Family Gathering 2019 Children always feel better if they know. If you say that you are going to do three things today, they will hound you to death until they can count them. It isn’t so much what is planned but that something is planned at all which might include …
Family Gathering 2019 Questions and Answers About Boat Building Yes. We will build boats. Yes. We will race them in the water. Yes. You can use Grandpa’s tools. Yes. He will help you with the drill. Yes. It is hard to use the staple gun. Yes. You can take your …
Family Gathering 2019 We spent the better part of the day at Manila Lake. It is beautiful, reasonably small or quite large, depending on what you want it to be. It is clean and has a beach with sand and lots of little fish and plenty of room for many …
Family Gathering 2019 It is true. Anything that is FUN can also be UN-FUN. That is just the way things are. That is why Henry’s heart is heavy. His balloon popped just as he was ready to put the finishing touches on his unusual animal. I am reminded why we …
Today she is taller and her violin is larger. Her arms are stronger and her fingers are tougher. Her proud teacher says that her wrists are positioned beautifully. Today she is dressed modestly and looks wonderful. Her long hair shines and reaches almost to her waist. She is thinking about …
You can stop now. That is what I always say to the little people in my life who are called grandchildren. Stay four. Don’t turn five, yet. Every parent knows the feeling when a sweet and special child gets too big to do things that are cute. Naturally cute. How …
Potato Time Grandpa picked up the phone and called around. He wondered if anyone was interested in helping him dig up his potatoes ? He knew that everyone was busy. If they couldn’t come, he would just take his time or try for another day. . . sometime before …
SIGNS OF FALL Autumn is finally coming. The light is changing and the air is cooler. There are magnificent contrasts of orange and yellow and brown. Most of the fruit is off of the trees, including the pears. Some fruit is on the ground which makes the bees happy. Some …
We have given away bushels of peaches. Even though the trees were trimmed in the spring, thinned when the peaches were little and green, the harvest was unexpectedly generous. The first thing I made with the peaches was a pie for Grandpa. Peach Pies are his favorite pies. I made …
Most people collect something. When my friend came into my home for a chat, she looked around and said “you certainly love lamps“. I looked around and had to acknowledge that she was right. I hadn’t really thought of my interest in lamps as collecting but as decorating. …
