THANKSGIVING ... a day for reflection & giving thanks.






I was looking in my (computer) archives for these pictures, used in a past blog. THEN, it dawned upon me that the originals were "real" photos, taken before I had a digital camera.


When we lived near Green Bay, WI ... we had a constant stream of people that visited or lived with us. Holiday dinners, we generally had a full table.


IN THE FIRST PHOTO ... Maggie was clowning around & put on my furry winter hat, which was way too big for her. Her dad, Johnnie, is wearing a paper Pilgrim hat that the little neighbor girls had made in school.


IN THE SECOND PHOTO ... I hate it when people think it's funny to make a silly face for the camera. Oh well, this is how we will see them for eternity!!!
 
 
 

 

September in the neighborhood

MY NEIGBORS ....



Some have cranes on their lawn.




Some have turkeys on their lawn.




Trees are beginning to turn colors.





The Lutheran church ... flowers are still pretty, even tho we've had a few light frosts already.

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L o i S

SUPER-BUSY!

After a long silence .... here's a quick update:

• I went to Texas








• I came home








• Mom visited me








• I went to the family reunion in Wisconsin








• I went to Texas








• I visited Mom








• I had car trouble





• I came home to Michigan








• I went to my 50 year class reunion in Marion, WI\\\\\








• I'm doing winterization/home improvement








• I'm bummed out

BUSY SUMMER

It's been a busy summer ..... we had a family reunion! This was in Wisconsin, where most of my family is. It was to have been the first time in over 10 years that all of us seven kids gathered ... but, my sister from Texas could not get away from work. That meant that I had to drive down there to bring our Mom up.

June is cool!

COOL ... really cool ... like the coldest June so far ... on record! The local kids were supposed to begin swim lessons last week; they were posponed!

I went over to Escanaba in May ... where we lived in the 1950's. Our big barn has been torn down, & the towering elm tree is gone ... but, it looks pretty much the same.

(COOL ...Except for in my old refrigerator ... which died) Here's my "new" one.

I went up to Houghton/Hancock recently for an OPEN MRI for my back.
On the way, near Baraga ... here is a statue of Father Baraga ... high on a bluff overlooking the Keweenau Bay.

Lois