Good weekend in Ohio

Betsy,
Glad to know all is ok there in StJ, just too bad you have to go through all that. Consider buying a generator, less than $1000 and just run some lights and fridge and cistern pump.

Weather has broken here and we are in the 70's during the day and 50's at night, very comfortable. Kathy and I helped Chuck & Delores cut up 5 big trees this past week, we've got lots of firewood for winter warming, feel like a squirrel.

Here's a short video I took of Quincey laying in the Lilly of the Valley. Here's a picture of Bubby having a great time sitting on the tractor at the Morrow County Fair. Kathy and I worked at the Dairy Producers (Milk Shake) booth Tuesday, I worked at the Helpline booth Thursday and "the gang" all went back there last night for dinner.

Guess that's it for now, (it won't let me upload the Bubby picture). One more day in the weekend, maybe we'll cut or split some firewood, Amish are coming soon to take out some timber (lots of oak and walnut) and we are going to buy new kitchen cabinets with part of the proceeds.

Hurricane Earl

Morning All, Well, we made it thru this one just fine and now he is headed up the East Coast. It's very dark in here when all the shutters are up. No elec. for 4 days. Just so you guys know, we have a phone that doesn't require elec and that worked fine.The food thing was quite a hassle, coolers and ice and all. Cooked everything that was in the freezer except the wahoo. We should go shopping, but I hesitate because the containers for the stores were due to come in on the day of the storm. Makes me wonder how long stuff has been on the shelves by today. We were very lucky here in STJ. there was minimal damage to anyone's house. Some boats up on shore near Cruz Bay, but this end of the island experienced nothing except a lot of debris in the roads and having to replant, etc.

In the midst of all this, Nathan called Wed morning and said they had taken Julie to the hospital. she was complaining of stomach pains. At midnight, they called the Dr. and he had her sent to U of M in an ambulance. Long story short, there was nothing wrong with her. They kept her for observation and Evan went to get her the next day. We spoke to her on his phone as they were on their way back to Gilbert Res and she really had no idea what had happened. She has a boyfriend at Gilbert who waited in the foyer there for 4 hours for her to return.

Going to MI after Oct. 15. Herb and Kathy, would love to come see your new house.

Hope the fair is going well for David and Lisa. Sounds like an aweful lot of work!!

Marilynn, did Earl sweep by you guys? What about the house in Dover Bluff. Looked like you guys might get some winds from Earl.

Well, yogurt and fruit are calling. I'm trying to post more pics, but am having trouble.

love you guys,

b

August News

Hello all,

Yesterday was Ashley's 33rd birthday. That makes me feel old! We had Darin, Kyla and Ashley over for dinner on Friday for the birthday as yesterday was the 1st home Jaguar game. We left here at 5 p.m., went to the tailgate where it rained and rained and lightning and thunder. They delayed the game, but it continued to rain, so at 9 p.m. we left. The game started at 9:30 and didn't get over until I don't know when. We lost by 1 point.

Our trip to Michigan was okay. The wedding was hot as was the reception, inside, no AC. Sunday was a nicer day, weather wise. We saw our Bay City friends. Came home Monday.

We are staying home next weekend and then up to Dover Bluff for Labor Day weekend.

I took Kyla to meet her teacher Friday. She will be in 2nd grade and has an older teacher, 18 in the class. School starts Monday. Darin will take her Monday and I will take her Tuesday as the before-school day care doesn't deliver until Wednesday.

The retirement party looks like you had a great day and everyone was enjoying themselves, including Quincy.

Betsy, tell Bob that the people up the road fixed their post lantern last week. Everytime I pass it I think of Bob because he wanted to know why it was still laying on its side.

Looks like Betsy and Bob had a nice time sailing. It's a cool house from the other side too.

Looking forward to cooler weather. love, Marilynn

A Day at Sea

Here is Marie, our captain. Bob and i took sailing lessons in the ANTS program (Adults and the Sea) about a year ago. We became friendly. She just turned 70 and gave herself one ear piercing and a small diamond for her birthday. We went to her birthday party at her beautiful home here on East End. She sailed down here by herself about 15 years ago. She captians this boat for the owner and takes people on short cruises. She had to get the boat moving, so invited us to go to Flanigan and go snorkeling with our neighbor who is renting the house just below us. Got to see our house from Flanigan instead of always looking at Flanigan from our house. It's been many beautiful days together. Hope you enjoy the pics.

Storm's a comin!! will wait another 24 hours and see what develops.

Hope all is well with you guys. Enjoyed the video, Herb and Kathy, of Quincy and the retirement party.

luv,

b

Retirement Party

We had a good time with about 25-30 people at the party.

It rained early on, (real hard) but it stopped after about an hour. We cooked brats and dogs and then did SMORES out at the bonfire later after dinner.


That's Chuck, our next door neighbor with a 43" White Amir that washed up on shore yesterday. He put this fish in the pond back in 1966. It's a algae eater.

We had fun with Quincy today taking him for a "run" by driving the golf cart and holding his leash. He did "super"

Quincey Runs Off Leash!!

Check out this link for the YouTube video of Quincey's first time "off-leash". Immediately after running home to the door, (but before we got there to let him in), his nose got the better of him and he took off running into the woods.

I had to leave for a meeting at church and it took Kathy about an hour to find him (remember he can't hear)

Quincey Goes For A Walk

Here's a video of Quincey going for a walk with Kathy.

Getting Ready For The Party

We're getting ready for a party this weekend, invited about 30 folks to come on out for a BBQ. Pix shows just burning some brush after tidying up around the property.

Also took Quincey for a ride on the golf cart. He got right up there and is very comfortable, must be used to riding in a car.

Trip to Michigan

Here's a link to the Taq Falls State Park site where we went when we were in Michigan. The video I made is too large to upload to this blog.

Here's a pix of "Quincey" our new dog that we saved from the pound. He's deaf and blind in one eye and now the pound had him neutered! He's 10-12 years old and he's real sweet.

When we bought the house we knew it needed chimney work and the guy finally came and started this past week. Here's a pix. He took it down to the roof and is rebuilding it back up with all new flashing. This pix shows it not done. At this point he's taken down the outside brick and much of the inside brick and will start to lay all new.

Great Trip To Michigan

Kathy and I returned from our trip to Michigan this afternoon. We were gone from last Wed to today (Tuesday). We spent Wed nite in Westland with Kathy's sister and Mike. Then Thursday morning we headed up to St. Helen (Roscommon County) near Houghton Lake and spent the rest of the time with Pam and Mike at their old mobile home in the woods. Each day we took small "day trips" and cooked at home and went out to eat only once. I shot a short video of our day trip to the Upper Peninsula where we drove all the way up to Paradise and the Whitefish Point Bay lighthouse. We stopped at Taquaniman Falls on the way back and had a great day.

Before we left for up north we went to the dog shelter and made the committment to adopt a dog. He's (Quincy) is 10-12 years old and deaf and blind in one eye. He's a coon hound. I'll try to get a decent pix of him and upload it. Right now he's out on the screened porch because we just brought him home from the vet where he was neutered and he's a little nervous so we thought he should be left to rest out there. We've had to put an "E" collar on him so he won't lick the incision and dissolve the stiches.

Well, I guess the video was probably too long and didn't load up, I'll post some still shots later. Bye for now