I am always up before sunrise – I love that part of the day – quiet – good nights sleep –
of course by 8:30 pm. I head for bed – so I get to see every day Sunrise and Sunset!
The sunrise at our family’s home in Leesburg, Va. Early morning hustle of kids getting ready – the youngest Bode is the first off to school – heading out the door at 6:50 AM.
Along with both of his parents to walk him to the bus stop!
Of course, Marley – the Goldendoodle – on her leash – leads the way!
The sky is getting lighter at this time – this was the sunrise before they headed out the door.
Then – after the late afternoon – the sunset out the front door!
The ever-changing skies of NVA – a beautiful wide expanse – in their neighborhood which is country!
Sunsets here are also beautiful – after dinner – kids are in from outside –
The TV is on – the dog sleeping – Taylor is reading –
Family time.
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Our youngest granddaughters – Taylor( the tall one ) on the left and Cassidy on the right – sing vocals in a band performance for their Community Lutheran Church – a band called INSPIRE!
They sang soft rock classics- 500 miles – I love Rock and Roll – Give it your best shot – and ended up with Sweet Caroline!
So proud of both singing in front of a group audience!
Both fraternal twins and 12 years old – Cassidy has a part in a play in April that we plan on coming back to see and both of them have begun Violin lessons.
Taylor loves to read and Cassidy loves to draw and is quite good! Both love their MORMOR – Sherry – MOTHERSMOTHER!
Taylor – Cassidy – Bode and mother – Tammy – our family in Leesburg, Va. MEMORIES!
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The band INSPIRE with Taylor and Cassidy on vocals – GRANDDAUGHTERS PERFORMANCE SINGING!
My day always starts off with humor – smiles and laughter on my social media page – setting the tone for the rest of the day!
A positive outlook on life! I will drink to that! LOL
WHAT is THIS? Why – to protect it from the low temps below freezing – a metallic cover for our Tower Garden – and it does just fine – but to me, it looks like something from “ET” or “STAR WARS”! LOL
A good thought for the day – one to think about – positive vibes!
HHHHHMMMMM – and here I thought it was the JUICE! LOL
Sherry with Cindy and Dottie – friends that make friends laugh – smile and just have good times!
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One of the reasons we choose to live in Cameron Woods – is GOLFING!
We are right in the middle of about 25 golf courses in any direction.
It was too expensive to golf back in NVA and we love to golf.
Just out riding around you pass the fairways and greens and we want to be out there!
Another reason is we wanted to be on the mainland side of the ICW – here – we are with our neighbors – Diane and her husband Steve – who own a boat – cruising the ICW.
There is also a boat rental on OIB that we have taken friends out on – this is only a ten-minute drive away for us!
We are thankful for our family – whom have at one time or another visited us in our new area.
Of course, we are the tour guides – we did that for years in the D.C. area and love it.
Here – we take them everywhere and show them the area.
This has once again followed us to where we live – we are living our dream.
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Our daughter Debby and her daughter Maddy – memories from long ago!
Debbby and Maddy – from 2001 – our first granddaughter!
Today – she is a senior – having completed her fourth year as a Hornet at the University of Lynchburg soccer program
and as a captain in her senior year.
Twice going to the NCAA tournament in her four years and winning the Conference title in her senior year.
Our little granddaughter will graduate this spring with an Environmental Science degree!
My two sons from my first marriage – Troy on the left and Shawn on the right.
Shawn and his wife – Trisha! He runs his own business contracting out to the state and energy companies for auditing energy and installation for the elderly.
Shawn is a ranked nine-ball player in both Canada and the USA – winning his way to Las Vegas numerous times.
Troy and his partner – Andrea visited us this past summer.
Until four years ago – Troy built houses from the ground up – doing it all – then he joined Shawn and runs the installation side of the energy auditing business contracting out to the state in insulation for the elderly.
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I always thought this – now in retirement – I still think any day of golf is better than – well you choose it! LOL
The Tower Garden – the smaller unit can be used indoors with grow lights – the outdoor unit is larger – producing with just water – light and nutrients and air!
Our Tower Garden is covered up for freezing temps – looks like something from Star Wars! LOL
Sherry and Dottie – best friends for over 40 years – living life to the plus one day at a time!
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Our friends of years and years – bought this lot just outside Edenton, N.C. – at the far end is a canal and access to the bay.
On the far side of the bay – is the Outer Banks. The canal is 800 feet straight back.
Looking across the bay to the Outer Banks – this view is less than a half mile to their lot.
A dream coming true in a little over 1 1/2 years when Dottie retires and construction begins on their dream home.
Right across from their lot sits the number two hole – a par three! I see lots of sitting on the front porch watching the golfers trying to hit the green!
View back up the road to their building lot from the yard at the clubhouse – golfing with a view and boat access to the bay!
Dottie gazing out over the bay to the Outer Banks – her dream coming true – I envision walks here with chairs in the early evening!
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Years ago we made a trip to Washinton, D.C. with a group of friends from our church – Community Lutheran Church in Sterling, Va. to see Les Miserables on stage.
What a performance and good times with friends. MEMORIES!
Before Bode came along – and her mother was staying with us – a trip to Sweet Frog in Brambleton Town Center with FIVE granddaughters and an afternoon treat.
Now – Maddy is a senior in college and Ella a sophomore in college.
Sarah is a Sophomore in H.S. and the twins are twelve years old! MEMORIES!
A random thought – SMILE!
Friends – Sherry – Cindy – Dottie – when friends come together – we sing! MEMORIES!
Me in PINK SHORTS – Playing Volleyball in our Corporate Cup competition – we had about 40 members on the team in track and field and other sporting events.and competed against the other industries in the area. MEMORIES! Sherry on the left in the white top – we played volleyball in a league for years before we retired and took up golfing!
MEMORIES – a long ago times in the past – thanks for reading Papa’s World. HGD!
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The six of us have been friends for about forty-plus years. Living as neighbors to Cindy and Buck and Jim and Dottie grew up in the same little town in NWPA called Eldred in the Alleghany mountains as I did.
Jim – Sherry and I all worked for Dal-Tile – (American Olean Tile) in Olean, N.Y.
And of course, being and working in WNY – we all were Buffalo Bills fans – and we watch them whenever we can by going to
Buffalo Bills sports bars in our areas.
Cindy and Buck live 30 miles from us and we get together often to play a round of golf – have dinner and just enjoy our friendships.
Papa – Dottie – Cindy – Sherry – Buck and Jim – Dottie and Jim live in Va. Beach and in the coming years will build on a piece of property in Northern North Carolina.
They will be about three-plus hours from us when they retire.
Sherry – Cindy – Dottie – Forty-plus years of being friends. When we all get together – it comes down to Gals vs. Guys in a golf scramble.
The last time we gave them two strokes – they missed a four-foot putt on the last hole for the WIN!
So we tied 37 to 37!
Sherry and Cindy – both into walking miles and miles – I try to keep up!
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Playing golf at Magnolia Greens in Leland, N.C. where Buck and Cindy live. Living life one day at a time!
Sherry – Sunset Beach, N.C. PAPA’S WORLD – HAPPY TIMES in NORTH CAROLINA WITH FRIENDS!
“JIMMY and PAPA” friends since 1977 – best buddies – friends – the same little town in NWPA!!!
Jimmy and I have played softball together – volleyball – golf – corporate cup competitions – family vacations – for years and years.
Friendships usually do not last that long – but this one is still ongoing – and he retired from the same company I did yesterday!
Dottie – Sherry – Cindy – Buck – Jimmy and Papa – friends all these years – neighbors – three of us worked for the same company – now all retired except Dottie who has a little over a year to go.
These friends go all the way back to 1980 – through thick and thin – NWPA and WNY – still going strong!
New years eve together for years and years – Cindy – Sherry, and Jim – starting off the end one year and the new one coming in.
Jimmy has been there since Sherry and I were married in 1982 – many vacations together with families – many times visiting each other – and soon – golfing together more often when Dottie retires.
A day on the ICW with all our friends and neighbors from back in WNY! Mike and Carol John joined us for a few days!
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Friends for years and years – Dottie – Jim – Buck – Cindy – Sherry – Papa – food from back home in WNY –
Beef On Wicks – Potato salad – Coleslaw for our New Years’ eve dinner at Magnolia Greens just outside Leland, N.C.
This is a tradition in WNY – thinly sliced beef in juice ( drippings) on Kimelwick rolls!
Horseraddish or hot mustard – and the two salads to go long with it.
You can see the beef-on-wicks on the plate next to Dottie.
Back home in WNY – in Olean, N.Y, is the famous restaurant “BEEF and BARREL” where they have carving stations of huge sides of beef and you tell them how you like it doe and they carve it for you!
We all grew up with this.
These are mouth-watering – and the rolls are salted on top – with seeds – soft rolls and yummy!
A tradition for all of us – our roots in WNY.
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After dinner, it was celebrating New Year’s Eve with close friends –
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WNY FAVORITE FOOD S – BEEF ON WICKS – POTATO SALAD – COLESLAW – welcoming the new year in!
The family came after Christmas but before New Year to spend four days with us – Instead of presents – we bought tickets to Pirates Voyage and The Christmas show at Alabama Theater in Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
This is our view of the stage – we sat right in the middle behind the equipment for all the sound and lights.
Marcus – Bode – Tammy – Cassidy – Sherry(MorMor) Taylor – happy grandkids and they really enjoyed the show.
We were so happy they came down from NVA – and got to share with them the theater.
Sherry – Taylor – Papa – getting ready for the first act to start!
Marcus and Bode – father and son – a selfie by Bode!
Tammy and Cassidy – selfie by Cassidy – the eyes tell the story!
Cassidy – Sherry – Taylor – a selfie by Sherry whom all three call MORMOR – Swede for MothersMother.
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