We had planned this – but they had taken Maddy back to college that day and left Ella and Sarah home.
So – we arranged to have the two of them meet us in Old Town Winchester for dinner.
Our friends Buck and Cindy were with us so they got to once again vist the family.
Walking around the yard – does not do it justice as the whole back yard is the same. She has a green thumb.
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Or the hand of her MORMOR ( Swede for MOTHERS MOTHER) she is growing tall – and at 10 – is up to the chin of Sherry – who is tall in her own right.
She is the quiet one of the three – always does what you want and never gives you a rough time.
She is normal size for her age – Taylor has always been bigger – that is why they were early by doctor’s order.
Taylor was taking all the nutrition in the womb – so they had to come out!
They were so tiny – just over three pounds each – but Taylor has maintained that same difference.
Cassidy is a sweet little caring girl who acts like a little mother to Bode – her brother –
but acts more like a twin to Cassidy!
She is a spark plug – so full of energy – natural in sports – cart wheels – over back ward steps –
skate boards – and almost every day face times her MorMor.
But he is growing like Taylor! So sweet and caring – yet very determined – and a little fish in the water.
Cassidy is never far from him – they fight but she watches over him like a mother.
He is going to be a golfer – soccer player like his father,
he is into trucks – machines and bikes.
He almost never wears a jacket or socks and shoes – even in the cold.
He is a natural athelete and every time we visit – at 5:30 in the morning –
he knows I am up and blogging – will come to where I am and climb up in my lap!
“PAPA – can I watch you”? Yes little one you can.
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Our Condo in Ocean Keyes – North Myrtle Beach – found simply by accident – and now almost nine months later –
We will move out and into our new home – if the closing is on time!
But – here is what we look at each morning – the lake – the wild fowl – the houses – the fountains – trees –
I love the rees!
All or most of the family has come down – Mike and Maddy have not made it here.
The little ones love to explore – play on the playground at Barefoot Landing.
Family is really important to us – and keeping the time to get here manageable!
In our new home it will be six hours for one family and almost seven hours for the other.
They can drive in one day and be here early enough to enjoy!
Family time – beach – exploring – warm weather – new home – new neighborhood.
Sarah wants to act – design – fashion – dance – no sports for her – although I secretly believe she would be awesome – still growing – Ella at 5′ 81/2 ” – I think she will be taller – and Taylor will be tallest of all – only 10 years old!
Family means a great deal to us – even though we are down here – they have visited and we have gone home several times – staying in each family homes with them.
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Beautiful course that we wanted to play – I did not know it was divided onto two states
until after a couple holes there was a WELCOME TO N.C. sign on the cart path!
and a siter course called the Meadowlands!
I do not know the history here on this old farm
but it is unique in that you play two states!
Again – they beat us pretty good – but we had a ton of fun!
Great time – coffee break!
Nature – ponds – trees – shrubs – open fairways and lots of birds!
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On our way back home to NVA – we stopped in Lynchburg to watch Maddy –
Our oldest granddaughter – play soccer!
She starts as a Sophomore – and plays for the University of Lynchburg.
One thing she wanted to do – to get out in the fresh air and hike with her family!
Which we did on this paved trail that runs along the river in Lynchburg Va.
One of our very first visitors after we moved to Ocean Keyes in North Myrtle Beach –
was the father and mother of our son in law – Marcus.
They came down and spent four days with us – playing cards – walking the beach –
and introducing us to a new game called RUMMIKUBE!
We have always gotten along with them and every Sunday – sat beside them in the pew!
Debby and the two granddaughters came for a short visit –
and we took them hiking – which they love to do – at Vareens memorial Garden.
Walking along the ICW and over the marsh.
They will be back as we took them also to the new house build!
Mike and Carol – we lived next door to them – invited us and our friends – we have all been friends for years-
to their lake house in WNY -Lake Chatauqua – for a long weekend of riding the lake in their beautiful boat!
They have extended another invitation for this August – the same group – for four days!
They own a business that sends crews to do commercial painting all over the East Coast
and this year are expanding to the mid west.
Mike – started this when he was very young — and what a company he has turned it into!
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On the lake in Mike and Carols boat!
All eight of us fit very comfortable – we spent three days cruising the lake for hours at a time!
All eight of us have been friends for years and years!
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I knew both before I met Sherry – Freddie and I went to 7th. grade thru 12th. grade.
We met at a place that was half way to where they live in Florida and to where we were staying!
Great time with old friends. MEMORIES!
We traveled before the Pandemic – meeting friends along the way.
And – – we were careful – as were some more friends we met.
Bobby and I go back to grade school – friends for life.
Sports – a few drinks – camping out – running the streets – never anything destructive – just boy hood memories.
By the time this blog posts – Pam and Bob will stop in on there way back to New England.
They have a drive RV towing a car.
We are all safe – testing and vaccinations.( except Sherry who is allergic to the vaccine)
It will be good to once again relive memories – Freddie – Bobbie and I had growing up!
Fourteen years we attended services there.
John and Nancy moved to Charleston about a year before we moved.
On our way back from Florida – just before the Pandemic – we stopped in and stayed – regaling in memories.
They gave us a walking tour of Charleston’s waterfront and historic district.
A few months after we moved to Myrtle Beach area – we met halfway in Georgetown S.C.
And – about a month or so ago – they visited us at the condo.
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But – this is the beginning of the week for Spring Breakers –
and we noticed traffic getting heavey.
We have found our way around and avoid the high traffic on rte. 17!
We take the side streets as far as we can – and one side street takes up to where we can shop!
Being here is still our dream – we will come back often as we like it here –
but also where we are moving too – no traffic – country quiet – we can walk –
and still be in access to the other two beaches!
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We had journeyed to Cameron Woods – to see how the construction on the house was coming along!
No one works on Sunday – so we could park and walk around!
Then – after we left – I said – ” How about we drive down into the waterfront at Little River”?
When we first came down here – we had driven down into the area and saw all these neat local places to eat!
First impressions are – you want to go with someone else – there is a biker bar there.
But – after walking around – I can now see it is okay!
We followed some signs that led us to a place called PATIO’S!
Off the beaten path but we walked to it!
And – then we were greeted by BERNIE!
As in THE MOVIE WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S!
I had my first draft beer in three weeks!
I really do not drink all that much – seldom the hard stuff – mostly drink water!
But – for some reason sitting on the ICW – listening to a good lady singer –
singing from requests all the music I love – EAGLES – when low and behold – one perched just outside the deck!
I on the other hand did not eat – but rather had my second draft of a light IPA
Called a BLOND ZOMBIE!
Normally I do not drink IPA’s as I feel they are too heavy – but I liked this one –
enough so I had a second one!
12 oz drafts are just enough for me!
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Once it was in the mid to high ’70’s and full sun –
Into the water they went!
Notice how protective Cassidy is of her little brother!
They fight and argue – but no one touches him according to her!
These two should have been the twins
they act and sound just alike.
She is so kind – loving and thoughtful.
She on the other hand loves her alone time away from the other two! LOL!
She rides horses – and whenever around her MorMor – holds her hand.
She is the serious – studious one who quotes facts!
“AS AMATTER OF FACT” she says and then goes on to tell you!
It was a very warm day in the sun – water to me was very cold – but they loved it!
They played and played in the water – coming out to run up and tell us something and then back they went!
Yes – the sun was warm – the sand was also – yet the water was cold – but to them – it was their day at the beach!
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One of the things they wanted to do was see alligators!
And here in North Myrtle Beach is a place called ALLIGATOR ADVENTURE!
There are hundreds of the reptiles in there!
The biggest being 20 feet long and weighing 2000 lbs. !
They got to watch the feeding – I wonder how they feed all these alligators and how they make sure all get fed!
They have other animals – birds and snakes!
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The Krohn family and Sherry – granddaughters – daughter and son in law.
They have visited for almost a week.
The weather – bearable – low 60’s to low 70’s but with chilly wind.
He has pretty good form and Marcus is getting him lessons.
He is only six years old and I think the highlight for him is driving the golf cart! LOL
I told Marcus – you need to get him lessons plus doing cross country
He almost ran the whole golf course!
They walked to the beach every day.
Most days I would drive the car down as we had all the chairs and beach stuff!
Some days – as in this picture – we all walked carrying the “STUFF”!
Yesterday was a full beach day – warm – sun – and kids in the water!
Too cold for me – but in the sun – hot!
Taylor – Cassidy and Bode – notice how Cassidy takes care of Bode!
Such a protective little girl – a heart of warmth!
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One of the first things Sherry did for the little ones after they had a good nights sleep-
Was to color Easter Eggs!
So – she hard boiled the eggs – set up on the Lanai – and they got to it!
This has been a tradition with MorMor – as they call her -Swede for Mothers Mother!
She has done this even before Bode – who is six was born!
Afterward – things were washed up and packed for Tammy to take back to NVA!
I think Cassidy and Bode should of been the twins!
They are so much alike and act the same.
It is hard for me to tell the difference if I am not looking at them – to see who is talking!
Now – Bode is going to be tall like Taylor – who is so laid back!
She likes her “TAYLOR” time!
She also is going to be the tallest of the granddaughters
With Maddy being 5′ 6″ – Ella 5′ 8 1/2 ” and Sarah pushing Ella at 14 years old!
We had taken them there before and the little ones love the playground!
Then it was time for a late lunch – our reservations were ready!
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They all came this time – for almost a week’s stay –
Tammy and the little ones had come down for a long weekend
Now – it was Marcus time to see where we would be living!
Here we are on the ICW at Barefoot Landing!
We had met them here instead of the condo – for we knew the little ones would be hungry –
they had left NVA at 5:09 AM. and we were standing in the Parking lot at a little before noon –
Less that seven hours!
And we told them – it would be 45 minutes fewer that that at the new house!
Our goal was to keep the time traveled to less than seven hours
and for both sets of family’s it will be that!
The above picture is for both family’s as they love the tradition at Christmas time!
We planned to have a late lunch and early dinner at the new brewery
CROOKED HAMMOCK BREWERY – that had opened up a couple weeks earlier
outdoors – and they -Marcus and Tammy loved the draft beer!
Family is and has been important to us – both daughters followed us to NVA.
One was married with a small child ( Maddy)
And one met her future husband in NVA.
Walking to the beach – these two will one day be so tall – here she is 10 years old and he is 6 years old.
Sherry – a Swede – is 5′ 9″ tall!
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Ever since I had my Heart attack some 7 1/2 years ago –
I get chilled very easy – even before I did not like the snow – ice and cold!
But – the families seem to like it – skiing – snowboarding and playing in the snow!
Where we had wine – snacks and a fire in a fire pit.
The pit was free and offered by the winery!
I bundled up and made it through -but by the end I was cold!
I have to admit – it was unique – but I very seldom drink wine –
I just can not get into the dry wines!
Now – a sweeter wine I can sip on!
What a difference 3 weeks make!
From snow and cold to sand and somewhat warm!
I am not shoveling snow – I can layer up and walk the beach!
School break – and a quick trip down – Marcus could not get away.
The first thing they wanted to see – THE BEACH!
The little ones love the beach – sand and water.
And then we took them for a walk along the ICW at Barefoot Landing!
Watching the boats traveling up and down –
and seeing the boats in the marina – where a lot of people are living on the boats there!
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We called her “TINY” as she was growing up –
Her father came up with that nickname –
Today she stands 5′ 8 1/2 ” –
Our little girl is all grown up!
She endured two injuries during her Middle school and H.S.
Both were broken bones in her feet.
One she was stepped on with a cleat
and the other she just landed wrong on it.
She lost two seasons of playing soccer
but when she did – was recruited by two different colleges.
Due to the Pandemic – her H.S. soccer season was moved from the fall to the spring.
She is about to begin playing –
Her travel soccer was played although the number of games reduced.
She competed and will move onto the next level in the Fall.
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John and Nancy live in Charleston S.C
a little over two hours away.
We have known them for years as we all were members
of Community Lutheran Church back in Sterling Va.
They moved about six months before we did
and we visited them a year ago on our return trip from Florida.
A couple months ago – we had met half way for lunch
in Georgetown S.C.
This time – we played cards – put a puzzle together – played Rummikub
and took a walk on the beach!
It was a delighful day and night and following day
With lunch in Calabash
and a trip to see our house being built!
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We brought them – Debby – Sarah and Ella to Vareen’s Memorial Garden
Just as we did with their cousins – and here is a special place
to not wish upon a star – but a SEASHELL and the hang it form one of the Cypress Trees!
Many people pass through here each day –
I watched two older women stop and do the same thing –
find a shell – write on it and then hang it from a tree!
It was a warm day – low tide so lots of shells to look at!
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We had watch them jacking the house up on steel I beams –
cribbing and disconnecting all the electric and plumbing!
A second floor deck had been disconnected and a pool – in ground left there with a cement patio!
A long walkway to the beach with a sitting area at the end.
Two flags on a flag pole still waved in the breeze.
We wondered where it would go and how much this would cost?
The – a block away – lot was cleared – leveled and electric pole put in.
That was when we thought – is it possible it was being moved here?
And then one day last week – the electric went out and back on shortly after –
They – the movers had begun the move at 9:04 AM.
Traffic was blocked off – a lot of police cars and county officials and the moving company
and all of its equipment.
The electric had gone off and back on for them to disconnect the power lines and splice in once again.
The two story house was on the move!
A lot of people watching – HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE THE TURN?
The house was moved – still left on the huge trailers with wheels.
I am thinking they will start soon to put a foundation under it!
I have no idea how much this cost – but the beachfront lot is worth a million or more.
A house at the end of the rainbow! LOL!
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They love the sand – the surf and the sound of the water and waves –
LETS WALK TO THE BEACH said Sherry!
So we did – the half mile walk through the neighborhood
To the gate entrance and then cross Hillside drive
Walk another block and cross Ocean Blvd. to the parking lot!
Growing up – we would take Debby and her sister Tammy to the beach
Whenever we could for vacation.
Now – whenever they can – they take their families to the Ocean.
Early on – we taught them to respect the environment
To not litter and see the wonders of what is around them.
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Douglas will stop overnight – on his journey back North from Florida.
Doug is first cousin to Sherry – both his grandmother and Sherry’s grandmother were sisters
and both from Sweden first generation.
Doug is two years older and can speak fluent in Swedish.
He was a educator all his life – Principal – Superintendent and author.
With over 7000 followers on his twitter blog site.
This is the first time in I believe four years since we last saw him.
And – have invited him to stop in on his next journey through the area.
I love history – and family history is my observations I like to listen to.
I would sit for hours and talk to her mother about her and her family and childhood.
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We made a trip back North to NVA!
To make arrangements to move what is left of our belongings to Ocean Isle Beach
to a storage unit we rented some 3 miles from the new house being built!
That way – if the build goes beyond our lease date –
we have a place to store items and a place to stay with friends if needed!
My son in law handled the storage unit up North
and two days later we met the crew at the storage unit here.
MY GUYS MOVING – a shout out to them – they were very professional!
All of this – the move South – saying goodbyes – finding a place to build
It is a adventure – but nothing new – we have been this way all our married lives together.
Four thousand pounds!
That is what we moved to here.
We have now purchased almost all of our furniture to go with the new house.
This here is mostly personal stuff – things that are family!
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As you can see – the garage has a entrance directly into the hallway and laundry room!
Our life has evolved – from NVA to S.C. and eventually N.C.
All in the span of some nine months!
Where has the time gone – and when did those 40 years fly by?
We started dating in early 1981 – married in June of 1982 –
and today – building a house!
The garage has a overhead storage area with pull down steps.
The three entrance doors are leaning against the walls.
There is a pipe coming up out of the cement floor that I have no idea what it is for!
We are hoping to be in by early June!
We have a storage unit nearby and have our belongings in there.
The walls have been coated on the bottom with a termite barrier!
The floor plates are bolted down into the cement
and metal corner braces to code for hurricanes installed!
Solid construction to N.C. building codes.
It was exciting to tour on a Sunday with no one around!
This is the third house that we have had built – most likely our last – both of us will be 72 !
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It has the pictures of the rest of the house!
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We are building a new home – and where did the past almost 40 years go?
In fact – it seems like only yesterday – 1999 – we transferred to NVA from WNY!
Today – we are on another chapter of our life together.
And in a few months time – our house will be done and we will move in!
This will be our third house we have built together.
Time has a way of just moving ahead and so fast!
We decided to build here – instead of buying – mainly because
We will have everything we want – for basically the same price!
Everything in our price range we looked at – had to have updates –
or did not have a garage, or too small.
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We traveled back to NVA to first watch our granddaughter play college soccer
at The University of Lynchburg!
We spent the night – Friday , standing in the rain to watch them play!
She scored a goal and they won 4 to 1!
We spent the next day hiking along the river in Lynchburg!
We left Sunday morning taking Sarah with us to Leesburg
Where she spent the night and then her mother and Ella picked her up!
We stayed here for the entire week – enjoying family times.
We had a ton of things to do –
Inspection – rotate tires – oil change
Clean up storage locker – take things back with us-
Arrange to have storage unit moved down to Ocean Isle Beach – N.C.
See some people to pick up some things –
and do our dentist appointments for cleaning and x-rays.
Our trip has almost come to a end –
SUNSET at Tammy and Marcus house!
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If you have a team of partners – whatever they sell – you get paid off of them.
Going on to 15 years – supplementing our income – living life to the plus!
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We decided before a late lunch to walk the river trail in Lynchburg Va.
We had time to kill before eating a late lunch –
besides – Maddy wanted to get out into the open and walk
as she loves to hike even by herself!
After a couple miles we made it to the turn around
where this was as far as we would go even though it continued!
It was time to jump – act wild – and be funny!
Before heading back to the hotel and have a serious game of RUMMIKUB!
I was called over to help Ella out – they told me to stay away after I helped her! LOL
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College life this year is so different with Covid – 19.
The season for our granddaughter – Maddy has been delayed from Fall
to Spring – and only a certain amount of spectators will be allowed in to watch!
But life in college goes forward – from virtual learning – to social distancing.
To team functions – everyone on the team has had covid except one player.
What a strange year – but their season began in mid Feb.
with a win – 2 to 0 with Maddy having a assist.
College life – a big step in any other time – but this is the biggest of her young life.
Dedication – maintaining a high GPA – and on breaks working – goals of a young woman.
Who will major in Environmental science – engineering.
All the while playing soccer in college – her dream since she was first able to kick the ball!
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We had a fine day to be out and about – so we decided to show them some nature
As they are all about the outdoors!
We went back to Vareen Memorial Gardens –
just before you cross the state line into N.C. in Little River S.C.
Across the marsh and over the tidal canals –
at low tide – does not look so scary when empty!
We entered the trees and brush along a sand pathway – trail.
We had been here a couple times before
bringing family to explore and see the ICW and the beauty of a pristine nature walk.
The girls loved this as did Debby who is all about the outdoors and hiking!
We soon entered the trees and bush growth
it was shaded in here and I think would be welcomed in the S.C. heat of Summer!
One last walkway before entering the pine and cypress trees!
The path is marked – and branches off in all directions!
A shaded walk – can be a couple miles if you select the right path
We choose the shorter route – we had some more places to show them!
WE WILL BE BACK someday we told them!
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It has gone by so fast – the day they were married.
It seems like only yesterday –
now fast forward – and three beautiful daughters later
They still adventure out and into the mountains
be it camping – hiking or compete in a obstacle course together!
Tough mudder or Spartan race!
The family has grown – one in college( playing soccer) – Maddy.
One a senior and attending college in the fall and also playing soccer ( Ella)
And the third youngest still in H.S. Freshman – aspiring in arts and dance. (Sarah)
Three beautiful daughters!
They love the outdoors – hiking – zip lines – camping – lakes – swimming.
Through the years – teaching them about life –
Once a Buffalo Bills fan always a Bills fan!
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The years have passed – the family grows on – always seeking the outdoors.
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We are blessed in that we have so many dear friends.
Some – for me – go back to childhood.
We have been friends since first grade – Bob and I.
We played sports together – stayed at one anothers homes.
Ran the streets after dark – drank a few beers together
and still – to this day – meet up and share old memories.
They will stop in on their way back home to N.H. in May.
HUGS TO P.J. and Bob.
Freddie and I go back to 7th. grade
Playing sports together – card games – there were four of us that paled around
Freddie – Bobby and Jon ( deceased)
Lynda and Fred are the oldest couple still together as our friends.
We have traveled the World together –
Spain – Gibraltar – Morocco – Canada – and numerous states on the East coast and the West coast
and in between.
Always planning new adventures.
Friends as neighbors since 1987!
Jim – Dottie and I all grew up in the same town in Pa. called Eldred.
Jim -Sherry and I all worked together in Olean N.Y.
It has been a long and rewarding friendship all these years.
When all the kids were young – we would vacation together at the beach.
We were neighbors and they were Buck and Cindy’s friends.
We lived beside them for 12 1/2 years
We would race our ride mowers up and down the street! LOL
We would play jokes on each other.
It was a great time in our lives and the McBrides and us left the hood
shortly after they left and moved South.
The John’s own a painting corp that travels the USA
painting various structures and energy companies pipe lines.
We will spend a long weekend with them at the lake house in WNY!
The Browns and McBrides also.
Jo graduated one year behind me
Paul graduated with Sherry from Smethport.
We got to know one another through reunions
and have traveled to their home in Phoenix and them to ours before the pandemic.
We have maintained that friendship for the last ten years or so.
Here we are at the WALL in DC.
Reflections of the soul I call this.
For the last 14 years or more – we have bonded with his parents.
Always visiting them when we lived in NVA.
They have come down to visit us in North Myrtle Beach.
In laws and friends – FAMILY!
There are times we try to bring us all together to golf.
Wish it would happen more often.
But when it does – it is fun and guys vs. gals!
If we are not on our game – they will beat us! LOL
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They still live back in NWPA – where I Sherry and I grew up.
Troy – was a builder – from the ground up – Shawn runs his own energy – audit company
and Trisha his wife runs the office,
Troy has since joined Shawn and runs the crews.
They range in the state of Pa.
state programs for the elderly.
Troy when young with his cousin.
Shawn and Trisha – wedding – my little son has grown up!
While they remain some 700 miles away
they are still in my heart and memories.
They are both this way – kind – caring and both willing to help anyone.
I have two grand sons – Ryan and Dylan. Both from Shawn.
Being so far away – we do not see them as often as I would like.
But – when we do travel North – we do meet up.
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They began gathering their shells –
We had shown them the shells that the grand kids had hung from the tree!
They loved doing this – and when other family members come down
we shall do the same!
We spent some time here – reading other shells and found one with a date of 1990!
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PAPA AND MORMOR with Casey – Maya – Olivia – FAMILY JONES!
We had visitors for the weekend – from N.C. around three hours away.
Daughter and family of Sherry’s sister.
The little ones were so excited – to finally be able to go somewhere
all due to the pandemic.
We tested – they rested and everything was good.
We only had one full day to explore – so we took them to Vareen Memorial Garden.
To hike and gather shells.
We also hit the beach for a short walk but it was windy and cold.
In part two of this blog – MAKING A WISH!
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The three Swans that were here first are gone – so we are told.
Seems the Male chased one and in doing so – at another pond –
It somehow broke it’s neck!
Then they found one that had been bitten by a snake!
The third – we just do not know and we were told this by a couple who live here!
These two were reintroduced by Wildlife management
we were also told!
I have watched them fly in and land –
right across the view we have on the fourth floor!
I have also watched them take off –
and fly down to the other end of the small lake.
It is a very loud noise as they beat their wings and take off!
I watch them sleep on the banks during the day in the sunshine.
And – in the moon light at night see two white shapes floating just below us!
There are other groups of water fowl
Different types of Ducks – Geese –
Birds from the Ocean a half mile away!
But – I love the Swans the most!
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We all were hungry!
So – where do you go during a pandemic – social distancing?
We had been hiking the trails of Vereen Memorial Gardens!
The little ones had some snacks but it was not enough.
So – we decided to take them to “LOCAL ON THE WATER”!
There was one other couple there – outside – so we had the entire place to ourselves!
The kids loved it – swinging – sand pit – corn hole – and watching the boats
go up and down the ICW!
Here came a tugboat – leading a flotilla of telephone poles!
This caught the eyes of all three!
One after another they passed – the poles had cables attached –
the lead tug guided them – the middle tug kept the front and rear poles in a line!
The third tug brought up the rear – all in all it stretched the length of at least a football field!
We were all just watching it pass by!
We have been here before – at least three times!
And have found that during the afternoon –
hardly anyone is here – making social distancing perfect!
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One of our favorite places to go and walk & show visitors –
Is Barefoot Landing – maybe 4 or 5 miles from where we are staying!
Walking around with the little ones –
all the while they are eagar to get to the playground –
to get that energy all bundled up out!
They loved it here and even made some friends who they will never see again!
Playing tag – up and down and all around for a hour or more!
I found that to be awesome – to move and save this over 200 year old oak tree.
And to build a playground around it!
We teach them about nature – walking the paths and trails!
TAG YOU ARE IT! and so it goes – not once but twice we brought them here –
and if they had it their way – we would of been here all day- everyday!
A walk along the boardwalk of the ICW
and the boats and Barefoot resort!
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Barefoot Landing – North Myrtle Beach – S.C.
Sherry has introduced crafts to all the grand kids –
and to this day – the three older ones still do crafts!
All you have to do is say craft and the go right to the table – no fuss!
The older ones have that same talent – Ella has won awards for her creations.
She teaches them – one at a time – not only crafts – but life itself!
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From the very moment they pulled in – he asked that question –
PAPA – CAN WE GO ON YOUR HIKE?
To him – a hike is like back home – rocks – hills forest – streams!
I tried to explain to him it is different here –
But PAPA – That is not a hike – we have to go to the mountains!
He is a leader – and always out in front!
This is him to a tee – always staying ahead of the game – his own mind.
We walked a good mile and one half through the woods –
although he was out in front of me or alongside of me –
he never sought to run off –
staying close to me!
We spent the better part of a hour walking the marsh and the woods
I want to come back here in the Summer so we can see more wild life!
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The day we went on our hike –
Bode now understands a hike can be different
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At the end of the hike – snacks and a swing – life is good and feeling blessed!
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The first thing they wanted to do was walk the beach!
Now – wouldn’t you know it that it got cold and windy the day they arrived!
It was so warm the day before people were sitting on the beach and wading in the water!
So we pressed on and walked down and onto the beach.
The wind was the culprit – making it very cold.
Even Bode has enough even though he had no shoes on!
We walked to the next beach entrance and exited!
It was a very short walk – but they got to see just how close we are!
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And that night after the kids went to bed – we relaxed and watched a playoff game
We are all from Western New York
and were huge fans when Buffalo Bills made their four straight Super Bowls!
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But we braved the cold and started to walk –
at least the wind was not blowing –
But – there was no one!
As we walked in the solitude –
we both could hear what we thought was a plane!
As it got closer – we could see it was a huge helicopter!
If you look close you can see two men sitting in the back
with their legs hanging over the edge!
No way for me as heights and me do not mix!
One time I went to the top of the Empire State building
One step outside to the deck and I froze!
I had to go back inside and down as fast as I could.
No big cities for me as I fell like everything is closing in on me!
It was a memory I shall have for the rest of my life –
and this one was another one!
It was not going fast so we had time to take it all in
on a deserted beach on a cold day!
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When she was small – she would follow me around –
when there was company she was not sure about –
she would hold my pant leg or climb up into my lap.
OH – TO HAVE THOSE DAYS ONCE AGAIN!
She has the kindest heart – always doing things you ask of her with no complaint.
She has had a trying past four or five years –
Twice braking a bone in her feet
so that she was in casts and crutches so she could not play soccer.
Missing valuable time – but when she did
she proved she belonged out there!
Today – she has sprouted up – four inches taller than her big sister
who is in her second year of college soccer at University of Lynchburg.
With all the adversity of her broken bones in her feet
and this past year – her senior year – because of the Pandemic
her soccer season was postponed to be played in the Spring
if they can!
The whole World has changed – but for Ella – she had choices.
Two of them – where to go to college and which coach to play for!
Not a easy choice for a 17 year old!
Taking classes on line – working her job and not playing H.S. soccer
although she did play travel team this past fall.
Those two teams and coaches recruited her
attending her games when she played
It would be a hard choice to make!
She now is almost 5′ 9″ tall – TINY has grown up!
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Write about family & friends!
Write about each day in my life that I live!
You see my friends – in 2013 I suffered a heart attack!
Called ” A WIDOW MAKER” I should not be here!
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It is with in mind – I record our lives one day at a time –
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In a little over one year – thanks to my wife Sherry –
I now have a following of 362 plus followers!
Of which I only know four of them!
The rest are from all over the USA and the WORLD!
Sherry is the driving force behind my blog –
” YOU HAVE TO WRITE AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE – A PLACE WE CAN FIND – WHEN YOU ARE GONE”
That is the reality and I am okay with it!
Each day I open the site – answer the comments and push on!
I include lots of pictures – they all tell a story.
Each day I start out not knowing what I will write about
I see a picture I have taken – a event we did – or where a day has taken us.
Then – I start – so far I have scheduled a month ahead in stories –
That way – is we are going someplace – all I have to do is share it to face book!
On here – it is automatically scheduled!
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When we moved 21 years ago – from Western New York –
to Northern Va. my thought was we are now in the South!
We actually picked up another four to six weeks of better weather
on either side of winter!
We liked the area – going into Washington DC on a regular basis.
We purchase three homes while there – two that we actually built.
We had most of our family follow us there.
But – it still got cold and three times –
an accumulation of snow greater than in all the 50 years we lived in the snow belt!
Now – we are calling this home until our home we are building if finished
some time in the next 4 to 6 months!
Home has a different meaning now – and we have become comfortable now here.
Enough that when you have that yearning to go back home
visions of what awaits you run through your mind!
While dating almost 40 years ago – we spent a week in the outer banks
with my brother and some of his friends.
That is when our bond for the ocean became a fixed state in our minds.
Our Vacations revolved around different trips with our children
to beaches up and down the East coast!
Home is where the heart is – and while we could not find a home here –
we are building one close – 14 miles away at another beach address –
OCEAN ISLE BEACH in North Carolina!
It is a 30 minute drive North of here – so we can often come back to walk!
There are two beaches there within 4 to 6 miles –
Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach!
Home is where your heart is – and now our hearts are in the deeper South!
Where warm is Sun – no snow – ice – and 50 plus degrees every day!
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After two and one half months –
we journeyed back to our home base in NVA!
We wanted to spend the Holiday with the kids of both families.
And – we took the Covid19 test and were negative!
Our plan was to stay for three weeks and then come back to the Condo
at Ocean Keyes in North Myrtle Beach – S.C.
“All I want for Christmas is you grandma” says Sarah!
Our time there was both long and short –
long in that it was cold and I do not do cold very well!
We had their first snow – ice and wind for the year.
Short in that it went very fast and we miss them all ready!
We stayed back and forth until our family in Lake Holiday had to go into quarantine
due to coming in contact with a neighbor just by talking outdoors with her.
So – they were able to get the negative tests back and we went up Christmas Eve
to spend the night with them!
So – we got to spend quality time with both families
and then we all had dinner together.
While the weather was cold – we did manage to stay inside – play games
put puzzles together – good dinners and the little ones loved it!
We made the most of the time together
We – had family time
We spent time together before we were to leave
and head back South!
We even got to watch and cheer on the Buffalo Bills football team!
A big part of our sports life before we moved TO NVA!
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Have a blessed New Year!
Here we are – in our early ’70’s – homeless – living with daughters –
until we pack up and head South
to North Myrtle Beach S.C.
We made it a point – have fun – play golf – and enjoy the warm weather while we can!
Here we played one of our favorite courses in NVA!
Deer are everywhere – and are so tame – even when you hit toward them
they do not move!
You have to be pretty good to hit them and we are not good! LOL
We would have almost three months to wait before we left –
pack up and go –
to a place we had never been and found by accident
OCEAN KEYES – North Myrtle Beach
every day a 1/2 mile walk to the sand and water of the beach.
I thought I would MISS STUFF but I don’t!
I have moved on – just as we were about to do!
But first saying our goodbyes – these are what I will miss – FAMILY!
That is why we are back home for the Christmas time – for three weeks!
And we will come back again in late Feb. and early March.
They will come down to visit –
And our life will go on!
FAMILY – fun times and memories made –
FUN TIMES and memories to be made!
Our friends of many years – Buck and Cindy – have lived down in N.C. for years
and now – we golf every week together.
Family is back home – friends are here!
We are blessed to have these places to stay –
and now – we have begun our new home build
and once again – it will become a FAMILY HOME!
Once again in the South – we will be together – family – as always – you never throw that away!
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Life to me is seeing the beauty in what is around you –
Seeing the history and enjoying the minute –
Being grateful that you have been able to see that moment in time.
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I forget the name of the place we stopped for lunch –
but Sherry knows it from recommendations from friends
and our landlord!
It is Mexican – and has the best taco’s!
We have walked by it numerous times –
and she has said we must eat there!
It sits right on the ICW – Inter coastal Waterway!
We requested outside for social distancing!
We wear our masks – we do take them off when we are not around people.
Or – when there is room to stay distances away from them.
The view of the waterway is awesome –
watching the boats – walking the boardwalk
all while sitting at our table after the walk.
Enjoying being outside –
After lunch – we walked – around the area – enjoying the feel of Christmas.
By the time you are reading this – the Holidays have passed –
for I write ahead on a schedule I have created.
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If you want a place of solitude –
a place to reflect –
A place untouched –
just water – sand – and sea grass and the head of a marsh
on the Ocean –
Then head to the far end of CHERRY GROVE – S.C.
We decided since it was a rather cold – 55 degrees –
very windy day – bursts of blasting winds!
We would drive North along our beach road –
to the end of Cherry Grove –
we had seen a covered beach entrance there
and wondered where it led to!
Now – we had no idea – where this path would lead us!
But – it also broke the bursts and gusts of wind!
We found where the development ended and the natural beach began!
No one was here – and I thought – when it gets warmer –
we need to come back!
We started out walking – but the wind made it hard!
Sand was blowing across our path and some stinging our eyes!
It was so calming – and I thought –
this is what the beach looked like hundreds of years ago!
As far as you could see – no buildings – no people!
The tide was going out – exposing the flat beach!
But – it was really blowing –
making the walk almost too hard to do!
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We came across a large tree – almost covered with sand –
The ocean had deposited it there.
I wondered just where it came from?
We decided to turn around –
we had walked 2/3 of a mile!
We would come back and explore father.
One for another day!
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Our daughters gave us five grand daughters –
family dinners were 8 females – 3 males!
And then – along came BODE!
The first grandson in our little family!
Even when he was too little to walk
I would push him in the stroller
and one time we passed a open garage door
and he became very excited – pointing to a car parked there.
It was a antique Corvette!
He is all boy – trucks – bikes – helmets and no shoes!
Off he goes outside – no snow – no ice and no shoes!
Riding his bike – playing baseball – chasing his sisters or running away !
He has this thing of bare feet!
Every morning as I drank my cup of coffee –
when we stayed with them before we moved South
Down the stairs he would come
early – 6:00 am.
And “Hello Papa” !
And climb up into my lap as I wrote my blogs!
First boy in the little family.
He and Cassidy are two peas in the pod!
Yet – he loves Taylor – calling her name.
Cassidy is the protective one – always watching over him.
All three together excited – I can not tell who is saying what
if I am not in the same room with them.
For his Christmas – we gave to him – his first little set of golf clubs
a bag – balls and tees.
There is a video of him his daddy took
Hat on backward – ball on a tee in the fairway
stepping up – the ball falls off the tee – he picks it up
places it back and steps up to the ball
His stance perfect and all of a sudden he swings
You hear the club hit the ball – and his daddy laugh
It leaves the tee and sails down the fairway!
“WAY TO GO BODE” his daddy says!
I think we have a soccer player and a golfer!
I am not too old to enjoy what the years will bring!
First grandson – all boy – yet sentimental – caring for his sisters.
One day he will be the one protecting them!
Happy birthday little one – BODE – six years old – first grandson!
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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!
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.
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.
Kristy – Nigel – Bethany – Natalia – Nathan – Tammy – Debby – cousins.
The family has grown over the years –
today you see in the first picture that growth.
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!
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.
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Our friends – Jim – Dottie – Buck and Cindy – came for a visit!
And we planned to golf two different days!
The last day was at Oyster Bay – not very far from Calabash
The Seafood capital of the world
and home to many – many “GATORS” on the course!
BIG GATORS!
We had a gals vs guys match
and off we went –
I had listened to other players who had finished
talking to the starter about the “GATORS”
and how big they were!
We saw them a lot – esp. on the middle holes!
One par three – surrounded by water – except a small walking path
lined with flowers and tall bushes
kind of sketchy walking through there
had a drop zone right next to the green.
And a large sand trap.
Well – right next to the drop zone lay a six foot gator!
Dottie actually hit her ball and it landed on the green and rolled into the drop zone!
Where she left it for some future golfer to find as it ws too close
to that six foot gator!
We had a good time regardless –
you just did not look for golf balls as I think snakes are also here!
We enjoyed this course despite the “GATORS”
being a fun course to play.
Lots of fairways and marsh – small lakes – water everywhere!
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And yes – on the course called OYSTER BAY!
With all the “GATORS”!
It came down to the last hole – number 18 !
We had a boggy – long par 5 – missed putt and they pared!
GALS ONE UP AFTER 18
35 to 36!
70 to 71 !!!!!
I told you Jimmy – they are too good!
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All the grand kids and their parents with Sherry and myself.
When this picture was taken – the only thing we had planned
was for her 16th. birthday – we would take Ella to Florida with us for a week.
She would go to Hollywood studios to see Star Wars!
When each grand child turns 16 – we do something special with them.
Maddy wanted to swim with the Manatee’s and we did that!
As the year progressed – plans were made and soon – we would leave for one month in Florida.
But first – quality time with the young ones.
Although now she is only ten years old – she comes up to just under Sherry’s chin.
She is going to be very tall and loves horse back riding!
Many friends visited over the 21 years we lived outside D.C.
We acted as tour guides – and in the year past – we toured almost every facility
there was to visit including the Capital Building which was a first for us!
We also venture to outside Raleigh – N.C. to visit her sister.
Here – we went to a farm that had what are called BELTED COWS – GOATS & CHICKENS!
They are white with a black belt around the middle!
Never heard of this and never saw this before!
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The grand daughters were in school – Maddy had to go to work –
So Sherry and I went with Debby to run some errands
and then to go on a hike!
A new trail had opened over Thanksgiving –
in Winchester Va. !
Sherry and I did 2.20 miles with Debby –
and then she ran back the way we had just walked
we continued on and met here in the parking lot!
She runs every day!
Debby is a QNMD with the Juice Plus Company
following in her mother’s footsteps
health and nutrition are a big part of her families lives!
The trail itself is made of crushed limestone and very easy to walk on.
There are gradual hills and trees – shrubs – and open fields.
Many nature groups who are volunteers –
clear out under brush and fallen trees!
We are going to bring the rest of the family back for a hike!
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Our son in laws parents came to visit us!
And – they love the beach – well Jennie does! LOL
We talked and talked and finally drove down the 1/2 mile and parked
we did not want to carry all the chairs and coolers
We spent a couple hours – sitting – walking – sipping some drinks
The weather was warm – 78 degrees – the water 75 degrees!
This is North Myrtle Beach – S.C.
and is really wide when the tide goes out!
It got a wee bit cloudy – enough to cut the sun bearing down on you!
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We have been gone from their home two weeks.
Yet – almost every day – one of the little ones
will face time or call.
Cassidy loves her MORMOR
she is the one who I think misses us the most.
She would come down those stairs to say good night
give hugs and this would happen several times!
She was always asking when we would come back.
Bode – so much like Cassidy but all boy!
Every morning without fail
from 6 to 6:15 AM.
Down those stairs he would come or if I were on the front porch
climb up onto my lap.
” I LOVE YOU PAPA”!
As simple as that!
Taylor or “T” as I call her
so mature – so kind – who only wants to ride horses!
She takes lessons once a week –
She knows how to groom them and saddle them
how to clean their hooves.
“T” who just wants her ALONE time-
in her room reading or playing with her horses and lego’s!
We spent almost three months with them
One time they spent a year with us.
Sherry is their “MORMOR”
Swedish for MOTHER’S MOTHER!
That is all they have ever called her.
Yes – missing the three little ones
The older three are growing up
one in college – one about to graduate
and one who wants to be with grandma!
The three little ones – who are young enough
to see we are now at a distance and call all the time.
And then there is Tammy – their mother
who in all her life has never lived more that two hours away
This is where the little ones get it from
MORMOR – MOTHERS MOTHER
Tammy – Sherry’s daughter
The family lives on –
“WE LOVE YOU MORMOR”
Yes LITTLE ones – she knows with tears of joy!
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She went to Bear Chase Brewery –
Team Generations leaders were there to honor her.
“MAMA BIRD” as she is called affectionately!
They all could not be there because they are spread out
up and down the EAST COAST!
That is what she has done as the leader of TEAM GENERATIONS!
They came because in less than two weeks – we leave the area
To start a new journey – they did not say goodbye –
but in this NETWORK BUSINESS
They said “SO LONG UNTIL WE MEET UP AGAIN”!
Who lives in the Outer Banks –
somewhat close to where we are going
They ZOOM often – these team leaders
they lead by example – healthy living.
The leaders of TEAM GENERATIONS – because 15 years ago –
Sherry ( Mama Bird) said yes to the health and the Business.
Changing all these lives and their families.
These ladies have promoted healthy eating and growing
ZOOM calls are now a major part of the internet business.
Stepping up to and beyond to bring health to families
and a way to supplement the income of their families
All from home – over the internet and phone.
That is why a GOODBYE is not needed
Just a SO LONG until next time.
Leading by example –
family – friends and healthy nutrition
A simple YES led to this and beyond
leading and showing the way
Not saying GOODBYE
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Living life doing it my way – became my blog site!
Family became my WHY
and FRIENDS became my reason – to meet my FAMILY!
However – I never stay in bed unless I am ill which is not often!
I think I have always been living life my own way
I am a watcher – listener – observing what is around me.
I have my opinions – unless asked – I keep them to myself.
I am a independent – I do not like party’s
I do not need to adhere to a agenda
I think for myself.
Hence – my blog livinglifedoingitmyway.blog
I do not choose one news outlet over another
I can see for myself – and think things through.
I listen to people talk – I see actions – I select what I think is the truth.
Both sides – and the middle.
My family – church – friends are important to me.
Not all of the above think as I do.
I respect that.
My blog is born of which I have described.
But – mostly to put down memories
in pictures and words.
So that the generations now and those to come
have a place to go back and see just who we are.
Therefore my blog is born
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I said to my son in law –
“Sherry made tee times – 4:00 PM. Do you and Tammy want to play”?
And so it was – as we get ever so closer to leaving –
We went to Algonkian Golf Course –
among the deer once more!
We discovered this course last year after living here for 21 years!
Only by accident as the kids went together and bought us gift cards
to golf at the County Golf Courses!
There are three of them – and we had played the Brambleton Coures
just a mile from our home.
The other one was a good hour away
but this one was 30 minutes away and near our church.
They said yes – and we went on Monday afternoon – labor day!
It was not crazy busy – and we actually got to tee off early.
What a fun time – Sherry said she loves this course.
This was our third time to play it.
Once last year with Buck and Cindy –
then a couple weeks ago with Jayson and Ginger
and this time with Tammy and Marcus.
This course is a regular links course – but very flat –
trees everywhere – and narrow fairways – and “DEER”!
They are very tame and are in packs –
They are laying down or just in the high weeds.
They are by the greens or tee boxes.
They are not afraid and this whole area is a public park.
There is a walking path that runs right through the golf course
with hundreds of people walking – running or biking.
We both seem to play well here – as the fairways are very narrow
but run right next to the next fairway –
separated by dozens of mature trees!
Each tee box has five different tee’s.
If you hit the ball short and straight
you tend not to get into trouble
I have slowed my swing down
and found that I am mostly down the middle some
175 to 200 yards.
Sherry is consistent – 125 to 150 yards.
If I line her up correctly she hits where she is aiming!
Being in control is where it is at for us in golf!
Soon – I am hoping when we go South
We shall once again join up with our old friends to golf.
After all – we have been doing this for years and years.
But ALGONKIAN GOLF COURSE will always have a soft spot in my heart.
Just like back home in NWPA Kane Golf Course has a place.
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It has been a long six months –
our last service within the church proper
was in the middle of March.
The Pandemic – who would of known!
We have had the regular service every Sunday
by virtual feed.
Reduced from two services to one.
We have been attending for over 15 years.
We found our home after searching for six plus years.
After transfering to NVA from WNY
We finally found what we had left behind.
We tried numerous churches
We became involved – watching the community grow
Now – we have but one outside service left to attend
and – we shall depart once again
where we will seek out another church
Six months is a long time for a pastor not having any contact in person
Six months and so many changes taking place
People moving out – leaving as we are doing
Six months of changing lives.
Never to see them again.
It will be sad when we leave
For pastor told us that the last service we are here
She and the congregation will be saying their goodbyes to us
Emotions for both Sherry and myself will be high
We can not hug – shake hands – only stand there with masks on
and once again leave – on our next journey.
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