
Have fun – have friends – and have a blast – enjoy life – enjoy freedom – JUST ENJOY!
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We had planned this since last year – when they came to a campground near us – we would play golf!
Bob and I lived in the same town growing up – grade school – Jr. High and then High School!
We both graduated from Otto-Eldred H.S.
Grade school – Eldred Elementary School – we went here for fifth and sixth grade!
Our first four grades were spent here in the old grades 1 through 12 High School!
Otto-Eldred H.S. where we played sports – and graduated in 1967 – a very long time ago!
We had stayed in contact through class reunions and then the past five or six years –
when they decided to tour the country in their RV.
Since then they have stopped and at times stayed with us or in a campground!
Sharing many old memories and creating new ones –
Best buddies for all these years!
Bob about to hit the green – we played a scramble – for two old duffers who can not putt-
we left about 5 strokes in putting on the first nine – we managed a 41!
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PAPA’S WORLD – GOLFING SEA TRAILS WITH CHILDHOOD BUDDY! MEMORIES PAST AND PRESENT!
Sherry – Pam – Papa – Bobby – Bob and I went all the way from grade school to High School!
We played sports together – stayed at each other’s house – drank beer –
Hung around and grew up in a little town in the Alleghany foothills called Eldred in Pa.
While they reside in New Hampshire – they have been RVing for the past four-plus years –
leasing out their condo – they are on their way to Florida after spending last winter out West!
Their little dog Bo has been with them for over a year now – here we are walking around one of our ponds!
Walking the neighborhood – and looking at new builds – they will reevaluate after this winter – bringing to a close five years of life on the road to see if they want to put down roots or continue the Nomad life.
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For the sixteenth year – a family party with vendors – music and food trucks was held at the park!
Shuttles ran to bring people in – hundreds of them were shuttled while the rest found parking!
Two live bands performed – over 100 vendors – and a half dozen food trucks!
Vendors behind where I had our two chairs.
Looking toward the side with the ICW and bay.
We moved our chairs around to the back of the stage, listened to the music, and watched the boats on the ICW!
View of the bay and the ICW while sitting in the chair!
Here you can see the boat traffic on the ICW and the causeway bridge to the island of SUNSET BEACH!
We had a good couple of hours of listening – shopping and a meal while the party continued with the second band!
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For the first fifty years of our lives – we lived in NWPA and WNY – in the snow belts!
The summers were great growing up – and you truly had four seasons!
But – neither one of us liked the cold – snow and ice!
We would always head to the sun and sand for vacations – mostly in the South.
Our honeymoon was in the Dominican Republic –
Island breezes – sun – surf and warm water.
So it is now living in the N.C. – S.C. border area – what is Fall back in WNY – seems like what Summers were back there to us!
Seventy-five to eighty in the daytime – sixty to sixty-five at night –
Sunshine – white clouds in blue sky and walking the beach.
A reminder of the summer weather back North!
Nights you can still walk in shorts and shirtsleeves! Star-filled skies – birds and butterflies.
Living here – we love – no snow – ice (rarely) some cold but when the Sun comes out –
a jacket soon unzips and you walk in comfort.
We chose this area because we are comfortable living here – it does get hot – but we are a couple who likes that type of weather.
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In our journey of life together – we have lived in WNY – NVA – S.C. and now in N.C. –
on the border with S.C.
We have found our dream house – and our Cameron Woods Community –
We are 4 and 6 miles away from two beaches.
Eight miles to shopping in big box stores and three large grocery stores within four miles.
We can choose professional entertainment within twenty to forty minutes.
Within minutes we can dine on the ICW or the Ocean!
We have good neighbors – always waving or stopping to talk.
We can walk nearly six miles without leaving the neighborhood.
Soon all the construction on homes being built here will be done.
We have thirty golf courses to pick from within thirty minutes!
We believe in equal rights for everyone – we believe in law and order and a strong military.
We believe in the constitution and free government of the people and by the people.
We believe in peaceful protest and the election by the people –
We believe in God and church – we believe in family.
This is who we are.
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We have been planning this for months – both sons will visit at the same time with their loved ones!
Papa – Troy the oldest – Andrea his partner – Sherry – Trisha and Shawn my youngest and his stepdaughter Autumn on the pier at Sunset Beach.
We moved South to NVA in 1999 – both boys stayed in NWPA.
They still work and live there.
It took them 14 1/2 hours to drive down to our new home in Cameron Woods, Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.
They spent a whole week with us – beach time – exploring nature walks – Boardwalk On The Beach and
Barefoot Landing.
Holden Beach – Mary Gone Wild – Calabash waterfront – North Myrtle Beach –
Free open-air concert – Mini Golf – plus many laughs and a few drinks!
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This is the view from the front lawn and sidewalk of where I grew up in Eldred, PA. – North Main Street!
Both of my sons still live near here – my great-niece lives in the home I was raised in and my sister’s house next door is where my sister lived – now my niece lives there.
I have one niece who lives in Portville, N.Y. and most of the remaining family I grew up with are now gone.
My oldest son Troy is on the left – and my youngest son Shawn is on the right.
They both came down last summer but was a 16 to 18-hour drive!
With work and other commitments – it is hard for them to get away.
Troy builds houses from the ground up and Shawn has his own Energy Auditing and insulation business with the state government for housing for the elderly.
Shawn is a ranked nine-ball player and finished 33rd in the World competition.
The team he plays on finished first in the World competition in Las Vegas.
Troy has competed in the Easy Rider motorcycle competition.
This is my vision of Troy when he gets old! LOL
My sons family’s when they visited last summer.
Very proud of these two – if it was not so far away they would be here more often –
both still reside in NWPA in the Alleghany Mtns.
We combined two sets of children back in 1982 – her two daughters and my two sons.
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Main street – Eldred, Pa. 12 feet of flood water !
Good day everyone – time for humor and reflections of times and memories!
Long ago – Ella – now 20 – Maddy – soon to be 23 and Sarah – soon to be 17 – in our eyes – Priceless memory!
Insert humor here! LOL!
Our granddaughters now – Ella – Maddy – Sarah – memories of today – into the future from the past!
My long ago memory of the first school I attended – grades 1 through 4 – past memory – a long time ago!
Living life in the valley – climbing mountains – sunrise and sunset – memories of life.
Our little twin girls – Cassidy and Taylor many years ago – memory from the past!
Today – memory from the present – Taylor and Cassidy – and into the future – memories to be made.
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Today MEMORIES are being made from REFLECTIONS OF PAST MEMORIES!
LOL – My life is what I liked to do – how I wanted to live – making choices – as for this meme – no regrets!
I have always not liked the cold weather and I spent 50 years living in NWPA and WNY!
In the snowbelt!
ICE – COLD – SNOW – and I am glad we have very little here on the border of N.C. and S.C.
Here we live the SALT LIFE – warm – sunny – blue sky and white clouds and the beach!
This is Sunset Beach and at the top right – the tall building – starts our other beach Ocean Isle Beach!
One is four miles – OIB – and the other Sunset Beach – is six miles –
and The ICW is between us where we live and the beaches!
We are blessed with many Sunsets and Sunrises from our front lawn!
Sunrise from our front yard! Living life in the South – thanks for reading and as always HGD!
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Ella Myers – number 10 – living her dream of college and playing soccer – co-captain Junior Randolph College.
Our life now – Sunset Beach and Ocean Isle Beach – living our dream come true Salt Life!
Our marriage – 6-25-1982 – began our dream of a life together – today – after 41 years – still dreaming!
Having childhood friend and wife visit us enjoying our Salt Life – a dream come true!
Our twin granddaughters THEN-
And NOW at age 13 – our dream keeps on going! Generation to Generation!
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Taylor and Cassidy – twins – just turned 13 years old with MARLEY!
It seems like only yesterday they began to walk!
Cassidy and Taylor at three years old – today they are thirteen!
Sherry and daughters Debby and Tammy – beautiful ladies!
Our lone boy – Bode! Loves his MORMOR – Swedish for MothersMother!
Sherry and Tammy and all the granddaughters and grandson – with MADDY – SARAH and ELLA!
Our dream come true – living the salt life in OIB, N.C.
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My blogs are for this very reason – leaving a legacy for OUR future generations.
Writing – pictures – events – all recorded – but it is the children who will pass it on.
Through her we live – we watch – we cheer – and the future generations will know us –
Blogging has become my pictorial journal of all our lives –
To pass on down through the generations to come.
Children are our destiny.
She is the oldest granddaughter.
Family – the circle of life – the now – the future –
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Our marriage COMING TOGETHER – YOU AND ME – 6-25-1982!
WOW – has it been that long ago – all the memories – all the times – all the adventures –
COME TOGETHER – YOU AND ME!
Our beliefs are intertwined – believing in HUMANITY – KINDNESS – SMILES
and doing good deeds! COME TOGETHER – RIGHT NOW – YOU AND ME!
Volunteering for SEA TURTLE PROTECTION – MEMORY CARE UNIT – BACK IN NVA – FOOD PANTRY!
DELIVERYING MEALS FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED – COME TOGETHER – YOU AND ME!
NEVER WALKING ALONE – ALWAYS CARRYING ONE ANOTHER – COME TOGETHER – YOU AND ME!
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A sense of humor – our “WHY” we moved South – snow – ice – now sand and surf!
Equality among men and women – equal pay – equal rights – humanity – law and order – great military strength here and abroad – freedom – voting rights – respect – all I believe in.
I have always seemed to improve – learn – history – believe in God – be myself – loving – human!
Life is short – now in my senior years – living life to the plus one day at a time!
If I am going to play golf – I need patience and humor! LOL
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Never walking alone for he is carrying me! PAPA’S WORLD!
It all started for Sherry and me on June 25th. 1982 when we were married – the second time for the both of us – combining my two sons with her two daughters!
Today – both daughters are married with families of their own – living in NVA where we moved from.
My two sons still live back in NWPA and have come down to visit last summer.
The rest of the family has also visited and we look forward to everyone returning!
We still explore and do different things – dressing up for Halloween – driving new roads and seeing as much as possible!
Our friends visit – Bob and I went to grade school and then graduated from the same H.S.
Lifelong friends and now with Pam – his second wife – fun times!
Our only grandson from Sherry’s side – Bode – going to follow in the footsteps of his cousins whom both play and played soccer in college – Bode is going to be another soccer player!
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PICTURES TELL MEMORIES OF FAMILY – and now we are living our dream near the beaches!
Here in Cameron Woods Community – we have fantastic sunsets – this is the view from our driveway
And yet you turn 180 degrees and you have the same in fantastic sunrises!
We also can go out to the same spot and see STARLINK come across those same sunset sky’s!
We can google STARLINKS and see the time and direction that it will appear in a cloudless night sky!
What you see here is a straight line of dozens of space internet satellites known as STARLINKS
which are launched by Space X – and Elon Musk!
To date, there are some 4500 hundred of these circling the earth bringing internet service to remote areas and the vast amount of the population on this Earth!
It is an exciting sight to view them as they cross the sky in a straight line of dozens of White Satellites.
Our sky here is an experience almost every day with white and gray clouds!
We live in a great area for daytime and nighttime views of the sky!
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PAPA’S WORLD – STARLINKS SKYS PICTURES!
Our good friends Pam and Bob – whom I went to school with grade school through graduation.
Next month they will stop by on their RV tour and spend some time with us! MEMORY!
Our oldest granddaughter – Maddy – graduated from the University of Lynchburg with a degree in Environment Science – and played four years of soccer – As a Sophomore was third-team all-conference – Junior second-team all-conference and as a Senior Captain of the team –
Two out of four years they made it to the NCAA tournament!
One year was shortened by the COVID-19 Pandemic! Memory!
Our oldest daughter Debby and Mike and the granddaughters – Ella – Maddy and Sarah! Memory!
On one of our adventures of Kayaking on the marsh of the ICW in Ocean Isle Beach! Memory!
Our dream place – a ten-minute drive – sitting on the beach under the umbrella! Memory!
Our twin granddaughters who now are thirteen – Cassidy and Taylor – Memory!
Sherry with one of her best friends – Cindy – Golfing! Memory!
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Us – 1982 – married – PICTURES THROUGH TIME!
My two sons – Troy and Shawn! Memory!
Our youngest grandchildren – Cassidy – Bode and Taylor! Memory!
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Oftentimes we will come to Sunset Beach just to see the Sunset – but – you also can come at dawn to see the Sunrise – above is the Sunset – next to the Sunrise!
At low tide, the expanse of the beach is flat and wide in the early dawn of the day.
Quiet – almost deserted as the Labor Day weekend has passed.
The water is still very warm – and we saw a lot of fish jumping in the surf and a little farther out two Dolphins!
The Sun just peeking above the horizon and a jet plane leaves a white trail across the sky!
Just enjoy the quiet walk – the sounds of the surf and the wide wet sand of SUNSET BEACH AT DAWN!
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WALKING SUNSET BEACH TO SEE THE SUNRISE in N.C. HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Recently we had lunch on the main street in Ashville, N.C. It was at an Asian eatery – and I ordered a large soup bowl with noodles!
It was only $9.00 – and it was very large – so much I could not finish it!
But – it was so good that if I ever back there I will once again order it!
We lived in WNY until 1999 – and one of the beers I liked was PBR!
It seems in the South it is a cheap beer – oftentimes I will see it for $2.00 a can!
But – honestly – I like it!
This picture in a store brought a smile to my face!
My phone I use mainly to stay in touch with family and take pictures!
Growing up we had a circular dial – and a party line!
To this day I still remember the phone number of my parents and also my sister’s phone.
Our oldest daughter and her family – very important to us – waiting for next summer to see if they come back down!
A typical meal for me – veggies – no dressing – and Salmon – eating heart-healthy – living life to the plus!
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Our reason to live here is the BEACH!
PAPA’S WORLD – ONE DAY AT A TIME – LIVING LIFE!!!
This is me! LOL, but we do enjoy golfing – by ourselves or with friends!
Sherry and Papa – married for over 40 years – together for 42 years! Living now what is called THE SALT LIFE!
We are retired – although for the past sixteen years – Sherry has owned and operated a network marking business!
Allowing us to retire in N.C. in Cameron Woods Community, Ocean Isle Beach!
We are four miles to one beach and six miles to another beach.
Here we are with a neighbor on Sunset Beach – relaxing in the sun on a weekday – living what locals call THE SALT LIFE!
We found this little piece of paradise – where the temps are moderate during FALL – WINTER and SPRING!
It can and is HOT in the summer – but we find the ocean – with a breeze – more than comfortable.
5 to 10 minutes and we are sitting on the sand!
The beach was a major factor in choosing this area – but also – love to golf!
We are within thirty minutes of over 30 golf courses!
Four of them are right across the street!
We can choose whatever we want to play!
Now – we are not all that good – but being out in the open on the golf course is what we love.
We have purchased what is called the first tee – which gives us major breaks in what we pay each 18 holes!
32 different courses – just call up and make an afternoon tee time!
We like playing afternoons as most people like to play before noon!
Major shopping – outlets and big box stores – are only a thirty-minute drive for us down Myrtle Beach.
Sherry and Papa at Tanger Outlets – Myrtle Beach – S.C. Thanks for reading Papa’s World – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog
Being retired with an income additional to SS and Pension and 401K –
Has allowed us to select where to live and this is THE SALT LIFE!
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RETIRED WITH PART-TIME INCOME!
Our little family picture about 12 years ago – since this picture – our grandson Bode was born and today is 8 years old!
We are also retired now – moving from NVA to the border of N.C. and S.C.
We now are in our retirement house – about four miles from the beach.
My sons from my first marriage and their partners – on the Sunset Beach Pier.
They remain in NWPA where they grew up – we transferred to NVA for our jobs and they stayed behind.
Today they work in the energy field of state and power companies winterizing homes for the elderly.
We live our lives one day at a time to the fullest we can manage. Retirement has been good to us and the weather here is what we like.
Bode – who is following in the footsteps of his older cousins playing soccer – I hope one day to follow him in college like we do with his cousins.
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PAPA’S WORLD – LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!
After dinner, I said to Sherry – “Want to go to Sunset Beach – get ice cream and stand on the deck”?
That is Southern Beach Living!
Living the Salt Life!
Our view of the Gazebo on Sunset Beach where we stood with our cups of small ice cream!
This is where the bathrooms – showers and free parking are!
If you turn around – you are looking at the beach – pier and ocean – we stood here and a bonus – there was live music on the pier we could listen to – that is why all the people faced the pier!
Looking West from this spot – the dunes – the pay-for parking lot – and the first row of houses – oceanfront means long walkways over the protected dunes to the beach and ocean!
Because the coastline here is on a curve – the beach faces almost South and a little bit East!
From Charleston, S.C. to Wilmington, N.C. the coast looks like a quarter-moon crescent!
Sort of like a huge coastline bay!
Most storms come up from Charleston and then make a beeline to Wilmington – Cape Fear River area and then onto the Outer Banks!
I believe the last Hurricane to cause disaster damage was in the 50s!
Sea oats on the dune – we can be here in 15 minutes – but we have the island – the ICW and the main coastline between us and the ocean.
So far we have experienced a tropical storm and a grade 1 Hurricane, a number 2 is pushing it for me – but could remain – it is the wind and the trees I fear the most!
Living the Salt life – choosing to be here – living life one day at a time!
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Looking at our home in Cameron Woods Community – the sun going down – Dusk appearing!
Looking across the street at the tall pines and live oak trees in the soon-to-be darkness of the sky!
In the backyard – the single palm tree against the protected area of forest – one of the reasons we selected this lot!
To the left of the palm tree – a crepe myrtle beginning to bloom!
To the right of the palm tree – a second crepe myrtle in bloom – all the treeline is protected!
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PAPA’S WORLD – LANDSCAPES AT DUSK – CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY – OIB
We have volunteered to watch Sea Turtles’ nests to ensure they make it into the ocean.
Many nights – 7pm. to 11pm. are long – sitting – keeping watch on the nest and when it gets dark
blackout exists – no lighting – even phones.
This light could cause great harm to baby sea turtles.
So, we use red lights, not directly shining on the nest or the turtles.
Part of our training was when we volunteered.
The beginning of sunset – OIB – just before dusk – in the distance a storm front is forming and coming our way.
Sunset – but we know a front is coming – hoping it stays out over the water.
We have endured rain before – huddling under walk ways until it passes –
but what scares us the most is lightning!
The front has moved to just offshore – with lightning in the distance 10 miles away.
For safety reasons – if it gets within 7 miles – we leave the beach!
In this picture, you can see the rain coming down on the water.
It was okay when we saw flashes but could hear no thunder.
Then it became flashes and thunder!
Another storm front came from the NW and moved in over the SE – time to leave which is what we did.
This was the 4th time we have left because of lightning!
All part of volunteering for the protection of Sea Turtles!
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CALM BEFORE THE STORM – SEA TURTLES
On The ICW – in Little River – sits BLUE DRUM – a restaurant that we have begun to frequent!
Next door to a marina – it opened a few months ago and we have been there three times!
One of the highlights for us is watching the boat traffic on the ICW – while eating lunch –
and seeing them dock and come up to eat!
You can sit on the covered porch or inside at the bar and tables or go down by the dock under umbrellas – protected from the harsh sun!
Peggy and Sherry looking out over the railing to the umbrellas and the ICW and boat docking!
The wind here cools things down with gentle breezes.
Our table is in the foreground – mostly shaded by the covered roof on the deck.
Next door is the boat marina where a neighbor of ours stores his boat.
We left here and went down toward Barefoot Landing before coming back.
We visited with Peggy and Adam Lawrence – who Sherry and I worked with back at the American Olean Tile Company in Olean, N.Y.
Adam was head of the Process – Engineering Department and my boss.
He now runs a very successful consulting business from Lancaster, Pa.
Sherry – Papa – Adam and Peggy – we have met up for the last couple of years when they come back each year to NMB for their vacation which they have done for years!
Great to see friends from WNY and talk about the past and future – at BLUE DRUM on the ICW!
Note the new add-on deck – done since our last visit a few weeks ago!
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Graduation of our oldest grandchild – Maddy – from the University of Lynchburg. The beginning of summer!
Bode – in black – next in line of family soccer players – the tradition continues – as summer nears!
Summer rain clouds on the beach – take cover – get off the coast – SUMMERTIME!
When family visits – summer concert fun at OIB – excellent music – family summertime!
Summer trip home to watch the grands in plays – summertime with family!
Volunteering for the protection of Sea Turtles – summertime commitment – walking the beach and nest sitting!
Having the grands spend vacation time with us – busy – but loving every moment – summertime!
Summertime get-together with neighbors at OIB fish company – good company – Summertime!
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Good VIBES from sunsets – walking the beach – warm temps and warm water – VIBES!
Humor – smiles – laughter – cheer – good Vibes all around!
Senior living – the salt life – beach dreaming – always the feel of being on vacation – VIBES!
Our dream was to be near beaches and be warm – no cold or snow or ice.
We found that dream here on the border of N.C. and S.C.
Making new memories and new friends – living the salt life by the ICW.
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PAPA’S WORLD – VIBES – SENIOR LIVING – MEMORIES – THE SALT LIFE!
In my many nights of Turtle Nest sitting – I came to the conclusion that it is about much more than protecting Sea Turtles!
One week in particular – a young boy – 12 years old – would always seek me out when he came to the nest!
His name was Henry – and even though I might be on the opposite side of the nest – he made it a point of walking to the shoreline and then coming back up the rope to where I stood!
He would talk to me – ask me questions and ask if he could be an intern next year.
I gave him the information – and answered all that I could to his questions.
He reminded me so much of our grandson Bode –
he had that inquisitive nature.
He was polite – and after a while would say I have to go now – but I will be back again
and so he did – each day – searching until he found me.
I met his cousins and siblings – he would go into the water as I watched and body ride the waves.
Each day checking in to see if anything was happening to the baby turtle.
On his last night of vacation – he came up to me and said he would be leaving in the morning –
I said to him it was a pleasure meeting you and if I do not see him again – good luck and follow your dream of being an intern here at OIB.
He looked at me and said, “You won’t be here next year”?
I said I would be here and he said then “I WILL SEE YOU”!
Yes HENRY – I will look for you for this made my day – a young person looking up to me –
This is a bonus in NEST SITTING for me – A YOUNG BOY NAMED HENRY!
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Our family from Leesburg – the grands spent almost two weeks with us!
We made them parto of our Volunteer work on Sea Turtles – they each were so interested in this process!
Our family from Lake Holiday – visited – Turtle Walk – Beach – Pontoon Boat – Pool – walking!
Other friends to visit in October! In their RV – catching up from the past!
We do not walk alone – for it is then that he carries me – our faith – our soul – this is us!
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Living our life one day at a time! PAPA’S WORLD – SUMMERTIME – FAMILY and FRIENDS!
I have known Bob since grade school – all these years and still friends!
PJ is his second wife and Sherry is my second wife – we have been married for over 41 years!
Here was last fall when they visited in their RV and we went on a Kayak tour of the marsh along the ICW!
Best buddies since middle school and Senior H.S.
What can I say – for 35 to over 40 years we have been friends thick and thin – from family vacations on the beach to travel over the world – to golfing and to parties –
Friends the entire time – and get-togethers a couple times a year –
to now living 35 minutes away from one couple to soon one other couple 3 hours away.
FRIENDS FOR ALWAYS!
Three very good friends – always laughing – singing – sipping wine and beer – doing shots –
but just being friends!
Watching BILLS games together – we are all from the WNY and NWPA area – BILLS COUNTRY!
Time and time again – the three ladies – smiling – laughing – FRIENDS!
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SHERRY AND OUR FRIENDS AND HER GIRLFRIENDS!
We are living our dream – living on the N.C -S.C. border – close to so many really fine golf courses!
Our close friends live 35 minutes away and we get together often – golf and dinner.
We are so close to a couple beaches – 15 minutes and we are on the sand at either one.
We get to watch the change over every weekend – much as we did in our younger years when we vacationed at the beach – now we live it every day.
The footprints disappear only to be made over and over again each day.
No more snow and ice – yes it does get cold – but by midday, it is bearable to be out and about.
Living life one day at a time!
We have now watched our oldest granddaughter graduate from college – sad that soccer has ended with her – but happy that it continues with her sister in her junior year at college.
We have volunteered at the memory care unit and now the SEA TURTLE PROTECTION program for N.C.
Ocean Isle Beach – walking the beach and sitting at nesting sites.
WE ARE LOVING LIFE IN OUR NEAR TO BE MID SEVENTY!
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The sun sets for this day – one of many – many we have enjoyed in our new life in retirement!
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After five granddaughters the grandson came along – BODE!
Plays soccer – hockey – and is all boy!
Eight going on nine – I think like Taylor – he is going to be tall!
A handsome young fella – smiling – very helpful and wants to do everything by himself!
Here he is during his being with us for almost two weeks!
FIVE GRANDDAUGHTERS and then one GRANDSON – “BODE”!
Ella is almost 5’10 as is Sarah – Taylor is 5’7″ and only 12 – I think he will be taller than all of them!
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PAPA’S WORLD – BODE – ONLY GRANDSON ON SHERRY’S SIDE!!!!!!
Bode – his bed is a single pull-out in our master bedroom – he heads there and helps to set it up!
He makes his bed before he is to sleep in it – a lot like his older sister Cassidy!
Cassidy has taken the front bedroom – everything is neat and has its place – the sheets turned down –
Her stuffed animal and pillows were arranged.
Her PJ’s laid out – she is so organized!
Her comfort blanket spread out at the foot of the bed.
Taylor has chosen the blue room – the family Mt. Jewett memories room.
She places everything on the bed – clothes dropped where she took them off.
She loves her alone time – and while it is not messy – she does not have the organized – everything in its place thing as does Cassidy!
In each their own way – they have their own style – grandkids are priceless!
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THE GRANDKIDS BEDS TELL THEIR STORY!
Welcome to Papa’s World – a daily exercise in blogging my thoughts – words – dreams and life.
Papa’s World is designed on positive vibes – positive happenings – laughter – family and friends – a blog that details my family.
Papa and Sherry – my wife of over forty years – and two years before we married – my partner in family – life and beliefs.
I have learned it is the small things in life each day that mounts up to the joy that I love!
Family – friends – neighbors, and people from all walks of life – we live life one day at a time.
A sense of humor – laughing and exploring is what we love about each other and our life together.
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They have been excited for about two months – our three grandkids – Bode – Taylor and Cassidy –
knowing that when they come home with us to stay two weeks – that Sherry’s sister will also
have her Two Granddaughters! Oliva and Maya.
They met them a few months ago – and it was friends at first sight!
All FIVE of them to the left – the four girls – Cassidy – Taylor – Oliva – Bode and then Maya going into the water.
We have activities planned for them each day for five days.
The weather is warm – here we took them to the beach at early dusk – the water is really warm
and while a few people on the beach – it was nice to sit back and enjoy the sunset.
There was a Sea Turtle nest nearby and we got to talk to the people – while the grandkids were walking the surf –
The first day was a success – they swam for an hour in our community pool –
love it when things come together –
living our salt life and our dream community.
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PAPA’S WORLD – FIVE COUSINS ON THE BEACH – another day in our life in the South!
Humor is in my life – smile – laugh – have fun!!!!!
Living near two beaches – OIB – four miles away and Sunset Beach – six miles away.
Grandchildren – keep us going and young – at least in the heart!
Laughter can be the best medicine! LOL
For me – it never gets old – living life to the plus – one day at a time!
Family at sunset – our lives revolve around family!
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Grandaughters – Maddy and Ella with grandma – Sherry – RANDOM DAYS IN OUR LIVES!
DISCLAIMER: The work for protected Sea Turtles is authorized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
PERMIT: ST020232
The volunteers of Ocean Isle Beach are in the dozens and dozens – from walking the beach looking for
“TURTLE TRACKS” to riding an ATV along the beach and dunes looking for the distinctive large
Tractor Tire coming up out of the water – then turning around and heading back to the water.
Thus – leaving buried her nest – to be found by these said volunteers who then put in place
protections to ensure the nest is safe!
The nest has been protected against predators and here – on day number 55 – the nest watchers gather
at 7PM. every night – to 11 PM. until the baby turtles have hatched.
In this picture – the top covering has been rolled back and a miro-phone buried eight inches and covered up close to the nest.
We now are listening for activity inside the nest to give us a better idea of when to expect the turtles to hatch and emerge.
You can see the yellow line running away from the nest down to a speaker set up for listening.
As team members watch – 10 members to each team – the leader prepares to bury the microphone.
Soon the yellow wire is to be run back to where the team members have their chairs set up behind the rope-off area.
The roped-off area with team chairs and the ramp for the baby turtles extends all the way to the water.
This whole process on OIB is done by volunteers – there are currently 28 nests and each will require a team consisting of 10 members!
They are continually educating the public and children who are fascinated by this process.
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PAPA’S WORLD – PREPARING SEA TURTLE NEST FOR WATCHING!
Disclaimer: The work for protected Sea Turtles by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission –
PERMIT – ST020232
The storm was building while we were there at the beginning of 7PM.
The clouds drifted in and you could see the front coming from the West.
Because of how the coastline curves – OIB almost faces South!
The sky to the North West was getting dark.
The clouds are moving in and behind them in the distance is lightning!
View down the beach toward the West end – the wind picked up and radar showed lightning strikes some 13 to 15 miles away!
Sherry still talking to folks but we were watching the weather on our phones!
Around 9PM. the team leader said it was time to go – so we picked up – packed everything up and got the trench smooth in case they hatched when no one was there!
Safety first – be off the beach if lightning strikes are within 10 miles!
Thanks for reading – we were off the beach and had reached home by 9:20 PM. and it opened up with a downpour – wind and lightning!
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PAPA’S WORLD – STORM MOVES IN WHILE SEA TURTLE NESTING WATCH!!!!!
Ocean Isle Beach – Disclaimer: The work for protected Sea Turtles by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Oermit ST020232.
We have joined not only the WALKING GROUP – but also the NEST PARENTS group starting on day 55 after the Sea Turtle has laid her eggs – of “Watching the nest ” until they have hatched.
This requires a team of 10 individuals to go through hands-on training while at the place nest for four hours in the early evening – each night until the Sea Turtles have hatched.
Hatching usually occurs between Day # 70 to Day # 75.
The team gathers as the Team Leader explains a phase of Sea Turtle Nesting – always reminding them that this is a public beach and part of the training is to educate people on just why we do this.
Everything you see in this picture has been installed by the Sea Turtle of OIB Protection volunteer organization.
At the beginning and end of each watch session – the volunteer team cleans and smoothes the trench from the nest to the water line.
Installing a rope barrier for crowd control and to make sure the baby turtles have a clear path to the water.
Team members place their chairs between the rope barrier and the trench to have easy access when the hatching begins.
Past history has been the babies will hatch after it cools down for the day and the sand is not so hot.
Those hours are generally 7Pm. to 11PM.
Team members interact with the spectators and encourage them to watch and ask questions.
There can be upwards of 200 to 300 people who stop by or bring their chairs to wait for the hatching!
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PAPA’S WORLD – NEST SITTING FOR SEA TURTLES ON OIB, N.C.
In today’s world – in my blogs – you will find good thoughts – smiles and places – and times for the family.
I hope this has brought a smile to your face today – start your day with happy thoughts.
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The parents bring the children and the children bring their parents!
Nest sitting not only to keep a watch on the Sea Turtles hatching – but to share with the community
and teach what this whole process is all about – NEST PARENTS!
The team gathers while the team leader prepares the microphone buried in sand to “LISTEN”
to the baby turtles inside.
The crowds come each night – week to week different as the changeover occurs in rentals.
Each week starts over by teaching each group “WHY” we are here and how they can help.
People bring chairs – food and drinks and talk – to the team and amongst themselves.
Conversations with team members from Sunset Beach Turtle members – sharing information.
They are in blue shirts.
The female Sea Turtle does not start laying eggs until she is 25 years old – through DNA testing
done by cooperation between N.C. – S.C. – Ga. – and Northern Flordia –
they have traced a daughter – mother and grandmother Sea Turtle –
which places the grandmother Sea Turtle at more than 75 years old!
Welcome to OIB Sea Turtle Nest Sitting – a social event as well as teaching!
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Papa – observing the team members and the people of OIB – SEA TURTLE NESTING!
Disclaimer: The work for protected Sea Turtles is authorized by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission – PERMIT: ST200232
The Sea Turtles Protection on Ocean Isle Beach is a volunteer organization.
Many – many volunteers dedicated to the Sea Turtles hatching and as many as possible reaching the waters of the Ocean.
Also – to protect TURTLE NESTS along the beach from predators and educate the public on the survival of the Sea Turtles who come to the beach to lay their eggs.
Nesting is usually done overnight – leaving huge TURTLE CRAWL TRACTS on the beach – digging a hole and laying the eggs.
The SEA TURTLE ten covers the nest, slowly crawls back to the ocean – the mother never sees the little turtles – and can lay eggs several more times.
The beach is patrolled by an ATV every morning before 5:30 am. and Beach walkers at 6am.
Nests are called in and a response team comes and verify the nest and sets up protection and takes GPS coordinates.
Female Sea Turtles only start producing eggs at the age of 25 years old –
Through DNA testing of eggs – they can be tracked all up and down the coast of N.C. – S.C. – Ga. –
and the Northern part of Florida.
They have the DNA of a daughter Turtle – its mother and its grandmother which would be at least 75 years old!
The Sea Turtles return to lay eggs all up and down the coast and sometimes come back to the same beach.
Thanks for reading and here are some pictures of the preparation to protect the nests.
Here the nest has been prepped for protection – the mesh rolled back to bury a microphone to listen to the babies moving around in the nest.
The sounds they make are then compared to several recorded sounds on an app on the leader’s phone.
You then compare the sounds to the app to try and pinpoint how many days are left before they hatch.
The team comes each night at 7PM. and sits for four hours – they will do this each night until the nest hatches.
Past data collected shows that the nest will hatch within this time frame but it can occur outside of this,
these are dedicated volunteers – it could stretch into weeks of watching and waiting!
Installing the microphone by burying it next to the nest at the same depth – it records people 50 to 75 feet away talking and moving about.
This is put down to keep foxes out of the nest – when they hatch this will be moved out of the way.
Team members listening to the sounds from the nest Thanks for reading PAPA’S WORLD –
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PAPA’S WORLD – SEA TURTLE NEST PROTECTION – ON OCEAN ISLE BEACH
Our SENIOR years are here – we are close to the middle 70s. Yet we are still active – always exploring!
Here we are on the marshes of the ICW – near OIB N.C.
We moved here for the weather ( we both hate snow-ice and cold) close to beaches and golf
and our dear friends are only 40 minutes away!
Have a sense of humor – be kind and share a smile!
When family visits – the sunsets but rises to begin a new day with them!
One of our walks on the beach brings us a Turtle Nest – so we became involved – walking early mornings on Turtle Beach Patrol – looking for signs of turtles – protected by the state of N.C.
Disclaimer: The work for protected SEA TURTLES is authorized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission – PERMIT ST020232
We now walk and nest sits – all volunteers – dedicated people – to help Sea Turtles survive.
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PAPA’S WORLD – LIVING LIFE IN OUR SENIOR YEARS! THANKS FOR READING AND HGD!
Friends for all these years – Sherry – Cindy and Dottie – from WNY and NWPA!
Years and years have gone by – yet they stay in touch – meetups a couple times a year.
Now golfing friends and we live 40 minutes away from Cindy.
Debby – Tammy and Sherry – daughters and mother.
When we were married – Debby was nine and Tammy was four –
We combined two families with my two sons –
Vacations – sports – activities in and out of school.
I am blessed to have these two as stepdaughters!
Our oldest granddaughter – Maddy – graduated from the University of Lynchburg – Environmental Science.
Playing four years of soccer – 3rd. team all-conference as a Sophomore – 2nd team all-conference as a Junior and team Captain as a Senior – Two out of four years in the NCAA tournament.
Three “WHY’S’ we moved to Cameron Woods Community.
Being active in our senior years – with friends and family – all family has visited and many friends!
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PAPA’S WORLD – REFLECTIONS – FRIENDS and FAMILY – living in N.C.
Funny how that remains in my mind after all these years – that home has been in our family since around 1944!
I grew up there and my mother was almost 98 years old when she passed away.
My mother Mary – everyone knew her – everyone honked their horn to her as she sat on the front porch.
Many – many people would stop just to sit down and talk to her,
That old front porch with the family I grew up with – sister Donna and her husband Bill – my mother and my brother Roger to the right.
When he left to go to college – I moved into his front bedroom when I was eight years old.
There were railroad tracks behind the house and the trains at night with their clack-clack sound would make me sleepy.
Out front was the main street and I could hear the traffic at night.
And to this day I still know the phone number and the post office box number.
Somewhere in the deep recess of my mind is the combination of that P.O. Box!
I left that house in 1967 and in 1982 married Sherry – now here we are 41 years later.
My memories of NWPA and WNY where we spent the first 50 years of our lives – remains in my memories to this day – just like that house and phone number!
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PAPA’S WORLD – THAT OLD HOUSE AND PHONE NUMBER!
A group of neighbors met at the clubhouse to celebrate the 4th. of July.
A couple neighbors precooked hot dogs while others brought dishes to pass –
the screened room off the pool offered shade –
Everyone pitched in and a good time was had by all.
Tables and food and decorations – and following are pictures of the neighborhood get-together.
A little music and some fun dancing.
65 to 70 neighbors came to enjoy one another company – name tags so we could all get to know one another.
We do have a few children in the community – and of course, they went into the pool to cool off!
Bringing the neighborhood together.
Thanks to everyone who came to meet other neighbors and celebrate the 4th. of July!
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One of the many explorations we make is new establishments on the ICW!
Blue Drum is one of them – having opened in late May or early June.
When the family was here – we had a pontoon boat and we stopped in there for lunch –
tying up at their dock.
You can sit here under umbrellas or under a roof near the bar.
When we were here before we sat down where these people were sitting – using two tables –
this time we sit under the roof near the bar and the restaurant with seating inside.
We had the perfect view of boats coming by in both directions and enjoying the breeze off the ICW!
The food is very good – I had Beef Tips in gravy over rice!
The order Sherry had was Mac-Cheese- and Lobster bits.
Our lunchtime bill – mid twenty’s with drinks! Not bad!
Our view directly in front of us – with the docks for the visiting boaters – it was really comfortable under the shade of the porch deck!
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PAPA’S WORLD – LUNCH AT BLUE DRUM – LITTLE RIVER, S.C. ON THE ICW!
The day was beautiful in the morning – but later that day a storm was coming!
So – we decided to go to Vareen Gardens – on the state line of N.C and S.C.
Sherry wanted some shells for a project she was doing!
We are so close to two beaches but the shell hunting is better than a few others! Here is our beach – OIB!
Our destination is Vaneer Gardens right along the coast of the ICW – recently on our day with family
on a pontoon boat – we passed right by here!
No shoes – no socks – just shorts – shirts and sandals for wading in the water!
This area is loaded with Oyster Shells and that is what she was looking for – tons of them!
Papa – looking at shells people have signed and some are hung from the tree here!
We found what she needed and then headed back home just as the storm rolled in!
The storm is approaching – thunderstorms here are terrific – lightning – thunder and sometimes downpours!
This day – we enjoyed the early morning beach and then a trip to Vareen Gardens – found shells and returned home and then the storm hit!
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PAPA’S WORLD – BEFORE THE STORM – SEARCHING FOR SHELLS at VAREEN GARDENS, LITTLE RIVER-S.C.
Not us! We explore – we look for things to do and things to see!
Our view from our chairs at OIB park – just a short block from the beach – every Friday night during the Summer season – a free concert for the public – this one featured BLACKWATER –
A local ( Sunset Beach) eight-member band playing classic rock and BEACH MUSIC!
The concert starts at 6:30 pm. but people start putting their chairs down long before that – here we are at 5:30 pm. it is already more than half full with empty chairs.
We managed to squeeze in this spot and saved two more spaces for our neighbors Diane and Steve.
Papa – Steve – Diane and Sherry – and behind us is the crowd – and just as significant to the right and left of us!
We can attend an open-air concert like this almost every night of the work week as most towns around us have them on different nights.
Diane and Steve danced the night away to classical rock music. Carolina Beach Music is also performed.
On Wednesday night, open-air music is at Sunset Beach Park, where we often go.
At the end – we just sit and talk letting the crowd disperse and usually only a few dozen people are left sitting!
The nights are warm and you can watch the setting sun in the western sky.
Or take a walk to the beach and sit and talk.
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SHERRY – OPEN-AIR CONCERT NEAR THE BEACH IN OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C.
It has gotten HOT – 90 plus degrees – high humidity – no rains – BEACH TIME!
We do our morning Turtle Beach Patrol at 6am.
We also pick up garbage on the beach – and are done between 7 and 7:30 am.
We decided to go back home and return by 8:30 for a couple hours of early morning beach time before it gets really hot!
No one is here at that time in the morning – and walking down to the pier and beyond in the surf – the water was warm – our dream-salt life!
Looking in the other direction you can see hardly anyone is here! SOLITUDE!
Feet in the sand – sitting under an umbrella – taking it easy in retirement – one day at a time!
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Under the umbrella – BEFORE IT GETS HOT – EARLY MORNING ON OIB – SITTING ON THE BEACH!!!!!!
Sherry and I signed up to walk the East end of OIB during the TURTLE SEASON and report and nests we should find.
On this section of OIB – there are no houses – only sand and surf for about one mile!
A great place to walk – hearing only the surf and some birds.
We walk all the way to the point and a little around it toward the ICW side.
Just before the point, we came upon this sight – a chair with a pair of pants draped over the back – a waterproof shoe in the surf – tackle boxes all open – a battery with jumper cable hooked up –
fishing poles and a pole holder for the poles.
STRANGE – no one around!
And then around the corner out of sight – two fishing poles in their holders – bait on but laying in the sand and no one around except a boat with a man standing on it!
It was a deputy with a badge and he ask me if this was my stuff!
I told him no and around the corner was the chair and tackle boxes and more poles and I held up the shoe and said we found this also.
He told me to just place the shoe by the pole which I did and he got on his walkie-talkie to the police department.
He thanked us and said he would take care of it.
The chair and all the equipment just sitting on the beach and no one was around!
We continued our TURTLE WALK – not seeing any signs and went back to our car!
On the way back two police trucks and an ATV passed us going toward the chair and poles.
Also – our walk time is spent picking up trash off the beach and then report in what we see as far as signs of turtles!
Sherry is about to throw our trash collection away from our TURTLE BEACH PATROL!
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Our daughter – Debby and husband Mike – Sherry – papa – Ella – Maddy and Sarah – from NVA!
They came and spent nearly a week with us in Cameron Woods Community- N.C.
We had planned this for a couple months – and as always – tears when they left!
Mike – Steve – Sherry and Diane – both neighbors and friends – came along with us on the ICW!
Sherry had attended a fundraiser for the food pantry put on by our church.
She purchased $20.00 in tickets and her name was drawn twice –
once for breakfast at a dinner and the second time as the winner of a 9-hour day on the ICW
with a PONTOON BOAT!
Mike – Steve and myself piloted us down and back up the ICW stopping at the new place to eat on the ICW-
THE BLUE DRUM! We had a great lunch and fun time boating.
On the way back – we stopped on the back side of Bird Island – where boats pull up to the beach and you hang out on the beach!
Papa – Mike and Steve stand on the ICW beach and watch a very large boat that had just come up the channel from the ocean and passed where we had beached the pontoon boat!
Maddy looked out over the cove on the backside of OIB at OIB FISH COMPANY where stopped for drinks and appetizers.
We spent two days on the beach – one day on the boat and two days at the pool.
We took them on our Turtle Patrol walk at sunrise on the East end of OIB.
Papa and Sherry at our last beach day with family. Thanks for reading PAPA’S WORLD-
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PAPA’S WORLD – FROM LAKE HOLIDAY TO CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY – FAMILY VACATION.
Welcome to Papa’s World where I try to make a difference each day!
My blogs are a journal on family – friends – people and humor and good thoughts.
I write each day and post – in the future – generations can see who we are and how we lived!
Today – our three oldest granddaughters visited and I caught their images in a spectacular sunset.
Daughters – Debby and her daughters – Maddy and Ella. From our street in front of the house!
These young women are kind – caring and thoughtful. Granddaughters – PAPA’S WORLD!
Sarah – soon to be 17 – Maddy – soon to be 23 – Ella – soon to be 20 – sunset at Cameron Woods!
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View from our front yard end of the driveway in Cameron Woods Community – OIB, N.C.
Be happy – I try to think positively each day – I look for positive news articles or historical events.
Bring humor into your day – laugh and smile and greet people whom you don’t know with a smile.
After all “SMILES ARE FREE”!
I take out all the negativity I can from my life – news – papers – TV – it can calm my life and I just do not need all the noise from others!
Sunrises – sounds of the beach – birds – waves and the start of a new day!
Golfing for us is just getting out in nature – fresh air and green grass and if possible – sights along the ICW!
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PAPA’S WORLD – STARTING YOUR DAY WITH GOOD THOUGHTS AND HUMOR!
The morning of the last day of friend’s long weekend – we all get to the beach at 6am. to see the sunrise!
Friends for years and years. Always exploring and new adventures!
A turtle nest on our walk – protected – Sherry and I are part of the Turtle Protection program on OIB!
We sign up to walk the East end of OIB and have to be on the beach by 6am.
We also pick up trash along the beach.
Friends walking the surf line into the sunrise.
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SUNRISE ON OCEAN ISLE BEACH – WITH FRIENDS AFTER A LONG WEEKEND!
The “GALS” foursome of Debbie – Dottie – Cindy and Sherry – they BEAT US!!!!!
The “GUYS” – Papa – Buck – Jimmy – Craig – we gave them 8 strokes and we beat them by 3 but with strokes, they won by 5!
The course starts and ends up alongside the ICW – and the rest is along the marsh – 14 of 18 holes have water.
Dottie and Debbie – on The Links of Brinklanding Golf Course!
Craig watching Jimmy teeing off.
The 18th. tee box and fairway with the clubhouse to the left. Two ponds to go over!
A look back at the 18th. fairway from the starters position.
It was a fun day – this course eats up goofballs!
WATER – WATER – everywhere and then the MARSH!
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Buck and I get ready to tee off ahead of the ladies – they want to follow us!
We went to The Links at Bricklanding – on the ICW before the course after two holes go to the other side of the highway and you play along the marsh.
Craig and Jim get ready to hit – the ICW is on the right side and the ponds are on the left side.
Up by the green is another pond and the fairway is only 30 yards wide!
We started out and played a scramble as did the ladies.
This course eats up golf balls – and it did this day!
We get together every so often to play a scramble – Gals vs. Guys
The last one the guys one by one stroke and they missed a putt on the last hole to tie!
Dottie and Debbie – both live in Va. Beach – Dottie has been my friend for over 44 years!
Dottie and Debbie became friends when Dottie and Jim moved to Va. Beach.
Sherry and Cindy – Buck and Cindy have been our friends for over 35 years – we were neighbors
back in WNY – They moved to Magnolia Greens 26 years ago and we moved to NVA.
We have stayed friends all these years and now live 38 miles from them after moving to OIB in N.C.
Debbie – Dottie – Cindy and Sherry – while we beat them heads up – with the strokes –
they won the match – and I told the guys – NO MORE STROKES – they are too good!
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FRIENDS GATHER – GIRLS PLAY GOLF AND WIN!
Sherry – this is the best day of your life – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The years have only made you better!
Sherry on the far left during her Corporate Cup days – always a competitor – always moving – this is her!
With her besties – Dottie and Cindy – wine trips – now beer trips – golfing trips – now beach trips!
This is Sherry – always there for others – honest – loving and giving!
Sherry and Papa – always doing goofy things – the party girl!
Sherry and her family – Bonnie – Debbie – Barb and Bill – is so much like her dad – always helping always there!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERRY! PAPA’S WORLD my site: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog
LIVING OUR LIVES TO THE PLUS ONE DAY AT A TIME! ONE MORE BIRTHDAY AND MANY MORE TO COME!
My blog is based on family – friends and our life in general.
Recording daily activities to show what our lives together are like.
Memories are mostly what I have left as my immediate family I grew up with are all gone except a few.
I have very few pictures and the ‘WHY” to that is another memory to tell later.
My oldest son Troy – a builder of homes from the ground up,
My two sons Troy and Shawn – Shawn is a ranked 8 ball player and finished 33rd to 48th out of 800 shooters Worldwide.
His team won the 8-ball World Team Championship!
Papa and Ella – who now is about to be in her Junior year of college,
A starter for her first two years as a women’s soccer player.
“TINY” as we called her is now almost 5’10 inches tall and plays midfield.
One of my best friends Buck – my golf partner – and his wife Cindy and my wife Sherry are also best friends.
We have traveled the World on adventures and now live 40 minutes from them in N.C.
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Learn to laugh when playing golf -have a good time – and just enjoy the moment!
